Pregnancy & Parenting Academic Accommodations:
Examples of academic accommodations are:
- Excused absence for doctor appointments.
- Recovery time away following childbirth or challenges resulting from the pregnancy.
- Additional time to complete course assignments or take a missed exam following childbirth.
To request academic accommodations, please complete the Pregnancy & Parenting Academic Accommodations Request Form.
Pregnancy Centers:
- PVAMU Health Center– free pregnancy testing.
- Waller Pregnancy Care Center– all services are free and confidential.
- Tomball Pregnancy Center– Free services.
- Care Net Pregnancy Center Cypress/Houston– Free and confidential.
- Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach– all services are free and confidential.
- Pregnancy Help Center of West Houston- providing free and confidential care.
- Sugar Land Women’s Health Center– fees apply.
- UTMB Health RMCHP Sugar Land- fees apply.
- Care for Women Kingwood/Atascocita- fees apply.
- Women’s Pregnancy Center– free services.
- Houston Pregnancy Help Center-Downtown/Fifth Ward/Medical Mobile Unit- free services.
Hospitals:
- Houston Methodist Emergency Care Center in Cypress- Cypress, TX
- Memorial Hermann Cypress- Cypress, TX
- Baylor Scott and White Medical Center- Hempstead, TX
- North Cypress Medical Center- Cypress, TX
- Memorial Hermann Tomball Hospital, Tomball, TX
- HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball
Daycares/Schools:
Prairie View A&M University does NOT provide daycare services. Please see the recommended providers below:
- ABC Kids Fun To Learn Center – Hempstead, TX
- Children’s Learning Center, Waller, TX
- Primrose School of Bridgeland, Cypress, TX
- Children’s Choice Daycare – Hempstead, TX
- Learning Tree – Hempstead, TX
- Cypress Kids Learning Center – Cypress, TX
- Herman T Jones Elementary School – Prairie View, TX
- I T Holleman Elementary School – Waller, TX
- Hempstead Elementary School – Hempstead, TX
- Tigerland Child Care Center – Katy, TX
Texas WIC:
- WIC (Women, Infants and Children) supports you and your child from pregnancy to delivery to raising a toddler and up until your child’s 5th birthday.
- Prairie View WIC Clinic- Prairie View, TX
- Health Department WIC- Brenham, TX
- Navasota WIC Clinic, Navasota, TX
- Magnolia Clinic- Magnolia, TX
National Resources:
- La Leche League – local chapter in Bryan/College Station
- La Leche League of Texas
- Kellymom
- The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
- WomensHealth.gov
- Breastmilk. Every Ounce Counts
- B/CS Lactation Consultants
- The Woman’s Hospital of Texas
- Best for Babes
- Breastfeeding HelpLine
- Dispelling Breastfeeding Myths
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- International Lactation Consultant Association
- United States Breastfeeding Committee
- International Breastfeeding Journal