Recommended Links
Beautiful natural birth slideshow (with music)
Belly Casting
Birth Pools
Birthing Circles
Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth
Official Bradley Method Website
Breastfeeding Resources
La Leche League Maryland-Delaware-DC
The Breastfeeding Center of Greater Washington
DC Breastfeeding Drop-In Clinic
Motherwear Breastfeeding Catalog
Medela - Pump-In-Style electric pump and other products
Cloth Diapering
Baby works- cloth diaper catalog
Mother-ease - all-in-one diapers
Doulas
Doulas of North America (DONA)
Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association
Homebirth
Homebirth article with recommended books and links
Medical Literature on the Safety of Homebirth
Safety: How Homebirth Measures Up
List of links to research studies about Homebirth
FAQs about Homebirth After Cesarean
How to get your baby lined up right
Optimal Fetal Positioning article
Midwifery Services
Birthcare & Women's Health Center, birth center in Alexandria, VA and homebirth in VA, DC, MD www.birthcare.org
Family Health and Birth Center Birth center on Capitol Hill and in-hospital birth at Washington Hosp Center
Metro Area Midwives & Allied Services (M.A.M.A.S.). homebirth in DC. Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM 301-674-9976 and Erin Fulham, CNM, 301-412-8800 (English and Spanish)
Joey Pascarella, CNM homebirth in MD and DC http://www.sacredjourneymidwifery.com/home
Special Beginnings Birth and Women's Center, Arnold, MD www.specialbeginnings.com
Evelyn Mulhan, CNM of Alternative Birth Choices, homebirth in MD 410-521-2560
Certified Professional Midwives in Virginia (not certified nurse midwives) – also called homebirth midwives
Tammi McKinley www.naturalbeginnings.org
Liz O’Shea www.consciousbirth.com
Peggy Franklin www.birthbydesign.org
Karen Carr 410-467-4586
Marilee Pinkleton 703-732-0303
Francesca Lauria 540-933-6934 – offers counseling for birth-related fears/traumas via phone & in person
Whitney Pinger, CNM – on staff at Washington Hospital Center 202/255-3108 or wpinger@verizon.net
The Physician & Midwife Collaborative (in-hospital birth center)
Natural Pregnancy, Natural Childbirth, Natural Parenting
Attachment Parenting International
Nutrition
Article explaining Brewer Prenatal Diet plus recipes
Other Organizations
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)
ICAN-International Cesarean Awareness Network
"What Every Women Needs to Know about Cesarean 2004" free booklet
National Vaccine Information Center 800-909-SHOT
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