Natural Parenting
Mothering Magazine, one of the best sources of information on natural parenting
http://www.mothering.com
Information and advice from Dr. Sears and his pediatrician sons.
http://www.askdrsears.com/
Attachment Parenting
http://www.attachmentparenting.org/
Dr. Jay Gordon
http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/index.asp
Environmental and Women's Health
The Skin Deep Report/Cosmetics Database from the Environmental Working Group...find out what's lurking in the products you put on and in your and your baby's bodies.
http://www.ewg.org/skindeep
The Environmental Working Group: you could spend hours reading the great information they have on their website! Revolutionize your life and household for health!
http://www.ewg.org
The Green Guide, a wonderful resource for all green info.
http://www.thegreenguide.com
Information on an amazing conference for women that the amazing Teresa Heinz Kerry puts on for over a thousand women each year...and it's FREE!
http://www.heinzfamily.org/programs/womensconferences.html
The iconic Our Bodies, Ourselves
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
http://www.awhonn.org
Christiane Northrup, MD: a very wise obstetrician, author, mother
http://www.drnorthrup.com/
Nutrition
The Brewer Diet, the key to a healthy pregnancy. Check it out!
http://www.drbrewerpregnancydiet.com/id96.html
Pregnancy
10 Questions to ask when having a baby
http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMS10Qs.pdf
The Rights of Childbearing Women
http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10084
Childbirth Connection: an amazing website full of hours of great evidence-based information on pregnancy and birth. Also home of the Listening to Mothers survey and the Guide to Effective Practice in Maternity Care.
http://www.childbirthconnection.org/
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services: an 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.
http://www.motherfriendly.org/
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
March of Dimes: Medical and health information from conception through birth, including information about prenatal testing, birth defects, prematurity, and much more. You can request a free copy of MAMA their pregnancy magazine as well as other products.
http://www.modimes.org
Centers for Disease Control: info and statistical resource pertaining to birth and much more.
http://www.cdc.gov
Midwifery Today: articles/info on birth from the midwives perspective and natural birth.
http://www.midwiferytoday.com
Gentle Birth
http://www.gentlebirth.org/
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
http://www.acog.org
Doulas: women serving childbearing families before, during and after birth
Everyone Deserves a Doula: an article about doulas, written by MoCo Momma Jeanette Mesite Frem
http://www.spiritofchange.org/articles.php?id=280_
DONA International: find a doula, become a doula
http://www.dona.org
ToLabor: find a doula, become a doula
http://www.tolabor.org
Dads and Doulas: working together to support mom
http://www.dona.org/mothers/dads_and_doulas.php
The Doula Guide to Birth: a book written by a local doula-friend of ours, Ananda Lowe.
http://thedoulaguide.com/
Childbirth Education Organizations
Boston Association for Childbirth Education
http://www.bace-nmc.org
Lamaze International
http://www.lamaze.org
HypnoBirthing
http://www.hypnobirthing.com/
Birthing From Within
http://www.birthingfromwithin.com/
Bradley Method (Husband-Coached Childbirth)
http://www.bradleybirth.org
Birth Works
http://www.birthworks.org
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association
http://www.cappa.net
Birth Information
Optimal Fetal Positioning Article
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm
Spinning babies into the optimal position for birth
http://www.spinningbabies.com
"Childbirth: The Ordinary Miracle"
http://www.birthpsychology.com/birthscene/mothers3.html
Henci Goer's Web Site Links to evidence based articles on interventions
www.hencigoer.com
Why Natural Birth?
http://pregnancyandbaby.com/inside/look/606.htm
"What's so Good About Labor?" The benefits of labor for a baby
http://www.mothersnature.com/pregnancy/info/catech.html
Pushing for First Time Moms
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/pushing.asp
The Hazards of Labor Induction
http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMSinduct-fact-sheet.pdf
Drugs not approved by the FDA for use in Obstetrics
http://www.aimsusa.org/ObstetricDrugs-NotApproved.htm
Drugs in Labor: an article
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/drugsinlabour.asp
Easy Labor, a book and informative website by the Chief of OB Anesthesia at Brigham and Women's, William Camann, MD, a friend of Mothers & Company. His book, Easy Labor, is available at MoCo.
http://www.easylabor.net/
The Nature and Management of Labor Pain with Non-Pharmacologic Methods
http://www.docguide.com/(click to follow link)
The Nature and Management of Labor Pain with Pharmacologic Methods
http://www.docguide.com/(click to follow link)
High Risk Pregnancy articles and Web Sites
Bedrest Website
http://www.sidelines.org
Information and resources on High Risk Pregnancy, NICU, and loss
http://www.aplacetoremember.com/
Cochrane Database: an amazing research database full of information related to maternal and child health
http://www.cochrane.org
Cesarean Birth and VBAC 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
Fathering
Being Dad–a website devoted to becoming and being a dad, features a film called Being Dad, in which two of the MoCo Mommas are featured (along with six dads from Massachusetts talking about pregnancy and birth at the Cask n' Flagon in Boston!). The DVD is available in our online Shop.
http://www.beingdadusa.com
The Being Dad Pregnancy Guidebook (co-authored by one of the MoCo Mommas)
http://www.beingdadusa.com/download_guidebook.html
New Dad site
http://www.new-dad.com
Dad Labs: fun-loving but informative
http://www.dadlabs.com
Breastfeeding Web sites and articles
Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition: Several excellent documents to print out before your baby is born: Making Milk is Easy!, Discharge Instructions, Skin-to-Skin
http://www.massbfc.org
Nursing Mothers' Council provides free phone support for breastfeeding/weaning families.
http://www.bace-nmc.org
Dr Jack Newman: an online breastfeeding resource
http://www.drjacknewman.com/
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 American College of Nurse-Midwives website on breastfeeding
http://www.gotmom.org
Breastfeeding is priceless
http://www.dona.org/PDF/CIMSbreastfeeding.pdf
La Leche League
http://www.lalecheleague.org/nb.html
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, lactation consultant and researcher
http://www.granitescientific.com
Helpful and varied information on breastfeeding
http://www.breastfeeding.com
Medela Breastfeeding Info: great resource on breastfeeding
http://www.medela.com/NewFiles/bfdginfo.html
Just One Bottle: Marsha Walker a local and well-respected lactation consultant writes on the effects of just one bottle
http://www.health-e-learning.com/articles/JustOneBottle.pdf
MilkShare: a locally-grown organization helping moms donate their milk to other moms who need it.
http://www.milkshare.org
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England: donate your milk today!
http://www.milkbankne.org/
International Lactation Consultants Association
http://www.ilca.org
Newborn and Pediatric Web Sites
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: great site for newborn/pedi info, nice printable information sheets
http://www.chop.edu
National Highway Safety Transportation Administration (car seat safety)
http://www.nhtsa.gov
AAP Guide to Car Seat Safety
http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
Car Seat Checkpoints
http://www.seatcheck.org
Consumer Product Safety Commission: recall information on products
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution and Gentle Baby Care
http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/
Vaccinations
Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/Parents-Guide/default.htm
Mothering Magazine
www.mothering.com
Immunization Action Coalition
http://www.immunize.org/vis/
National Vaccine Information Center
http://www.909shot.com/
Ask Dr. Sears
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/8/T085200.asp
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/microsite/microsite.jsp?id=75918
Vaccine Safety
http://www.mercola.com/2003/jan/15/vaccine_benefits.htm
Furniture Safety
Meghan's Hope A website raising awareness about the importance of preventing furniture tipovers and resultant injury and death to children, with helpful information on what you can do to protect children in your life.
http://www.meghanshope.org
Circumcision
The American Academy of Pediatrics
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;103/3/686
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
www.nocirc.org
The American Academy of Family Physicians
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/men/reproductive/042.html
The Circumcision Resource Center
http://www.circumcision.org/
Midwifery
American College of Nurse Midwives
http://www.acnm.org
Midwives Alliance of North America
http://www.mana.org
Massachusetts Midwives Alliance
http://www.massmidwives.org
Foundation to Advance Midwifery
http://www.formidwifery.org
Ina May Gaskin, world-famous American midwife, speaker and author http://www.inamaygaskin.com
Postpartum Care
MotherCare Services: postpartum doula services. Owned and managed by a friend of Mothers & Company, Joan Singer, who has been training and supervising postpartum doulas for 25 years.
http://www.mothercareservices.com
Lois Freedman: Healing from the Heart, counselor, author, compassionate counselor for women and their partners who are preparing for a VBAC or who have had trauma or grief in their lives.
http://www.loisfreedman.net
Alternative and Complementary Medicine Information
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
http://www.aaaomonline.org/
Chiropractic Care
http://www.icpa.org
Hyland's Homeopathic Children's Remedies: home of the wonderful and effective teething tablets, which we carry at Mothers & Company
http://www.hylands.com
Information on Homeopathy
http://www.1800homeopathy.com/resources/chapterindex.html?chapter=1
