Fit Pregnancy Magazine published a list - The Best Cities to have a Baby. Charlotte, North Carolina is in the 8th place.
Fit Pregnancy compared 50 cities according to 47 criteria (doctors and hospitals to doulas, midwives, breastfeeding success rates, birth and health risk, stroller-friendly trails and parks, affordability, etc.)
Charlotte is in the 8th place:
Hospital costs here are among the lowest in the survey
There's 101 percent more public park space than average here, relative to population.
68 percent of Charlotte families own their own homes, a key measure of affordability.
Charlotte has more OB-GYNs than average, the 8th highest in our survey.