Oh, baby, do we have some exciting news to share!
AT&T announced today that it is supporting a nationwide effort to help connect expecting mothers and families with weekly tips to support healthy pregnancies – and healthy babies – via text messaging. It’s called text4baby, and it’s now available at no charge to expecting mothers across the country.
As part of the effort to inform expecting mothers about text4baby, we are happy to announce that the stork has visited and left us with two new mommy-to-be bloggers! Please join me in welcoming Laura and Nicole, who will be guest bloggers on our site from now through Mother’s Day! Like our already fabulous group, each will share personal stories on how they use technology to stay calm, cool and connected while preparing to welcome a new baby into their already busy lives. Cool, right?!
Stay tuned for posts from our new guest bloggers. In the meantime, please check out the bios of our new mommy-to-be bloggers below to learn more about these expecting ladies! Of course we want to hear from you too, so remember to leave comments and ask questions often!
Laura Hernandez
Hello, my name is Laura, and I am a wife and working mom who has been with AT&T for 13 years. I am a mom who is about to be a mom for the first time – sounds confusing. I have a stepson with a disability who lives with us, and my husband and I are expecting our first child together in May. My stepson is completely dependent on technology to communicate, so if we want to communicate with him when we are not at home, e-mail and texting is the way to go. I use technology in every aspect of my life. Aside from using my Blackberry to stay connected to work issues, I use Navigator to get around my new city of Dallas, and I use multiple smartphone applications to manage grocery lists, get restaurant reviews or find important locations, like the shoe repair, tailor and, yes, even clean bathrooms. As two working parents juggling the demands our stepson presents us, we use technology to coordinate social schedules and yoga classes and to keep our friends and family up-to-date on happenings in our lives. More recently, I have used the internet to track how my pregnancy is progressing.
Nicole Anderson
Hello, everyone! I’m Nicole, an AT&T employee and soon-to-be-mom of a baby boy. My husband, Justin, and I are expecting our first child at the end of April. It’s been a year of big 
changes for us, as I relocated with the company last April from the San Francisco Bay Area to Dallas. Thankfully, my husband was able to maintain his career, working remotely from Dallas. I’m jealous he gets to go back to California every month or so, especially during the summer to beat the heat! Just as we started getting settled in Dallas – learning the neighborhood, what road led where, and I was getting up to speed on my new job – we found out we were pregnant! It has been an exciting, if overwhelming, journey for us. Critical during our relocation was the use of our smartphones. If we got lost, or if we needed to find a restaurant, e-mail our realtor or send a quick text, our smartphones didn’t let us down. Now with the text4baby program, I can get quick and informative baby advice sent directly to my phone. With all the hecticness in our work and lives, these texts create a quick moment to reflect on the big change coming in our lives and learn something about the new life we are forming. I look forward to sharing this experience with you through my blog posts, and learning more about how to use technology as a new mom. Is there an app that helps your baby sleep through the night?!
Amanda says:
February 4, 2010 at 10:33 am
I can’t wait to read about your experiences with text4baby, Laura and Nicole. Hats off!
Milcah says:
February 4, 2010 at 12:12 pm
A huge congratulations to you mommies2b. Thanks for reaching out to other mommies2b. Something useful and free.
Jennifer says:
February 5, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Congratulations to Laura and Nicole! I can’t wait to hear your updates during this exciting time. After the babies arrive, I would like to see blogs about technology to assist working mothers.
Felicia says:
February 25, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Huge congratulations to the Mommies to be and kudos to AT&T for offering this program. I think it is a wonderful idea and it will really help those mommies-to-be out there! I wish I knew someone who was pregnant right now that I could share this with!
Natalia N says:
February 25, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Congratulations! Enjoy your pregnancy!