Pregnancy & Birth Information

• Midwives' Alliance of North America (MANA)
  An organization of North American midwives
• Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
  An informative, evidence-based site for parents seeking mother-friendly childbirth.
• Citizens for Midwifery
  Powerful consumer organization for the support to the Midwives Model of Care.
• Midwifery Today
  An excellent site for midwives and parents. Free weekly e-news.
• The American Association of Birth Centers (NACC)
  Information and resources on Birth Center care.
• International Cesarean Awareness Network
  Education and information on C-section issues for consumers and professionals.
• Birthing the Future
  This is a beautiful site that offers profound insight to the psychological/spiritual/emotional aspects of birth.
• Birthing From Within
  An extraordinary site to childbirth preparation.
• The Childbirth Connection
  A non profit organziation that helps women and health professionals make informed maternity care decisions
• Waterbirth
  A great waterbirth site. Includes photos, stories and tub rentals.
• Siblings at Birth
  Great stories and photos about FAMILY birth.
• The World Health Organization
  1. Keeping Birth Normal
  2. Care in Normal Birth: a practical guide
• www.Punkerdoopsdiapers.com - Local, mom owned business offering everything you need for modern cloth diapering.

Newborn, Breastfeeding, Parenting

• Sites to research infant male circumcision
  1. www.cirp.org
  2. aappublications.org
  3. Circumcision Information and Resource Pages
• Breastfeeding
  Informative, thorough and humorous site.
• La Leche League
  An international agency for education and support.
• Attachment Parenting
  This is a great site for supporting new and experienced parents. VERY interesting and important concepts are examined here.
• Mothering Magazine
  "The Magazine of Natural Family Living"

BOOKS

Pregnancy and Birth

1. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
   Ina May Gaskin
2. The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
   Shelia Kitzinger
3. The Joy of Natural Childbirth
   Helen Wessel, Lynn Johnson & Ingrid Trobisch
4. Spiritual Midwifery
   Ina May Gaskin
5. Nurturing the Unborn Child: A Nine-Month Program for Soothing, Stimulating, and Communicating with Your Baby
   Thomas R. Verny & Pamela Weintraub
6. The Miraculous World of Your Unborn Baby: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your Pregnancy
   Nikki Bradford
7. Birth at Home
   Shelia Kitzinger
8. Special Delivery
   Rahima Baldwin Dancy
9. Choosing Waterbirth: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth
   Lakshmi Bertram
10. .The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth
    William M.D. Sears Martha Sears

Nutrition

1. What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know: The Truth about Diets & Drugs in Pregnancy
   by Gail S. Brewer
2. Eating for Two: The Complete Pregnancy Nutrition Cookbook
   by Gail S. Brewer
3. Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy: The Complete Guide to Eating Before, During, and After Your Pregnancy
   Elizabeth Somer
4. The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy: The Essential Guide to Nutritional and Botanical Medicine for the Childbearing Years
   Shonda Parker
5. The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices
   Aviva Jill Romm
6. Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year
   Susun S. Weed

Excercise

1. Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year
   Elizabeth Noble
2. Step-by-Step Yoga for Pregnancy: Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year
   Wendy Teasdill
3. Positive Pregnancy Fitness: A Guide to a Comfortable Pregnancy and Easier Birth through Exercise and Relaxation
   Sylvia Klein Olkin

Breastfeeding

1. Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You
   Mary Renfrew Suzanne Arms Chloe Fisher
2. Nursing Your Baby
   Karen Pryor With Gale Pryor
3. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
   Produced by La Leche League International
4. The Complete Book of Breastfeeding
   Marvin S. Eiger & Sally Wenkos Olds

Parenting

1. Natural Baby and Childcare
   Lauren Feder, MD
2. Vaccinations
   Aviva Jill Romm
3. Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
   Myla Kabat-Zinn & Jon Kabat-Zinn
4. The Continuum Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully
   Jean Liedloff
5. The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby -- From Birth to Age Two, Vol. 1
6. Doctors Re-examine Circumcision
   Thomas J. Ritter,MD and George C. Denniston, MD
7. Circumcision Exposed:Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition
   Billy Ray Boyd

Children's Books

1. Welcome With Love
   Jenni Overend
2. Children at Birth
   Jay Hathaway & Marjie Hathaway
3. How Was I Born?
   Lennart Nilsson & Lena K. Swanberg
4. If My Mom Were A Platypus
   Dia Michels
5. So That's How I Was Born!
   Robert Brooks; Illustrated by Susan Perl
6. Welcoming Your Second Baby
   Vicki Lansky