Resources
Birth & Postpartum Supplies
Poor Prenatal Diagnosis
Breastfeeding/Milk Sharing
- Mama Goddess Birth Shop - birth essentials for home or hospital birth
- Midwifery Supplies - all things home birth and midwifery supply related
- Doula Shop - for doulas as well as moms-to-be
- In His Hands Home Birth Supplies
- Earth Mama Angel Baby - timeless essentials for the pregnant, laboring, and postpartum mama/baby
- BamBoobies - nursing pads
- Happy Green Baby - complete baby care with eco/organic products
- GreenBaby - ecowear and organic baby clothing. Some bath products
- Hypnosis for an Easy Pregnancy CD Set
- a great supplement for an easy pregnancy
- MANA - online resource for midwives and listings
- Homebirth Dads - a video. Dads are interviewed and give their perspective on the event.
- My Midwife - online resource on nurse midwives and advocacy of this childbirth option
- Bring Birth Home - an online resource for homebirth and safety information.
- Kansas Midwives Alliance
- Citizens for Midwifery
- NARM
- Unassisted Childbirth, Laura Shanley's website and forum
- Childbirth Connection - evidence-based information on pregnancy, birth, and post-partum.
- The Brewer Diet - balanced diet and decreasing your chances of Pre-Ecclampsia or Toxemia.
- CIMS - advocating for safe maternal practices. Including your birth place/practitioner.
- Spinning Babies - all about babies position and how to get baby into the best position for an easier labor.
- Pregnancy Corner - a newer site with MW, doula, and CBE listings and lots of great articles.
- Waterbirth International - information on hydrotherapy as well as information on how to get a birthing pool.
- Sarah J Buckley - resources and articles on conscious pregnancy, birth, and parenting options.
- Henci Goer - resources and articles on options in pregnancy and birth.
- Pregnancy Directory - a resource guide to internet businesses and organizations related to pregnancy.
- Sheila Kitzinger - resources and articles from social anthropologist and birth guru, Sheila Kitzinger.
- American Pregnancy Association - information for more mainstream resources and articles of interest.
- Giving Birth Naturally
- Pushed Birth
- ICAN - international cesarean awareness network brings legal, medical, ethical, and practical information to consumers regarding cesarean rates and VBAC.
- VBAC.com
- VBAC Facts
- Cesarean In Awareness
- ICAN of Wichita Facebook
Poor Prenatal Diagnosis
Breastfeeding/Milk Sharing
- La Leche League
- Kelly Mom, online resource
- Jack Newman, online resource
- Breastfeeding.com, online resource
- Milk Share
- Eats on Feets - community milk share
- Human Milk Banking
- Breastmilk Counts - a resource for women choosing to breastfeeding
- MOBI Motherhood International - a community and resource for women who are grieving a failed breastfeeding or other breastfeeding issue.
Parenting
- Attachment Parenting International
- Baby Wearing International
- Dr. Sears
- Mothering, Online forum, website and magazine
- The Natural Child Project
Cloth Diapering
Medical Information
- Drug Watch - in-depth information on medications, their risks, side-effects, recalls, and other information.
- Safe Fetus - a website dedicated to giving accurate information on medications and their interactions with pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Newborn/Baby Care/Family
- Breastmilk and Breastfeeding - a paper on the risks of formula feeding and benefits of breastmilk
- What's Your Love Language- a quiz for new parents on how to bond and show affection to one another after baby is born
- When Baby Cries - a review of the dangers of letting babies 'cry it out'
- Baby Wearing - a great sheet on the benefits of baby wearing and how to do it safely
- Baby Wearing 101 - a great printable guide to the benefits of baby wearing as well as the different types of babywearing
- How To Baby Wear - a simple guide to safety in baby wearing
- Cloth Diapering - a great article on the benefits of cloth diapering
- Positive Parenting - API talks about positive discipline
- Benefits of Co-Sleeping - a great list of the benefits of co-sleeping when done safely
- Sharing Your Bed - UNICEFs booklet on safe cosleeping
- Safe Co-Sleeping - a printable safety checklist of how to make co-sleeping safe.
- Healthy Nursery - a printout on how to minimize toxic exposure in the nursery