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Preconception health is a woman’s health before she becomes pregnant. It means knowing how health conditions and risk factors could affect a woman or her unborn baby if she becomes pregnant.

Learn how babies born with spina bifida are being protected.

Read these stories to learn about birth defects and how they impact families.

With quality medical care, people with spina bifida can lead full, healthy lives. If you have spina bifida, it’s important to get the facts so that you can make the best possible health care choices

For the first time, CDC reports findings from the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. CDC is the only organization in this country conducting broad research based on information from multiple spina bifida clinics.

Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD).

Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD).

Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD).

Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD).