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Pregnancy

10 Questions to Ask Your Care Provider
By Coalition for Improving Maternity Services

Beneficial Herbs for Pregnancy
By April Kline

Changes in 2nd Trimester
By April Kline

Changes in 3rd Trimester
By April Kline

The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
By Coalition for Improving Maternity Services

Midwifery Fact Sheet 2003
By 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
By 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
By April Kline

Urinary Tract Infections During Pregnancy
By April Kline

Where Does the Weight Go in Pregnancy?
By April Kline


Doulas

Effects of Birth Doulas
Doulas of North America

Dads and Doulas
Doulas of North America


Birth

30 Comfort Measures for Labor
Henci Goer

Cesarean Triples Maternal Death
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2006

Choosing an Epidural
Compiled by Amanda Rowland

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
By 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
By 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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