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Links We Love & Use

Environmental & health concerns:

News about the safety of popular health and beauty brands from the Environmental Working Group.
www.ewg.org/skindeep

News about mercury content in seafood with many links related to mercury in our food supply chain from the Environmental Working Group.
http://www.ewg.org/issues/mercury/index.php

Is it green? Click and check The Green Guide, consumers' go-to source for green homes tips, eco-product reviews, environmental health information, and green living advice.
www.thegreenguide.com

General information about having a baby & pregnancy:

10 Questions to ask when having a baby
http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMS10Qs.pdf

The Pregnant Patient’s Bill of Rights
http://www.aimsusa.org/ppbr.htm

Childbirth Connection is a great site, home of “the listening to mothers survey” and “guide to effective practice in Maternity care”
http://www.childbirthconnection.org/

The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services - excellent site for information on informed decisions, finding out if your chosen birthing place is truly mother friendly (you may be surprised at what you find out!), and evidence based info on breastfeeding and interventions. A must see!
http://www.motherfriendly.org/

Getting What you want from Your Birth experience – an article and links to others like it
http://www.acegraphics.com.au/articles/haire01.html

Lamaze International website page with links to many helpful articles, including Ten Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy, Ten Tips for a Normal Birth
http://www.lamaze.org/Default.aspx?tabid=184

Websites specifically about pregnancy:

March of Dimes Excellent site full of information from conception thru birth, including prenatal testing, birth defects, prematurity, and much more. You can send for a free copy of MAMA their pregnancy magazine as well as other products. A must see!
www.modimes.org

Center for Disease Control - Great info and statistical resource pertaining to birth and much more.
www.cdc.gov

Discovery Health’s Pregnancy web site – good info/animation. http://health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy/
pregnancy.html

Midwifery Today – site for articles/info on birth from the midwives perspective and natural birth.
www.midwiferytoday.com

Gentle Birth
http://www.gentlebirth.org/

Your Pregnancy week by week by the Cleveland clinic and WebMD http://my.webmd.com/content/article/
64/72372.htm?src=pemedscape

Pregnancy and Baby Web Site
www.pregnancyandbaby.com

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists access to abstracts/articles/news releases
www.acog.org

Specialized/specific Childbirth Preparation Methods

Hypnobirthing website
http://www.hypnobirthing.com/
http://www.easybirthing.com/science_and_research.htm
http://www.time.com/time/connections/printout/
0,8816,1101040301-593553,00.html

Bradley Method
http://www.bradleybirth.com/

Lamaze
http://lamaze.org/

Birthing From Within
http://www.birthingfromwithin.com/

Pregnancy related articles

Prenatal Testing: Triple Screen – pros and cons and odds of Down Syndrome explained http://www.acegraphics.com.au/articles/dietsch01.html

Listeriosis and pregnancy
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/lm_tearsheet.pdf

Group B Strep
http://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/docs/GBS_Patient_Info.pdf

PUPPS
http://members.optushome.com.au/westhoff/
puppp/index.html

Optimal Foetal Positioning Article
www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm

Birth Related Articles and Web Sites (including complications, intervnetions, and natural birth)

“Childbirth: The Ordinary Miracle”
http://www.birthpsychology.com/birthscene/mothers3.html

Pre-Term Labor
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m3225/3_59/
53979626/p1/article.jhtml

Henci Goer’s Web Site Links to evidence based articles on interventions
www.hencigoer.com

The gift of power, the journey to birth
http://www.ican-online.org

Why Natural Birth?
http://pregnancyandbaby.com/inside/look/606.htm

“What’s so Good About Labor?” - benefits of labor for baby
http://www.mothersnature.com/pregnancy/info/catech.html

Pushing for First Time Moms
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/pushing.asp

Breech Babies Information
http://www.breechbabies.com/

The Hazards of Labor Induction
http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMSinduct-fact-sheet.pdf

Cytotec (misopristol) information
Cytotec package label insert
http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2002/19268slr037.pdf
“Induced and Seduced, the dangers of cytotec” from Mothering Magazine
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0838/2001_
July-August/76587430/p1/article.jhtml

Drugs not approved by the FDA for use in Obstetrics
http://www.aimsusa.org/ObstetricDrugs-NotApproved.htm
International Cesarean Awareness Network calls for ban on cytotec
http://cytoteccase.com

Drugs in Labor – an article
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/drugsinlabour.asp

The Nature and Management of Labor Pain – Non-Pharmacologic Methods
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/
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The Nature and Management of Labor Pain – Pharmacologic Methods
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf
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High Risk Pregnancy articles and Web Sites

Bedrest Web Site
www.sidelines.org

Information and resources on High Risk Pregnancy, NICU, and loss
http://www.aplacetoremember.com/

Cesarean Birth Web Sites and Articles

The Risks of Cesarean Delivery
http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMScsec-fact-sheet.pdf

International Cesarean Awareness Network
http://www.ican-online.org/

VBAC info
http://www.vbac.com/

Article on Cesarean Birth by Marsden Wagner
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/
technologyinbirth.asp

Too Posh to Push
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/
0,8816,1101040419-610086-1,00.html

Boot Camp for New Dads
http://newdads.com

New Dad site
http://www.new-dad.com/default.asp

Breastfeeding Web sites and articles

Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition - Two excellent documents to print out before your baby is born: Making Milk is Easy! and Discharge Instructions.
www.massbfc.org

Nursing Mothers’ Council provides free phone support for breastfeeding/weaning families .
www.bace-nmc.org and 617.244.5102

The American Academy of Pediatrics 2005 Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/
pediatrics;115/2/496.pdf

The United States Government’s Public Service Campaign
http://www.4women.gov/breastfeeding
/index.cfm?page=Campaign

The American College of Nurse-Midwives website on breastfeeding
www.gotmom.org

Breastfeeding is priceless
http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMSbreastfeeding.pdf

Breastfeeding Info from La Leche League
http://www.lalecheleague.org/nb.html

Articles by lactation consultant and researcher Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, www.granitescientific.com

Helpful and varied information on breastfeeding
www.breastfeeding.com

Articles by lactation consultant and researcher Linda Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC
www.bflrc.com/ljs/ls-arts.htm

Ameda Breastfeeding Site, great “answer sheets” downloadable and printable quick reference sheets
http://www.hollister.com/us/mbc/
breastfeeding/resource/educational.html

Medela Breastfeeding Info – great resource on BF
http://www.medela.com/NewFiles/bfdginfo.html

Just One Bottle – Marsha Walker a lactation consultant writes on the effects of just one bottle
http://www.health-e-learning.com/articles/
JustOneBottle.pdf

Cord Blood Donation
http://www.parentsguidecordblood.com/

Newborn and Pediatric Web Sites

Children’s hospital of Philadelphia ~ great site for newborn/pedi info, nice printable information sheets
www.chop.edu

AAP guide to car seat safety
http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm

Car Seat Checkpoint Info
http://www.seatcheck.org

Consumer Product Safety Commission – recall information on products
http://www.cpsc.gov/

Dr Sears’ Web Site ~ great info for parents and professionals on the childbearing year and pediatrics
www.Askdrsears.com

Elizabeth Pantly’s web site, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution and Gentle Baby Care
http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/

Zero to three website
http://www.zerotothree.org/

Hyland’s Homeopathic Children’s Remedies home of the wonderful and effective teething tablets and more
http://hylands.com

Information on Homeopathy
http://www.1800homeopathy.com/
resources/chapterindex.html?chapter=1

Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute
http://www.jnjpediatricinstitute.com

Parenting

Mothering
http://www.mothering.com/

Attachment Parenting
http://www.attachmentparenting.org/

Dr. Jay Gordon
http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/index.asp

Dr Jack Newman – an online breastfeeding resource
http://www.drjacknewman.com/

Vaccine Safety
http://www.mercola.com/2003/jan/15/vaccine_benefits.htm