Links
Also see links about midwives
Baby Health
- The American Academy of Pediatrics.
Kudos to AAP for allowing public access to their association's Policy Statements, Clinical Reports, Clinical Practice Guidelines, and Technical Reports. Read the Academy's policy statements. - Women, Infant and Children - WIC
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - better known as the WIC Program - serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
Breastfeeding
- La Leche League.
Mother-to-mother support for breastfeeding. - La Leche League en Espanol!
Mother-to-mother support for breastfeeding in Spanish.
Childbirth Education
- Birthing From Within
Offers a soulful and holistic approach that prepares parents to birth-in-awareness. - The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth
Dr. Robert Bradley's methods for natural childbirth, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read. - Lamaze International
The methods devised by Dr. Fernand Lamaze. - International Childbirth Education Association
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. - MedlinePlus: Childbirth
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health - NaturalChildbirth.org
Forums for discussing natural childbirth and pregnancy with other people and a library on natural childbirth. - Pregnancy and Childbirth Information
Educating yourselves to be good consumers, knowing your options, and how to provide yourselves with the best possible care are essential to a healthy pregnancy. - VBAC.com
Nicette Jukelevics' site for women considering vaginal birth after previous cesarean.
Doulas and other Maternity Support Services
- Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Organization
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. - Doulas of North America
The oldest and largest and doula association in the world. Promoting continuing education for doulas and provide a strong communication link among doulas and between doulas, families and the medical birthing community. - DoulaWorld
A registry for doulas, and a resource for pregnant women.
General Health Information Sites
- NOAH
New York Online Access to Health from the New York Public Library. They speak Spanish! - U.S. News and World Report Hospital Rankings
Hospitals are ranked in 17 specialties, from cancer and heart disease to pediatrics and urology.
Mental Health
- Compassionate Friends
Grief support network. - Pregnancy and Depression
The site of Christine L. Cameron, Ph.D., doctorate in psychology and experience in health research (but not a licensed health care provider). Her links are intended to assist women, their families, and their doctors in making decisions about having children and treating their depression. Most of the links deal with traditional antidepressant treatment of depression, but some discuss alternative medicine treatments and psychotherapy.
Portals
- Baby Place: Pregnancy, Birth, and Babies
100,000 pages of baby-related content plus over 2,500 links to other sites that we have personally reviewed. - familydoctor.org
Pregnancy and childbirth information. - Maternity Center Association
Providing women and health professionals with the best, evidence-based information on pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Pregnancy
- The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
A nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. - MedlinePlus: Pregnancy
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. - The National Childbirth Trust (NCT)
From the UK - offers support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. - Recursos in Español
From the National Women's Health Information Center - Usted está; embarazada!
Products
- Biobands
Anti-nausea wristbands. - Earth Mama Angel Baby
Teas, bath herbs, gentle handmade soaps, salves and massage oils made from certified organic or organically grown herbs and oils, free from all artificial preservatives, fragrances or dyes. - Prenatal Cradle
Maternity support wear.
Special Needs
- Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
A coalition of hundreds of genetic advocacy organizations, health professionals, clinics, hospitals and companies. - The March of Dimes
Saving babies, together... since 1946. - National SIDS Resource Center
Information about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. - Resolve
A resource for information and support for infertility.
Women's Health Care
- The American Cancer Society
Information about Pap Smears and Cervical Cancer. - Centers for Disease Control Office of Women's Health
In English and Spanish. - The National Women's Health Resource Center
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. - Our Bodies Ourselves
The support website for the ground-breaking book, Our Bodies, Ourselves, by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Contains many excerpts from the book. - Planned Parenthood
Information about women's health and contraception. They speak Spanish! - The Women's Health Project
A traveling educational exhibition.