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Links:
Childbirth Connection Helping women and health professionals make informed maternity care decisions.
Childbirth Collective A local resource for childbirth education, doula, birth and parenting resources.
CIMS, Coalition For Improving Maternity Services.
The Birth SurveyTake the survey if you have given birth in the last 3 years. View consumer feedback on hospitals, birth centers, doctors, and midwives in your community. View hospital intervention rates.
Birth Source Great site for everything to do with birth.
ICAN Twin Cities International Cesarean Awareness Network.
Kangaroo Mother Care Skin-on-skin care for infants.
Ten Moons Rising Giving birth to a more peaceful world.
Attachment Parenting A nonprofit organization with a mission to educate and support all parents in raising secure, joyful, and empathic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world.
Solace for Mothers An organization designed for the sole purpose of providing support for women who have experienced childbirth as traumatic.
Talaris Mission statement: To support parents and caregivers in raising socially and emotionally healthy children.
La Leche League Breastfeeding site. Find local support.
Great Dad A site for fathers.
A Safe Passage Website for pregnant women who are survivors of abuse.
The Birth Facts, a website with up-to-date evidence-based childbirth information.
DONA International is the world's premier doula organization. This is the organization I am certified with.
Articles:
Article on Pitocin (note: click on tab that says, Pitocin Side Effects, for the information on the side effects)
Episode on homebirth on VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness by Karen Angstadt.
Article about pushing with a first baby.
Red Raspberry Leaf Tea in pregnancy.
Article on co-sleeping and why babies should not sleep alone.
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T070200.asp 8 Infant Sleep Facts Every Parent Should Know. Dr. Sears advise on how to put baby to sleep.
19 minute streaming video of how to get a perfect latch when breastfeeding your baby.