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Pregnancy
10 Questions to Ask Your Care Provider
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
April Kline
Changes in 2nd Trimester
April Kline
Changes in 3rd Trimester
April Kline
The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Midwifery Fact Sheet 2003
Citizens for Midwifery
The Effects of Fewer Midwifery-Attended Births
The San Francisco Chronicle
Outcomes of Planned Home Birth
The American College of Nurse Midwives
Ten Tips to Avoid Induction
World Health Organization
Maternity Care Analysis Finds Danger of Routine Interventions
The Journal of Perinatal Education
The Highlights of Mother-Friendly Childbirth
The Journal of Perinatal Education
Midwifery's Renaissance
Marsden Wagner
The Power of Bellydancing While Pregnant
Compiled by April Kline
Preparing Older Sibling for Birth of New Baby
Compiled by April Kline
Tobacco Use in Pregnancy
April Kline
Urinary Tract Infections During Pregnancy
April Kline
Where Does the Weight Go in Pregnancy?
April Kline
Doulas
Effects of Birth Doulas
Doulas of North America
Doulas of North America
Birth
30 Comfort Measures for Labor
Henci Goer
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2006
Induction Fact Sheet
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Cesareans Increase Risks For Newborns
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
There's No Place Like Home
Pam England
Your Right to Refuse
International Cesarean Awareness Network
How Childbirth Went Industrial
Henci Goer
Mother-Friendly Childbirth
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Episiotomies Add Risks
Rob Stein for The Washington Post
Technology Can Complicate Birth
Marsden Wagner
Twins and Birth Options
Dar a Luz Network, Inc.
Postpartum
Breastfeeding is Priceless
Coalition for Improving Midwifery Services
Vaginal Birth Not Associated With Incontinence Later in Life
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Omega-3s Offer a Strong Decrease in Mild Postpartum Depression
Dr. Mercola, 2007
Role of Postpartum Doula
Doulas of North America
Everybody Gets the Blues: Postpartum Depression
Peggy O'Mara in Mothering Magazine
Preparing For Baby: The 10 Essentials
Jennifer Steinbach
Your Newborn
Newborns and Eye Infection
Dar a Luz Network, Inc.
Questions and Answers About Infant Circumcision
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
Questions and Answers About Your Son's Circumcised Penis
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
Questions and Answers About Your Son's Intact Penis
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
Circumcision and HIV
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
Circumcision and MRSA
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
Questions and Answers About Forcible Retraction of Foreskin
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
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