Pregnancy Holidays by Month
We put together a list of all the pregnancy, baby, and motherhood holidays! Check them out below.
January
National Birth Defects Awareness Month
March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month
January 14th - Cesarean Section Day
January 21st - Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
January 28th - National Pediatrician Day
January 31st - International Omphalocele Awareness Day
February
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Congenital Heart Awareness Month
February 7th - Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
February 10th - Children’s Hospice Day
March
Colic Awareness Month
Endometriosis Month
National Trisomy Awareness Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March 1st - Endometriosis Awareness Day
March 4th - National Sons Day
March 18th - National Trisomy 18, or Edward's Syndrome, Awareness Day
March 20th - Holoprosencephaly Awareness Week
March 21st - World Down Syndrome Day
March 25th - International Day of the Unborn Child
April
Cesarean Awareness Month
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
World Autism Month
April 8th - Baby Massage Day
April 14th - Children with Alopecia Day
April 18th - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Awareness Day
April 19th - Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Day
April 21st - National Infertility Awareness Week
April 28th - National BraveHearts Day
May
Maternal Mental Health Month
Anencephaly Awareness Month
May 1st - National Infertility Survival Day
May 5th - International Bereaved Mothers’ Day
May 5th - International Midwives Day
May 6th - Wishbone Day
May 15th - Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day
May 22nd - World Preeclampsia Day
May 23rd - International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
June
June 3rd - World Club Foot Day
June 13th - International Albinism Awareness Day
June 20th - International Nystagmus Day
June 25th - World Vitiligo Day
July
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
Cord Blood Awareness Month
Fragile X Awareness Month
National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
July 1st - National Baby-Led Weaning Day
July 2nd - DCC Awareness Day
July 28th - National Parents Day
July 30th - International Gastroschisis Awareness Day
August
National Breastfeeding Month
August 1st - World Breastfeeding Week
August 3rd - National Twins Day
August 22nd - National Rainbow Baby Day
September
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month
Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
September 4th - PKD Awareness Day
September 9th - International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day
September 25th - National Daughters Day
September 30th - Microcephaly Awareness Day
October
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
October 2nd - National Child Health Day
October 15th - National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
October 25th - International Dwarfism Awareness Day
November
Bladder Health Awareness Month
December
International TTTS Awareness Month
December 7th - World TTTS Awareness Day
December 8th - World TAPS Day December
December 9th - World SIUGR Day
December 10th - World TRAP Awareness Day
