If you join one of these support groups, please mention that you found their group through Medconsumer.info.

• Childbirth.  "Childbirth is a weekly newsletter updating you on pregnancy related news and happening on the web. From Childbirth.org." 

• Expectantandnewdadsclub · Expectant and New Dads Club.  "Welcome to Fatherhood!  Becoming a dad is the most wonderful and challenging experience in our lives as men.  Share your joys, sorrows, and insights, about pregnancy, birth, and the transition to fatherhood.  Help create an online community for new dads!"   
• FVL-PG · Factor V Leiden and Pregnancy Issues.  "This list is for people who have Factor V Leiden or similar disorder (such as Inherited or Pregnancy Acquired Thrombophilia) and are trying to get pregnant, already are pregnant, or have been pregnant. Affected partners/family members are also welcome. Within this group, it is not uncommon to have experienced a pregnancy loss, so members are expected to be sensitive and supportive of other members. This is a list of support, discussion, and information-sharing. Any challenges or flames will not be tolerated." 
• Hcgfn · HCG False Negative Pregnancies.  "A community for women who suspect or know they are pregnant but are unable to confirm the pregnancy by testing for hCG. The community's Archives, Files, Photos, Links, Polls and Database are filled with information as to why a woman may be pregnant and not testing positive for hCG. New members are welcome to post their symptoms to the Database, participate in Polls and search the information we have accumulated in the Archives, Files, Photos and Links. New members will also find a community that is very supportive and will do their best to answer any questions."   
• Hypnobabies · Hypnobabies Group.  "Interested in hypno-birthing? This group is for Expectant Moms who are interested in Hypnosis for Childbirth; a wonderful way to have a peaceful, relaxing and often pain-free birthing! We will discuss getting started, tips for success, the Birth Partner's Role, Birth Plans, HypnoDoulas, and much more!
  
  If you are considering or already studying Hypnosis for Childbirth, please join our group and post frequently, so that we may all learn from and share with each other our experiences in having beautiful, peaceful birthings. Shannen, in our picture above was at 7 cm, peacefully listening to her Birth Guide tape and sitting on her birth ball; *no pain at all*! She faithfully practiced her Hypnobabies techniques and successfully used it to easily bring baby Jacob into the world gently, comfortably and without medication or interventions. Her midiwfe, doula and the hospital nurses were in awe! You too can have a comfortable, easy birth using hypnosis!
  
  If you are looking for a group of girlfriends to hang out with and discuss your pregnancy and hypnotic childbirth, this is the list for you! We are able to have more personal chats about our families and birthing plans than on a message board and have excellent help, support and tips daily, photos and hypno-birth stories. Pregnant moms - Come and join us!
  
  Hypnobabies Mom's Group Moderator: Sheridan Ripley -
  
  For more information on hypno-classes and self-study options, visit http://www.hypnobabies.com."
• Itchymoms · Itchy Moms.  "This group is dedicated to the support of women with Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, also known as Obstetric Cholestasis." 
• Medconsumerinfo.  "Medconsumer.info is your starting point for searching the Web for medical information. This forum exists for you to discuss, ask questions, and answer questions about any aspect of health, healthcare industry, and any aspect of being a patient. Please take whatever advice you receive through this forum to your doctor before changing or initiating any medically-related behavior."  Yahoo! group. 
• NaturallyHealthy · Naturally Healthy Living for Herb Moms.  "Mothers, you are Family Health Practitioners! You are welcome to discuss your favorite herbal medicines, how you use them in your family and how effective they've been for you. The group will be moderated by Shonda Parker, Professional Family Herbalist and author of Mommy Diagnostics, Naturally Healthy Pregnancy, Naturally Healthy Woman and instructor for Naturally Healthy Family Home Study Course. You may post questions directly for Shonda to answer regarding how herbal medicines are generally used, what the herb textbooks and research say about their safety and so on, or simply enjoy our Herb Mom family health community through the encouragement and support of other parents like yourself, trying to make informed decisions for family health care. We ask that you be kind to one another in your comments and responses. If a 'merry heart is good medicine,' let us give no bad medicine!" 
• NaturalParenting101 · Natural and Attatchment Parenting Moms who co-sleep and self wean and use natural medicines and food for their kids of all ages.  "Karin is a Liscensed Holistic Health Practitioner, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, a Certified Clinical Herbologist, a Doula, a Certified Post Partum Care-Giver, Post Partum Doula Childbirth Educator and is Studying to become a Naturopathic Physician specializing in Pediatrics and Women's Health and is the Mother of Three Wonderful Boys. She would like to Help with anyone Seeking Info on Pregnancy, Birth, Homebirth/ Waterbirth, Hypno-birth, Pain Free Labor, Natural Inductions, Doulas, Newborns, Breastfeeding, Babies, Toddlers, Weaning, Feeding Starting Solids, Getting Sleep, Going back to Work, Post Partum Depression, NATURAL PARENTING,Family Bed, Attachment Parenting, Extended Nursing, Homeschooling/ Unschooling, as well as Natural Healing Including Herbs, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy, Juicing, Accupressure, Reflexology, Nutrition, Meditation, Mindfulness, Self Healing, Energy Healing, Prana and More.." 
• Newbornadoptionteensplacing · Newborn Adoption Teens Placing - BirthParents who are thinking about adoption.  "Hi! Welcome to your part of the web! This club is for teens who are facing a unwanted pregnancy, but want to give their baby a wonderful life and loving Adoptive parents. Adoptive Parents and ALL Birthmoms/dads are welcome! Please use the LINKS to put your website in this club. Please check Newborn Adoptions website out and be sure to look at all of our homestudied approved Aparent's profiles. God Bless you all and Good luck!!" 
• OPSS-L · Overweight & Pregnant Support.  "OPSS-L is a high-volume listserv and averages around 40 posts per day, sometimes less, often more. You may receive the list messages as individual posts, in digest form, or set yourself to no email delivery and read from the web only. Please be prepared for the volume and keep information on how to change your subscription options.
  
  OPSS-L is a semi-moderated SUPPORT listserv for women who are currently pregnant and at least 50 pounds overweight. It is specifically geared toward big beautiful women ~ plus-size women. Listmembers are asked to go the extra mile and try to offer support only . . . if one needs to disagree, it should be done with facts rather than emotions, and in a gentle manner. Problem posters will be set to review or deleted from the list.
  
  The topics on this list include subjects related to pregnancy, pregnancy after infertility, pregnancy after loss, nutrition during pregnancy, health problems, and medical personnel issues. This is a support list as opposed to a discussion list, so some controversial topics should be limited (circ., termination, vaccination)." 
• OSSG-pregnant · Bariatric (obesity) surgery & pregnancy.  "OBESITY SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP - PREGNANT
  
  This list is for women who have had bariatric surgery (WLS, weight loss surgery, gastric bypass, gastroplasty, lap band, duodenal switch, GBP, SRVG, Fobi, etc.) who are pregnant, interested in becoming pregnant, or who have been pregnant following their surgery. No solicitations, flames or other unpleasant sorts of posts are welcome... this is just a place where we can discuss the unique situation of post-op pregnancy.
  
  For FAQs and other files of interest, please click HERE.
  
  A link which you should print out and take to your obstetrician: Pregnancy After Gastric Bypass.
  
  Another excellent link: Is It Dangerous for Post-Op Females to Become Pregnant?
  
  This list has been active for over 7 years and we have a couple-thousand members. We have many posts per day so please take this fact into consideration before joining. We can be a very busy place, but we try to stay on-topic. Newcomers are moderated to prevent spamming on the list. If you do decide to join, please take the time to read the List Rules that will be automatically sent to you." 
• Pamsupport · PAM Support.  "This list is for the emotional support of families experiencing miscarriage and pregnancy after miscarriage."    
• PCOS-Pregnancy · PCOS-Pregnancy@yahoogroups.com.  "This group is for women who suffer from PCOS ( Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome ) and are TTC (trying to conceive), or are thinking of becoming mothers, those who are pregnant or are already mothers, as well as husbands of those who have PCOS. Everyone is welcomed ! This place is for encouragement, support gathering information, venting your frustrations and most of all making new friends. Just remember you are not alone, in this struggle.
  
  Alternative names for PCOS are:
  
  Stein-Leventhal syndrome, polycystic ovaries, cystic ovaries, sclerocystic ovarian disease; polycystic ovarian syndrome. If you know of any others let me know. PS.... We do not limit posts in this group to those only about PCOS and TTC. Because PCOS is not the only thing in our lives, here you are free to talk about any subject you wish.
  
  Thank You For Joining."     
• Pregnancy-and-Parenting.  "We are a very warm group of wonderful mothers, fathers, pregnant women and expecting couples.
  
  Come on in and hang out with us, share your emotions, fear, anxiety and joy and anything else that comes along with having a baby, with the rest of us.
  
  Ask questions, offer advice, share your experiences - ask for help if you need it - about anything related to parenting pregnancy, from babies to toddlers to teens
  
  Also check out our web site and blog updated with content from around the web on Parenting Pregnancy, at http://www.BabyNamesIndia.com.
  
  Feel free to email me if there is anything I can help you with.
  
  Welcome aboard, and have a wonderful day!"
• Pregnancy_BirthandBeyond · Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond.  "Jane Palmer, an Independent Midwife who works in Sydney Australia, has set up this email group to enable people to ask questions about pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and parenting and to enable women, partners or other interested persons to make contact, share experiences and gain support.  Find out about Jane's midwifery services including Active Birth Workshops, homebirth, water birth, vaginal birth after caesarean, birth centre and hospital births - visit this website: http://www.pregnancy.com.au."
• Remembering-our-babies · Remembering Our Babies News Letter.  "This is a news letter for updates on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Here you will get updates on Governor Proclamations, White House Signings, House Resolutions, and making October 15th a permanent day of remembrance.
  
  Please support October 15th, which is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. The graphic that you see here is a car magnet. Please display it by going to http://www.october15th.com or by emailing Robyn Bear at jovigirl@houston.rr.com."  
• ReproductiveHealthforum · Reproductive Health Forum.  "Reproductive Health, Sexual Rights & Development Forum (RH FORUM)
  
  The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, Egypt in 1994 marked a critical shift in the focus of population programs and underscored the reproductive health and sexual rights needs of individuals and couples.
  
  This marked a paradigm shift from the concept of maternal and child health and family planning to Reproductive health and sexual rights. But today the advent of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has overshadowed an integrated approach to reproductive health and sexual rights promotion.
  
  This forum broadens the discourse on HIV/AIDS to include local voices hardly reported in any medium and provides an integrated approach to the dialogue on development issues. Issues for discussion would include Couple relationships, Unwanted pregnancy, Maternal mortality and morbidity, Sexually transmitted diseases (STD), Unsafe Abortion, Infertility, Violence against women, harmful traditional practices and female genital mutilation, Special population groups (adolescents), Safe motherhood, Family planning, and Population and development.
  
  Through weekly discourse new ideas would be transformed to influence program design, implementation and public opinion in clearly observable ways.
  
  The forum is a project of Development Communications Network, a media-development NGO focusing on science communication and public health promotion." 
• SCHGroup · SCH Group.  "We are a group of women who have been diagnosed as having a subchorionic  hematoma during pregnancy."   
• SMC-Mothering.  "This list discusses parenting issues in a context where a single woman made a deliberate choice to be a mother. Pregnancy discussions, particularly birthing, are also welcome. All members of the Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) organization are welcome to participate: thinkers, tryers (biologically or by adoption), and mothers." 
• SMC-News.  "This list contains general announcements for members of the Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) organization. The SMC organization is for single women who are considering or who have made a deliberate choice to be a mother. Appropriate messages for this list include birth and adoption announcements, organizational and meeting announcements, and references to SMC issues in the media. All members of the Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) organization are welcome to participate: thinkers, tryers (biologically or by adoption), and mothers."
• SMC-Thinking.  "This list is a forum for all members of the Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) organization. It discusses general issues of interest to single women who have made or who are considering making a deliberate choice to be a mother. It is especially aimed at "Thinkers," women who are in the process of deciding whether becoming an SMC is appropriate for them; general issues of interest to other members are also welcome. All members of the Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) organization are welcome to participate: thinkers (including mothers who are thinking about adding to their families), tryers (biologically or by adoption), and experienced mothers.
  
  Discussions are supportive but frank. No one will try to convince you to become an SMC irresponsibly. And members seek a balance of both being supportive and encouraging realism about hard choices." 
• SMC-ttc.  "This list discusses issues about conceiving in a context where a single woman made a deliberate choice to be a mother. Pregnancy topics, particularly in early pregnancy, are also welcome. All members of the Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) organization are welcome to participate: thinkers, tryers (biologically or by adoption), and mothers.
  
  There are sister lists: SMC-news@yahoogroups.com, for organizational announcements and discussions of SMCs in the media; SMC-thinking@yahoogroups.com, that discusses the decision process about becoming an SMC and other general issues SMC-preg@yahoogroups.com, that discusses pregnancy; SMC-adopt@yahoogroups.com, that discusses the adoption process; SMC-mothering@yahoogroups.com, that discusses any parenting issues; SMC-schoolage@yahoogroups.com, that discusses parenting school-age children; SMC-Senior, that discusses parenting kids in middle school and above; SMC-IF@yahoogroups.com, that discusses long-term infertility issues; and SMC-Intl@yahoogroups.com, that discusses the specific issues SMCs face in places other than North America."  
• WiseWomanHerbal · "For any woman or man who practices the Wise Woman or who wants more information on this tradition. 
  
  Wise Woman Ways are those used by grandmothers and farmers wives, by Native American women and desert midwives. They are the natural ways... the feminine ways of healing. The list owner is a fourth generation Wise Woman who also specializes in herbal pregnancy care. List members are restricted to those who practice or want more information on the Healing Ways of Wise Women. This is a not an in depth teaching list. You may also email the list owner for more information at gloriagattar@libero.it."