Celebrating 15 years

Pregnancy

Welcome to Sunny Start!

Sunny Start is BMC HealthNet Plan’s care management program that helps moms and babies get the care they need during and after pregnancy. BMC HealthNet Plan members that choose to enroll in Sunny Start get help from our care managers, including:

  • Customized care planning by our care coordinators for low risk pregnancies or our registered nurses for moderate or high risk pregnancies
  • Access to a registered nurse skilled in obstetrics and newborn care for any needs relating to safe and healthy pregnancies
  • Free car seat for your baby (for MassHealth members only)
  • Free manual breast pump
  • Member education packet, including What To Do When You’re Having a Baby book
  • Childbirth education and parenting classes
  • Help with transportation to appointments
  • Help with determining eligibility and applying for WIC
  • Assistance and reminder calls related to postpartum care
  • Education on preventing preterm labor and delivery
  • Postpartum and newborn care information
  • Help with finding community resources like housing, legal assistance, shelter, clothing

Make sure you and your baby get off to a Sunny Start with BMC HealthNet Plan!

Here are other information sources you may find useful:

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You can learn more about your condition and how to manage it from the Health Education Center.
Just follow these steps:

  • Click on the following link: Health Education Center.
  • Enter your condition (for example: asthma) in the search box that appears on the left of the screen.

Puedes aprender más sobre tú condición y como manejarlo del Health Education Center.
Siga estos pasos:

  • Haga clic en el lazo siguiente: Health Education Center.
  • Entre su condición (por ejemplo: el asma) en la caja de la búsqueda que parece en la izquierda de la pantalla del Health Education Center.