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American Association of Birth Centres This extensive website hosts lots of information on how to find a birth centre, FAQ, Birth Stories, finding a midwife, learning centre, how to start a birth centre, how to become a midwife and lots more.
This popular site provides extensive information on midwifery, pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. You will find the midwifery page, newsgroups and mailing lists, organizations, the parents page, herbs, alternative health resources, women's resources and lots more.
Visit this wonderful UK website to find out about a small, intimate and beautifully designed Birth Centre adjacent to St. George's hospital in Tooting. The centre is run by well known midwife Caroline Flint and colleagues Val Clarke, Anne Adamson, and Pam Wild.
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers was founded in 1980 by a group of mothers who felt that there was a need for another breastfeeding organization. They are a charity run by mothers for mothers committed to giving friendly support and supplying the right information to all women whishing to breastfeed.
Baby Milk Action is a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant feeding. Baby Milk Action works within a global network to strengthen independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the baby feeding industry.
This site provides extensive information on Breastfeeding issues. You can visit the breastfeeding answer centre, subscribe to a digital newsletter and lots more.
International Lactation Consultant Association The International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) promotes the professional development, advancement, and recognition of lactation consultants worldwide for the benefit of breastfeeding women, infants and children.
La Leche League International provides worldwide support, encouragement and mother-to-mother support for breastfeeding. They provide extensive education and information on Breastfeeding. At Joyful Childbirth will find here free essential information on how to improve your birthing experience as well as offering a Birthing Doula (Birthing Partner) and Labour Preparation & Massage Tuition service.
This US site promotes their maternity fitness wear. They also provide a section on fitness tips - providing information on what the pros are saying about exercise and pregnancy.
Healthy Mms is an organization dedicated to enhancing the physical and psychological well-being of women throughout the childbearing year through safe, effective and innovative exercise programming.
Brand New Dad is an online community, Resource centre and search engine for New and Expectant Fathers. Join Free!
The aim of this site is not to persuade you to choose home birth. What I would like to do instead is to provide information about home birth, for parents who think that it might be the right choice for them, and for health professionals looking for facts and ideas.
Nicky Menzies' Homebirth Website This website is there to help you learn a little bit about having your baby at home. Hopefully, it will answer some of your questions and also point you to where you can find out more. Association of Radical Midwives They are midwives, student midwives and others in the UK committed to improving the maternity care provided by the National Health Service. The strongly believe that all women have the right to a service tailored more closely to their needs, and a sympathetic attitude on the part of their professional attendants.
Independent Midwifery Association Independent Midwives are fully qualified midwives who, in order to practice the midwife's role to its fullest extend, have chosen to work outside the National Health Service (UK), although they support its aims and ideals. The midwife's role encompasses the care of women during pregnancy, birth and afterwards.
This is a really interesting site. Marilyn Greene is a practicing Midwife in Middle Tennessee and has been involved in home and birth centre birth for twenty three years. You will find lots of articles on different topics.
MIDIRS Midwifery Digest's site explores there services in detail. Also included is latest midwifery news. Of particular interest to members is the ability to do unlimited literature searches on line for a small additional cost on top of membership fees.
Midwifery Today publishes 'Midwifery Today Magazine'. An excellent resource for pregnancy, birth and midwifery information. You can also subscribe to the free E-News (weekly electronic newsletter). This site provides extensive information on midwifery. This site has many miscarriage subjects from physical to emotional to social issues. This site has been put together by a woman who experienced miscarriage.
Miscarriage Support and Information Resources This site provides extensive links to support and resources. There are newsgroups, mails lists, medical information websites, ectopic & molar pregnancy websites, recurrent miscarriage, support group websites and emotional aspects of loss websites (plus lots more).
Miscarriage Support Groups in NZ On this site you will find tips for coping with miscarriage, contact information for Miscarriage Support Groups in New Zealand, links to other internet resources and access to their online support forum.
Wisconsin Stillbirth Service Program Website This site is dedicated to serving families who experience the tragedy of stillbirth and the professionals who care for them. Natural TherapiesNatural pain techniques for childbirth using acupressure. Promoting natural labour and partner involvement.
Congratulations! You've found the path to the treasures of birth psychology. In these pages you'll be able to explore the many mental and emotional dimensions of pregnancy and birth in everything from scholarly articles to personal stories and late-breaking headlines.
Attachment Parenting International Attachment Parenting is a philosophy based in the practice of nurturing parenting methods that create strong emotional bonds between the infant and the parent(s). This strong attachment develops and fulfils and infant or child's intrinsic need for trust, empathy, love and affection to create secure, peaceful, and enduring relationships.
The Jill Curtis helpsite for parents and grandparents. Are you looking for advise about family issues? If so, this is the site for you. Hundreds of online articles.
The Liedloff Continuum Network This website has been created by members of the Liedloff Continuum Network (LCN) to educate and serve the public — especially parents, parents-to-be and anyone who cares about the well-being of infants and children — by advocating the principles described in The Continuum Concept and suggesting practical ways to integrate them into daily life.
Their vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such world, every child can grow into adulthood with generous capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent task.
The Natural Family Site: Attachment Parenting Attachment parenting involves creating a strong bond between mother/father and the child. It is also natural mothering because it involves doing what comes natural to a mother when social and cultural influences are eliminated. Benefits can include a less fussy and happier baby and more sensitive parents
A very large and popular site. Providing information from pregnancy to baby to parenting parents. There are bulletin boards, chats and favourite tools which include baby name finder, pregnancy calendar, due date calendar and much more.
Positive Parenting website is dedicated to providing resources and information to make parenting rewarding, effective and fun!
TIPS provide evidence-based information about breastfeeding, skincare, cord care and other midwifery-related subjects. The TIPS Award Scheme, a unique independent testing programme, allows volunteer parent testers to review carefully selected baby products.
Familyvideos contains over 80 articles all written by our team of experts and we add around 10 new articles each month.
Fertility Awareness and Natural Family Planning This site provides comprehensive and objective information to the general public and health professionals on all aspects of fertility awareness.
This site not only explores natural family planning but continues on through pregnancy, birth and beyond. The Natural Family Planning Site hopes that you will discover a whole new world of natural practices that really are better for both you and your children.
This site has been created for those who are trying to get pregnant. The emphasis is base on the FAM method, which is charting your basal body temperature, cervical fluid and cervical position to assist you in pregnancy achievement.
World Organisation Ovulation Method Billings There are many reasons that make modern scientific natural family planning beneficial to female reproductive health. The knowledge that the Billings Ovulation Method of natural family planning provides should be understood by every woman. Association for Improvement in Maternity Services Association for Improvement in Maternity Services (AIMS) supports parents and professionals in the UK and Ireland. Find information on hospital acquired infections, Group B Strep and pregnancy, choosing a water birth, twins, posterior babies and lots more.
Where you choose to have your baby and whom you choose to look after you in labour will affect the type of birth you have and the care you receive. This website explains your options in the UK and gives you some information to help you make those choices.
This website began as a way to educate the public about the ability of the female body to give birth. What began as a few pages on handling pain has grown into the most comprehensive non-commercial site about pregnancy and birth on the internet.
You will find the path to the treasures of birth psychology. On this website you will be able to explore the many mental and emotional dimensions of pregnancy and birth in everything from scholarly articles to personal stories and late-breaking headlines.
The official website of the perinatal education associates. Perinatal Education Associates provides education and quality childbirth-related products to both the lay consumer and professional consumer. They are committed to the highest quality products and personalized customer service.
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services has grown to represent more than 90,000 birth professionals. This organisation has developed an initiative which is an evidence-based document which provides guidelines for identifying and designating mother-friendly birth sites including hospitals, birth centres, and home-birth services.
Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network The Cochrane Consumer Network's site contains a range of health care information, and information to help people understand health care research. It is also a resource for consumers and others who want to become involved in the Collaboration or other health research activities.
Heads Up! All about the breech babies This site was developed so that families expecting a breech baby have a p lace to come to get a great deal of information available to them regarding the dynamics of birthing breech.
National Childbirth Trust (UK) The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) offers support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. They aim to give every parent the chance to make informed choices. They try to make sure that all their services, activities and membership are fully accessible to everyone.
This is an interactive pregnancy calendar that will build a day-by-day customized calendar that details the development of a baby from before conception to birth.
Sheila is a well-known birth activist, speaker and author. You can visit her site and explore aspects of birth, drawing on things that Sheila has learned from women around the world and her research as a social anthropologist into women's experiences of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.
Womensbirth is a website for the expectant mother. Here, she can find the information and encouragement she needs to help her prepare for a gentle, natural childbirth. Womensbirth is filled with informational pages contributed by professional Midwives, Doulas, Herbalists and Homeopaths from around the globe; each one united in the belief that every woman’s birth experience can be beautiful, empowering and serene.
International Caesarean Awareness Network This is a collection of fact sheets and information put out by the International Caesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) and other sources. Information includes how to prevent an unnecessary caesarean, vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC), how to find resources in your community, information about ICAN, and how to become a part of ICAN.
VBAC.com aims to provide access to information from a variety of sources: scientific studies, professional guidelines, government reports, successful and safe established VBAC programs, and the midwifery model of care. Their goal is to help women make informed decisions about how they will give birth.
Caesarean Birth and VBAC Information Offers research-based information and support on all aspects of caesareans and vaginal birth following caesarean section. Babymoon supply portable water birth pools to hire for your home birth or hospital birth, throughout the UK. Find answers to your water birth questions and discover the benefits that water could bring to your labour. We are based in the New Forest so if you live in Hampshire, Dorset or Wiltshire, we are your local water birth pool supplier.
A resource dedicated to information on birth
since 1987. One of the largest This UK sites provides information on the Genesis Birthing Pool. You can find out how to hire the pool on this site. The site also provides information on using water during labour and birth.
Learn all about this wonderful new innovation that enables joyous and empowering childbirth. This pioneering site is dedicated to the belief that every mother has the right to have the birth experience she wants.
Waterbirth International Research, Resource and Referral Service is a project of the non-profit public benefit corporation, global Maternal/Child health Association. They have been assisting women and their families discover the benefits of labouring and giving birth in water since 1989.
Your complete resource for waterbirth. We offer the only affordable waterbirth pool kits on the net. Enjoy the many benefits of warm water for childbirth in our comfortable water birth tubs. Why rent? YourWaterBirth.com labour and birthing pools will cost you less and are softer then a hard Jacuzzi.
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Disclaimer The information contained on this website is of a general nature and is designed for educational purposes only. The information is not meant to replace the recommendations or advise of your midwife or doctor. Please consult your midwife or doctor regarding your health care.
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