| Baby
Supplies |
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| Baby
Bunz & Co. - We are select importers for Nikky and have expanded
our special collection of baby basics. Our additional offerings include
a beautiful new line of organic cotton softwear and toys, and a wider
selection of diapering products. Whenever possible, we've added items
that are organic or made of natural, unbleached 'green' cotton. |
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| Baby
Nut - Babynut offers a unique assortment of natural & alternative
products to support pregnancy, adoption, natural childbirth, parenting,
babies & toddlers. We celebrate all kinds of families & believe strongly
in the importance of the first three years of a child's life. |
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| Birth
Advocates |
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| Gloria
Lemay - Birth Freedom is an idea whose time has come... |
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| Henci
Goer - Henci Goer specializes in birth issues. |
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| Ina
May Gaskin - Author, Activist, Innovator... |
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| Jeannine
Parvati Baker - This web site explores and affirms the value of
Conscious Conception, Prenatal Yoga, Free Birth, Gentle Parenting,
Home Education, Home Business, Herbal Health, Gender Balance, Eco-Activism,
EarthBirth and much more. |
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| Sheila
Kitzinger - Here you can explore aspects of birth, drawing on
things that Sheila has learned from women around the world and her
research as a social anthropologist into women's experiences of pregnancy,
birth and breastfeeding. |
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| Susun
Weed - Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing the Wise Woman Way ~
500+ Pages of Alternative Health Resources for Women |
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| Breastfeeding |
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| Association
of Breastfeeding Mothers - It is our aim to promote the physical
and psychological health of mothers and children through education
in the techniques of breastfeeding, and to advance the education of
the public, especially those persons concerned with the care of children,
on the health benefits of breastfeeding, both immediate and long-term. |
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| Baby
Milk Action - a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives
and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant
feeding. |
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| Breastfeeding.com
- All about breastfeeding. Why breastfeeding is best for you, your
baby and the planet. |
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| Got
Mom? - GotMom.org was created by the American College of Nurse-Midwives
to provide breastfeeding information and resources for mothers and
families. |
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| International
Lactation Consultant Association - To advance the lactation consultant
profession through leadership, advocacy, professional development,
and research. |
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| La
Leche League - The La Leche League International mission is: To
help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support,
encouragement, information, and education and to promote a better
understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy
development of the baby and mother. |
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| WABA
- World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action: to ensure that all health
and other relevant sectors protect, promote and support exclusive
breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding up to two
years of age or beyond, while providing women access to the support
that they require – in the family, the community and the workplace
– to achieve this goal |
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| Cesarean |
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| Birthrights:Healing
After Cesarean - aims to provide a support network for women who've
had a previous c/section(s), and to increase the awareness of these
women's needs to their health-carers within the medical profession. |
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| International
Cesarean Awareness Network - (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization
founded by Esther Booth Zorn in 1982. ICAN's mission is to improve
maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through
education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). |
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| VBAC.com
- This website provides childbearing women and maternity care professionals
access to research-based information, resources, continuing education
and support for VBAC* (vaginal birth after cesarean). |
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| Circumcision |
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| Boys
Too - organization dedicated to providing information for professionals,
policy makers and officials concerned about the welfare of children
as well as the general public. It represents the efforts of individuals
and groups who are working to end the genital harming of infants and
children for commercial, cultural and social reasons. |
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| Circumcision
Resource Center - a nonprofit educational organization with the
purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice
of circumcision. Our mission is to raise awareness and facilitate
healing. |
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| NoCirc.org
- Dedicated to making a safer world, NOCIRC is a 501(c)(3) educational
non-profit organization committed to securing the birthright of male,
female, and intersex children and babies to keep their sex organs
intact. |
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| NOHARM
- National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of
Males |
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| Health
Information |
Top |
| Motherisk
Online -Your source for evidence-based information about the safety
or risk of drugs, chemicals and disease during pregnancy and lactation.
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| OTIS
- (Organization of Teratology Information Services) Teratology Information
Services (TIS) are comprehensive and multidisciplinary resources for
medical consultation on prenatal exposures. TIS interpret information
regarding known and potential reproductive risks into risk assessments
that are communicated to individuals of reproductive age and health
care providers. |
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| The
Visible Embryo - navigate through the 40 weeks of pregnancy and
preview the unique changes in each stage of human development.
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| Susan
Weed - Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing the Wise Woman Way ~
450+ Pages of Alternative Health Resources for Women |
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| Natural
Birth |
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| Birth
Love - At BirthLove!- find everything the empowered, enlightened
woman needs to know about pregnancy, birth and beyond. |
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| Birthing
The Future - (Suzanne Arms) We focus upon what is ideal for mothers
and babies that will promote their physical, psychological and spiritual
well-being and the development of their full potential |
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| BirthPartners.com
- We are the web's leading, and easiest to use, directory of natural
birth related service providers. |
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| Birthworks
- (Michel Odent, MD) - Birth Works® embodies the philosophy of developing
a woman's self confidence, trust and faith in her ability to give
birth. |
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| Coalition
for Improving Maternity Services - Established in 1996,
the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) is a collaborative
effort of numerous individuals and more than 50 organizations representing
over 90,000 members. Our mission is to promote a wellness model of
maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially
reduce costs. |
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| Ecomother
- quick access to the best pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, health
and fitness information and products. |
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| Freestone
Innerprizes - This web site explores and affirms the value of
Conscious Conception, Prenatal Yoga, Free Birth, Gentle Parenting,
Home Education, Home Business, Herbal Health, Gender Balance, Eco-Activism,
EarthBirth and much more. |
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| Home
Birth Reference Site - The aim of this site is not to persuade
you to choose home birth. What I would like to do instead is to provide
information about home birth, for parents who think that it might
be the right choice for them, and for health professionals looking
for facts and ideas. |
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| Lamaze
International - The mission of Lamaze International is
to promote, support and protect normal birth through education and
advocacy. We envision for the future a world of confident women choosing
normal birth. Lamaze International believes that women who are fully
informed, confident and supported will want normal birth. Lamaze International
believes that caregivers should respect the birth process and not
intervene without compelling medical indication. |
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| National
Women's Health Alliance - The National Women's Health Alliance
(NWHA) is dedicated to providing women with important information
about their health care. Its purpose is to enable women to make meaningful
choices on medical procedures and devices, over-the-counter medications,
prescription drugs, physicians and health care providers. |
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| Maternity
Center Association - Maternity Wise is the Maternity Center
Association's long-term national program to promote evidence-based
maternity care. |
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| National
Association of Childbearing Centers - NACC is dedicated
to the promotion and maintenance of childbearing/birth centers which
recognize the rights of healthy women and their families, in all communities,
to birth their children in an environment which is safe, sensitive
and economical with minimal intervention. |
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| Organizations
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| ACNM
(American College of Nurse Midwives) - The mission of ACNM
is to promote the health and well-being of women and infants within
their families and communities through the development and support
of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives,
and certified midwives. The philosophy inherent in the profession
states that nurse-midwives believe every individual has the right
to safe, satisfying health care with respect for human dignity and
cultural variations. |
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| ALACE
(Assoc. of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators) - Knowledgeable
childbirth educators and labor assistants/birth doulas can do a great
deal to provide pregnant women with information and practical alternatives
so that they may give birth with confidence, strength and joy. Laboring
women who feel confident and supported are much more likely to achieve
satisfying outcomes than are women without such support. |
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| AOM
(Association of Ontario Midwives) - The Association of Ontario
Midwives is the professional body representing midwives and the practice
of midwifery in the province of Ontario. |
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| CAPPA
(Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association) - CAPPA
is a non-profit international organization that was founded in 1998
to offer the highest level of professional membership and training
to childbirth educators, lactation educators, labor doulas, antepartum
doulas and postpartum doulas. CAPPA offers the highest level of evidence
based training available. |
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| CFM
(Citizens for Midwifery) - the only national consumer-based
group promoting the Midwives Model of Care! CfM works to provide information
and resources that promote the local midwife, as well as midwives
and midwifery care across the country! |
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| DONA
(Doulas of North America) - an international association of
doulas who are trained to provide the highest quality emotional, physical
and educational support to women and their families during childbirth
and postpartum. |
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| ICEA
(International Childbirth Education Assoc) - ICEA is an organization
of over 4,000 members from throughout the United States and 42 countries
who believe in freedom of choice based on knowledge of alternatives
in family-centered maternity and newborn care. |
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| ICM
(International Confederation of Midwives) - The International
Confederation of Midwives is an international non-governmental organisation
that unites 85 national midwives’ associations from over 75 countries.
It both represents and brings together the midwives of the world.
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| MANA
(Midwives Alliance of North America) - The mission of MANA
is to provide a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among
midwives. |
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| MAWS
(Midwives Assoc of Washington State) - providing resources,
referrals, and information for expecting mothers and midwives |
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| MEAC
(Midwifery Education Accreditation Council) - The Midwifery
Education Accreditation Council’s mission is to promote quality education
in midwifery through accreditation. |
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| MIDIRS
(Midwifery Information & Resource Services) - an educational
charity (not-for-profit organisation) set up in 1985 and our mission
is 'To be the central source of information relating to childbirth
and to disseminate this information to midwives and others. |
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| NARM
(North American Registry of Midwives) - an international certification
agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification
for the credential "Certified Professional Midwife" (CPM). |
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| Parenting |
Top |
| Diaper
Free - your comprehensive resource for Natural Infant Hygiene,
also known as Elimination Communication. Natural Infant Hygiene is
the gentle and compassionate practice of caring for a baby's elimination
needs from infancy. |
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| Elimination
Communication Information Station - dedicated to information on
raising your children without diapers in industrialized culture. |
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| Family
Onwards - the Jill Curtis helpsite for parents and grandparents |
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| Infant
Potty Training - The TRICKLE TREAT method is a delightful
and satisfying (nearly) diaperless technique to keep your baby clean
and dry 24 hours a day--at first with your assistance, and then completely
on his/her own. |
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| Postpartum |
Top |
| Depression
After Delivery - is a national, nonprofit organization
which provides support for women with antepartum and postpartum disorders
(PPD). Its focus includes education, information, support groups,
telephone support and professional referral for women & families coping
with mental health issues associated with childbearing, both during
pregnancy and postpartum. |
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| National
Association of Postpartum Care Services - an association
of national and international professionals promoting the focus and
interests of postpartum caregivers (called doulas). NAPCS recognizes
that childbirth is just the beginning of a period of enormous change
and adjustment (physical, emotional, and practical) for the new mother,
the new family, and the new baby. |
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| Postpartum
Support International - PSI is an international
network which focuses on postpartum mental health and social support. |
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| Professional
Birth Training |
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| Childbirth
Enhancement Foundation - The Childbirth Enhancement Foundation
(CEF) is a nonprofit organization who is dedicated to education, enhancement,
and wellness during the childbearing years. CEF specializes in community
and hospital based childbirth assistant/doula programs, providing
certified childbirth assistants to those who desire to have a positive
birth experience. In addition to our consumer services, CEF offers
one of the most comprehensive training and certification programs
for childbirth assistants/doulas in the nation. |
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| Childbirth
International - We provide comprehensive training programs
for doulas and childbirth educators all over the world. |
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| International
Lactation Consultant Association - To advance the lactation consultant
profession through leadership, advocacy, professional development,
and research. |
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| Publications |
Top |
| Compleat
Mother - The Magazine of Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding |
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| Midwifery
Today - Born of the need for a unifying force in the midwifery
movement, Midwifery Today magazine has been supporting, encouraging
and educating midwives and other birth practitioners since 1987. Midwifery
Today, Inc. is committed to promoting safe, healthy and happy outcomes
for mothers and babies, and believes that the midwifery model of non-interventive,
preventive care should be the standard of care throughout the world. |
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| Mothering
Magazine - Mothering celebrates the experience of parenthood
as worthy of one's best efforts and fosters awareness of the immense
importance and value of parenthood and family life in the development
of the full human potential. As a readers' magazine, we recognize
parents as the experts and wish to provide truly helpful information
upon which parents can base informed choices. |
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| Self-Attended
(Unattended/Unassisted) Childbirth |
Top |
| Bornfree
- a site dedicated to the belief that women are the true experts of
birth. Drugs, machinery, and medical personnel are no match for a
woman's own intellect and intuition. |
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| Freebirth
- Unassisted Birth Web Ring |
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| Freestone
Innerprizes - This web site explores and affirms the value of
Conscious Conception, Prenatal Yoga, Free Birth, Gentle Parenting,
Home Education, Home Business, Herbal Health, Gender Balance, Eco-Activism,
EarthBirth and much more. |
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| Natural
Family Co. - the organizer of The 2nd international Husband/Wife
Homebirth Conference. This site has been set up to distribute the
on line video version of the conference, as well as link to great
sites to help families in their preparations for an unassisted birth.
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| The
Power of Pleasurable Childbirth - The Power of Pleasurable
Childbirth is for the sensible and open minded (some readers may balk
at the idea of childbirth without medical attendants), but parents-to-be
and childbirth buffs alike will find a deep well of insight and encouragement
in this veritable gold-mine. |
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| Unassisted
Homebirth - In addition to unassisted homebirth, you will find
more unconventional and unusual ideas here: unassisted miscarriage,
unschooling, and even unassisted death. |
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| Unassisted
Homebirth for Fathers - A page devoted to Fathers and Birth. In
particular- Unassisted Homebirth! |
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| Vaccinations |
Top |
| Concerned
Parents for Vaccine Safety - Educate before you vaccinate! What's
in a Shot?.. |
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| Waterbirth |
Top |
| Waterbirth
International - Founded in 1988, Waterbirth International
was created to facilitate maternity care reform by helping parents
and practitioners institute policies for the use of warm water immersion
during labor. |
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| Waterbirth
Information - provides in-depth information on the
use of water for labor, childbirth, and early childhood development.
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