The Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus and the Louisiana Legislative Women’s Caucus Foundation announced its partnership with the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) on Text4baby during a press conference at LSU in March 2012.
Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE in Spanish) will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth.