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Portland: #1 City to Have a Baby

Fit Pregancy Magazine Rates Portland The Best City to Have a Baby

By Nancy Levenson, About.com

Parents and parents to be: Now there's another reason to love the city of Portland. According to Fit Pregnancy Magazine, our city rates #1 for having a baby.

What does that mean, exactly? The mag rated cities based on the following criteria:

  • Affordability
  • Birth risk and health factors
  • Breastfeeding (laws about public breast feeding, for example)
  • Birthing options
  • Stroller friendliness
  • Fertility laws
  • Hospitals and doctors
  • Safety
  • Childcare

Just behind Portland are Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle and Denver. Read the full article in Fit Pregnancy Magazine.

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