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RECOMMENDED READING:
Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth
Kennell, Klaus and Klaus
Birthing From Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
England & Horowitz
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
Kitzinger
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn; The Complete Guide
Simkin, Whalley & Keppler
Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions About Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth and Hospital Births
Harper
A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
Korte & Scaer
An Easier Childbirth: A Mother's Guide for Birthing Normally
Peterson
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
Goer
Water Birth
Susanna Napierala
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Gotsch and Torgus
Nursing Mother, Working Mother: The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding and Staying Close to Your Baby After Your Return to Work
Gale Pryor
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with Your Baby
Hogg and Blau
The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year
Armin Brott
Choosing Waterbirth: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth
Lakshimi Bertram
HELPFUL WEBSITES:
Pregnancy/Birthing
www.childbirth.org
Complete, user-friendly pregnancy and childbirth information.
Childbirth educator and doula training as well as lots of birthing information.
A website related to the work of the long-standing intentional community in Tennessee known as The Farm, and its history of home and birth center birthing.
One of the oldest birth preparation classes. Recently updated. They no longer promotes the old style of panting and other breathing techniques. Also offers childbirth educator training and referrals to local Lamaze teachers.
The only national African-American maternal and child health organization, focusing on pregnancy and the first year after birth; links pregnant women with mentors in their community
Childbirth educator training focusing on partner-coached childbirth; referrals to birth educators.
A whole-person approach to preparing for childbirth. A class or workbook that helps you prepare for giving birth physically, emotionally and spiritually.
A publication about natural childbirth, breastfeeding and bonding, with a focus on home birth and midwife.
Information and practical advice on pregnancy, birthing and family life, covering issues from conception through teen years; emphasis on natural health and leading-edge research on controversial issues such as circumcision, vaccination, cesarean, discipline of children.
Information, support and advocacy for and about midwives practicing in all settings (home, birth center and hospitals).
Comprehensive information, support and referral service for birthing professionals and expectant parents. Also a great e-store of pregnancy and birth-related products for professionals and parents.
An attractive and easy-to-navigate resource-directory website, helping you find resources which support your conscious living and conscious parenting journey.
An organization helping individuals and communities create accredited out-of-hospital birth centers in the U.S.; referrals to local birth centers.
Doulas/Birth Assistants
www.dona.org
The official website for Doulas of North America. Information about doulas, their training and experience, statistics, resources, articles, database of certified doulas.
Childbirth educator and doula training; and referrals to birth educators.
An informational website about the benefits of hiring a doula, as well as a lot of information about pregnancy, birthing and parenting.
Breastfeeding
www.breastfeeding.com
This site offers helpful illustrations and guidance as well as a question and answer board with Lactation Consultants
Motherwear is a catalog of nursing-friendly clothing.
This site allows you to find a local chapter of La Leche League and offers a directory of informed people who can answer all your breastfeeding questions.
Largest organization that trains breastfeeding (lactation) consultants worldwide. Lots of breastfeeding information and statistics.
Cesarean Section/Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
A wealth of information, statistics and advocacy for prevention of unnecessary cesarean births, healing from birth trauma and support for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). You can search for a local support group.
A fount of clear, no-nonsense information regarding Cesareans and VBACs. Professionally moderated discussion panel
Information on vaginal birth after cesarean.
Parenting
www.parentsoup.com
Fun and filled with information and advice on tons of topics for new parents.
Information and a strong network of stay-at-home mothers of color.
Information and research on the physical, intellectual, psychological and spiritual needs of children, from pre-conception on, as well as a blueprint for meeting the needs of children.
Information on maternal-infant bonding and attachment and attachment disorders.
Information about attachment parenting and referrals to parent support groups in U.S., Canada and Europe.
Information and research on the safety and risks of vaccines; advocacy for reforming current vaccination policies; support for parents choosing not to immunize their children; holds international scientific conferences.
Information promoting attachment parenting; and referrals to parents practicing attachment parenting
Information on childrearing and educating children, beginning with conception;
the focus is addressing psychological and spiritual as well as physical aspects of children and providing practical suggestions for parents; incorporates the work of Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Information and research on male and female circumcision worldwide, promoting genital integrity and provoding practical suggestions for parents; referral to physicians, lawyers and advocates who are working to end
circumcision; hold international conferences.
The Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services (AIMS)
Information and research on birth-related issues.
Information and research on the psychological and spiritual dimensions of
conception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum from the perspective of the pre-nate and baby as well as the mother, father and family; the primary information site regarding birth trauma; conferences.
The only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care. CfM works to provide information and resources that promote the local midwife, as well as midwives and midwifery care across the country.
An information and advocacy group comprised of individuals and national organizations focusing on improving hospital birth and obstetric care, with emphasis on using practices that are supported by scientific evidence; designates mother-friendly birth sites.
SOME GREAT BLOGS:
Turn on the Light in Your Community
Birth Empowered . Birth Aware Conference
(POSTPONED-dates to be announced soon)