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Natural Parenting

Mothering.com  one of the best sources of information on natural parenting topics (formerly Mothering Magazine)

Ask Dr. Sears   Information and advice from Dr. William Sears and his pediatrician sons.

Attachment Parenting

Dr. Jay Gordon

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.

The Environmental Working Group: you could spend hours reading the great information they have on their website! Revolutionize your life and household for health!

The Green Guide, a wonderful resource for all green info.

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

Christiane Northrup, MD: a very wise obstetrician, author, mother

Nutrition

The Brewer Diet, a diet trusted by midwives and some physicians to keep women healthy during pregnancy. Check it out!

Pregnancy

10 Questions to ask when having a baby, by DONA International

The Rights of Childbearing Women

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.

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.

Lamaze International website page with links to many helpful articles, including Ten Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy, Ten Tips for a Normal Birth

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.

Centers for Disease Control: info and statistical resource pertaining to birth and much more.

Midwifery Today: articles/info on birth from the midwives perspective and natural birth.

Gentle Birth

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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

ToLabor: find a doula, become a doula

DONA International: find a doula, become a doula

Dads and Doulas: working together to support mom

Childbirth Education Organizations

Boston Association for Childbirth Education and the Nursing Mothers' Council

Lamaze International

HypnoBirthing Institute

Birthing From Within

Bradley Method

Birth Works

ICEA

Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association

Birth Information

Optimal Fetal Positioning Article

Spinning babies into the optimal position for birth

"Childbirth: The Ordinary Miracle"  from BirthPsychology.com

Henci Goer's website links to evidence based articles on interventions

Why Natural Birth?

What's so Good About Labor? The benefits of labor for a baby

Pushing for First Time Moms

The Hazards of Labor Induction

Drugs not approved by the FDA for use in Obstetrics

Drugs in Labor: an article by Midwifery today

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.

The Nature and Management of Labor Pain with Non-Pharmacologic Methods

High Risk Pregnancy articles and Web Sites

Bedrest Website

A Place to Remember   Information and resources on High Risk Pregnancy, NICU, and loss

Cochrane Database: an amazing research database full of information related to maternal and child health

Cesarean Birth and VBAC Web Sites and Articles

The Risks of Cesarean Delivery

International Cesarean Awareness Network

VBAC info

Article on Cesarean Birth by Marsden Wagner, MD

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 Shop.

The Being Dad Pregnancy Guidebook (co-authored by one of the MoCo Mommas)

24-hour Cribside Assistance  

New Dad 

Dad Labs  fun-loving and informative

Breastfeeding 

Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition (MBC)

MBC poster:  Skin-on-skin

MBC poster:  Discharge Instructions

MBC poster:  Making Milk is Easy

Article by MBC's Director  Just One Bottle Doesn't Hurt

Nursing Mothers' Council provides free phone support and gatherings for breastfeeding families (some of the MoCo breastfeeding counselors are Nursing Mothers' Counselors)

La Leche League provides information on its website but also our local LLL group provides free phone support and gatherings for breastfeeding families (one of our MoCo breastfeeding counselors is a LLL Leader)

Kangaroo Mothercare   helpful information on the benefits of skin-on-skin care for both baby and mom

The Motherwear Blog  a breastfeeding blog written by a lactation consultant from Massachusetts!

Spanish for Breastfeeding Support

Breastmilk Research

Dr Jack Newman: an online breastfeeding resource by a breastfeeding medicine physician known around the world for his quality information and approach

Infant Risk   find out the most up-to-date research about how various drugs might (or might not) affect your baby through your breastmilk.  Website of Dr. Thomas Hale and his team of breastfeeding medicine researchers.

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk  by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005 Policy Statement

The American College of Nurse-Midwives website on breastfeeding

Why Breastfeeding is Priceless

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, lactation consultant and researcher

Breastfeeding.com   Helpful and varied information on breastfeeding

Kellymom.com   Helpful and varied information on breastfeeding

MilkShare: a locally-grown organization helping moms donate their milk to other moms who need it.

Mothers' Milk Bank of New England: find out how to donate your milk today!

International Lactation Consultants Association

Newborn and Pediatric Web Sites

National Highway Safety Transportation Administration (car seat safety)

AAP Guide to Car Seat Safety

Car Seat Checkpoints

The Car Seat Lady

Consumer Product Safety Commission: recall information on products

Elizabeth Pantley, information on sleep from the author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution and Gentle Baby Care

Vaccinations

Centers for Disease Control

www.mothering.com

Immunization Action Coalition

National Vaccine Information Center

Ask Dr. Sears

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center

Vaccine Safety  by Dr. Mercola

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.

Circumcision

The American Academy of Pediatrics

National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers

The American Academy of Family Physicians

The Circumcision Resource Center

Midwifery

American College of Nurse Midwives

Midwives Alliance of North America

Massachusetts Midwives Alliance

Foundation to Advance Midwifery

Ina May Gaskin, world-famous American midwife, speaker and author 

Postpartum Care

DONA International find a postpartum doula

CAPPA  find a postpartum doula

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.

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.

Alternative and Complementary Medicine Information

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Chiropractic Care

Hyland's Homeopathic Children's Remedies: home of the wonderful and effective teething tablets, which we carry at Mothers & Company

Information on Homeopathy