Pregnancy Journey in Natomas

Compare standard 2D ultrasound image on the left to Pregnancy Journey's thrilling image of 3D/4D ultrasounds!

According to Christa Luminare-Rosen, PhD, author of Parenting Begins Before Conception: A Guide to Preparing Body, Mind, and Spirit for You and Your Future Child, "Prenates can see, hear, feel, remember, taste and think before birth. Babies can recognize music they've heard in the womb after they're born."

At Pregnancy Journey, Elizabeth Aragona and Christina Marapao (two prior military nurses who first met each other at David Grant Medical Center on Travis Air Force Base, California) are in the business of helping parents bond with their babies before their births.

"One of the best ways you can bond with your baby", says Thomas Ivester, MD, clinical instructor in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, "is having an ultrasound." "Bonding during pregnancy gives a mom a better sense of responsibility in caring for herself, and be extension the baby. In the second trimester you can actually see the baby's chubby cheeks, see him sucking, yawning, and turning over. It's fantastic!"

In addition to fetal images (3D ultrasound) and real-time movements (4D ultrasound), Pregnancy Journey offers prenatal massages, prenatal fitness classes, belly casting, prenatal photography, childbirth classes (The Bradley Method), baby sign classes and Kindermusik classes with Miss Sunny!

Pregnancy Journey is located at 4030 Truxel Road, Suite B Sacramento, CA 95834. (916) 419-3343. Hope to see you there!