Links & Resources

General Birth resources

Association of Radical Midwives (UK)- chat list of midwifery wisdom
www.radmid.demon.co.uk

Australian College of Midwives- info and resources, find an independent midwife
www.midwives.org.au

Cord clamping and third stage issues
www.cordclamp.com

Doulas of North America- find a doula in the US
www.dona.org

Gentle Birth – includes archives of midwifery discussion, an excellent resource
www.gentlebirth.org

Jeannine Parvati Baker, writing and books
www.freestone.org
www.birthkeper.com

Joyous Birth, homebirth, support after birth trauma
www.joyousbirth.info

Labour of Love, the web magazine for conscious parenting
www.labouroflove.org

Laura Shanley's unassisted childbirth site
www.freebirth.com

Midwifery today magazine (US) a treasure-trove of natural birth information
www.midwiferytoday.com

Mothering magazine (US) articles, chat rooms
www.mothering.com

Mother and Child Health, natural birth and parenting articles and advice
www.motherandchildhealth.com

Midwife Sara Wickham's articles and links
http://www.withwoman.co.uk

Research

The Cochrane library and Database, source of evidence-based reviews for pregnancy and birth
Access is free in some countries, or may be available through academic institutes
Australia: http://www.nicsl.com.au/cochrane/index.asp
UK: www.nelh.nhs.uk/cochrane.asp
To check if you have access-
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/DoYouAlreadyHaveAccess.html

Pubmed database of medical research- a great place to search for medical research and information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=&DB=PubMed

Magazine websites

Kindred (previously Byron Child)
www.kindredmagazine.com.au

The Complete Mother (Canada)
www.compleatmother.com

Midwifery Today International Midwife
www.midwiferytoday.com

Mothering (US)
www.mothering.com

The Mother (UK)
www.themothermagazine.co.uk

Natural Parenting (Aus)
www.naturalparenting.com.au

Juno magazine (UK)
www.junomagazine.com

Green Parent
www.thegreenparent.co.uk

Lotus Birth/Placenta

Placental history, rituals and placentophagy
www.PlacentaBenefits.info

Women of Spirit and Shivam Rachana, author of Lotus Birth book
www.womenofspirit.asn.au/lotus.html

Birthlove lotus birth stories and links (members only)
www.birthlove.com/pages/stories/lotus.html

Sara Wickham's lotus article and links
http://www.withwoman.co.uk/contents/info/lotus.html

Homebirth

The Homebirth Choice
www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/homebirthchoice.asp (US)
www.homebirth.org.uk (UK)
www.homebirth.net (UK)
www.homebirthaustralia.org.au (Australia)
www.homebirth.org.nz (New Zealand)
www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/homebirth.html (The safety of homebirth)

Waterbirth

Waterbirth International
www.waterbirth.org Waterbirth information and resources. Register your baby's waterbirth at the 'I was born in water' survey !

Birth Balance
www.birthbalance.com Waterbirth, homebirth and doula information, see pictures of the first US home-waterborn baby!

Breastfeeding

Australian Breastfeeding Association
www.breastfeeding.asn.au

La Leche League International
www.lalecheleague.org

La Leche League UK
www.laleche.org.uk

Link to many breastfeeding resources
www.breastfeeding.com

Mothering your Nursing Toddler
www.myntoddler.com.

Promom: 101 reasons to breastfeed your child compiled by Leslie Burby
http://www.promom.org/101/

Yoga for pregnancy, birth and mothering

Classes in Brisbane
www.yogababy.com.au

Classes in Sydney
www.yogababes.com.au

Classes in Melbourne
www.mangalastudios.com.au

Prenatal testing

Support for parents opting to continue a pregnancy when their baby has a terminal prenatal diagnosis
http://perinatalhospice.org

Co-sleeping

James Mckenna's research
www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab

Sharing a bed with your baby (brochure) UNICEF/UK Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
www.babyfriendly.org.uk

Sleeping with your baby- the worlds top scientists speak out

Mothering no 114, Sept-Oct 2002, special edition, especially the following articles

• Safe Environment Safety Checklist-Patricia Donohue-Carey, p44-7
• The New Zealand Experience- how smoking affects SIDS rates, Taylor B, Baddock S, Mitchell E, Ford R, Tipene-Leach D, Galland B. p62-7
• Breastfeeding and Bedsharing- Still Useful (and Important) after All these Years. McKenna J. p28-37

www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/sleep/sleep.html

Australian standards and recommendations for cots
www.consumer.gov.au/html/babysafe/housecots.html

Australian SIDS Recommendations
Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)- brochure
Published by SIDS Melbourne 1997
www.sidsandkids.org/rtr/professionsl.htm

Humanity and Infant bed-top co-sleeper
www.humanityinfantandherbal.com

Elimination Communication (raising babies without nappies/diapers)

Diaper free baby- local groups, resources and links
www.diaperfreebaby.org

Elimination Communication yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eliminationcommunication/

You will also find EC discussions at the following forums
www.mothering.com
www.naturalparenting.com.au
www.parentsplace.com

Ingrid Bauer's Natural Infant Hygiene site and Diaper Free book, plus links
http://www.natural-wisdom.com

Laurie Boucke's site, books and the Infant Potty Training Webring
http://www.timl.com/ipt/

Natec's Elimination Timing article, excerpt from her original booklet
http://www.timl.com/natec_1.htm

Gentle Parenting

Attachment Parenting International
www.attachmentparenting.org

Aletha Solter's Aware Parenting
www.awareparenting.com

Natural Child project
www.naturalchild.org

Patty Wipfler
www.parentleaders.org/articles.html

Thomas Gordon and PET
www.gordontraining.com/familyresources.asp

Holistic Health

Susun Weed’s herbal wisdom and spirit healing for pregnancy and birth through to menopause
www.susunweed.com

Diet, health, healing and family life
www.nourished.com.au

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