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Ensure Your Baby's Safety: Properly Buckle Up During Every Ride Throughout Your PregnancyBuckle Up Properly During Pregnancy: Buckling up "properly" every time you ride in a motor vehicle will help to keep you and your baby safer during a crash. The American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that pregnant women always wear seat belts “properly” while riding in a motor vehicle. Among women who are pregnant, who wear a seat belt “properly”, have a rate nearly three times safer, protecting the mother from personal injury and fetal death, than pregnant women who were not buckled up properly during a crash (Hyde LK, Obstet Gynecol, 2003 Aug; 102(2):279-86). Learn how to "properly" wear your seat belt during pregnancy.
Car Seat Installation & Education Service: By your 7th month of pregnancy, call us at 323-491-6197 to answer questions on the best type of car seat that is compatible to your vehicle and child so we can come to you to show you how to use and install your car seat as well as how to buckle your newborn up properly.
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1. Snug Clothing:
Wear snug fitting clothing so the seat belt can be fastened close to your body. |
2. Seat Distance:
Adjust the seat so you can reach the pedals, with your tummy as far back from the steering wheel as possible. |
3. Lap Belt:
Pull the lap belt tight so it lays flat on your lap, under your tummy. |
4. Shoulder Belt:
Pull the shoulder belt tight so it lays flat across your chest, between your breasts. |
Additional Seat Belt Protection during Pregnancy
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PREGNANCY & CAR CRASHES
Motor vehicle crashes are among the leading cause of injury-related death and hospitalizations in the U.S. among women who are pregnant. Wearing a lap shoulder seat belt “properly” in a motor vehicle throughout your pregnancy is shown to protect you and your baby. AIR BAG PROTECTION:
Air bags are designed to be effective with proper use of vehicle seat belts (lap and shoulder belt). When seat belts are used properly, airbags have not shown to be a risk during pregnancy. |
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IF A CAR CRASH HAPPENS?
If you are in a car crash, you should see your doctor right away, even if you think you are not hurt. Most injuries to the baby happen within a few hours after a crash. See a doctor to check you and your baby as soon as possible after a crash. Especially if you are more than six months pregnant. If right after the crash, you have any of the following, call 911:
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