Resources

We have a large list of referrals in the following categories:
  • Pediatricians
  • OB/GYN's
  • Midwives
  • Lactation Consultants
  • Parents of Multiples Support
  • Parenting Support
  • Support Professionals for Mood Disorders
  • Breastfeeding Support
  • Equipment Rental

Free Lending Library for Clients:
Books:
  • The Vaccine Book, Sears
  • No-Cry Sleep Solution, Pantley
  • Birthing From Within, England
  • The Baby Sleep Book, Sears
  • The Birth Partner, Simkin
  • Happiest Baby on the Block, Karp
  • Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Gaskin
  • Birth Matters, Gaskin
  • The Nursing Mother's Companion
  • Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year
  • Real Food for Mother and Baby
  • Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
  • The Baby Book, Sears
  • The Attachment Parenting Book, Sears
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Simkin, Whalley, Keppler
  • Ultimate Book of Breastfeeding Answers, Newman
  • This isn't What I Expected,
  • Down Came the Rain, Shields

DVDs and Videos:
  • Orgasmic Birth
  • The Business of Being Born
  • Happiest Baby on the Block
  • Born In the USA

Herbals

www.mamaegoro.com  
Some information from Lamaze!
Giving women the freedom to eat and drink as they like is part of Lamaze International’s Six Healthy Birth Practices. Based on recommendations by the World Health Organization and backed by extensive research that supports a woman’s natural ability to give birth, these practices are:

• Let labor begin on its own 
• Walk, move around and change positions throughout labor 
• Bring a loved one, friend or doula for continuous support 
• Avoid interventions that are not medically necessary 
• Avoid giving birth on your back, follow your body's urges to push 
• Keep mother and baby together; it's best for mother, baby and breastfeeding

Restricting women from eating and drinking freely is one of many routine interventions that has not proven a medical benefit to mothers and babies, and can impose harm. Other common routine interventions include continuous fetal monitoring, coached pushing, being positioned on your back in labor, and requiring repeat cesarean surgeries for women with a prior cesarean.
The Miles Circuit
A series of labor positions that can help align your baby in your pelvis in the correct manner for labor and birth.  Developed by doula and midwifery student, Megan Miles!
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Local Information on 
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC): 

CLICK HERE
The Best Swaddling Demonstration 

Pain vs. "Suffering" in Labor

Highly recommended local businesses and parenting support:

Maternity and Newborn Photography

Acupuncture

Prenatal and Postpartum Massage Therapy

Prenatal Yoga, Baby Massage, Parenting Support

Breastfeeding Products:

Local Cloth Diaper Retailers:
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Lactation Support:
We highly recommend that mothers (and their partners) attend a La Leche League meeting prenatally. This is an excellent educational tool and a resource you will already be familiar with if you choose to use it postpartum!
Click here for local meetings!

We also highly recommend that breastfeeding mothers watch these videos to help prepare!
Take some time to view our Youtube Playlist as well. We've compiled our favorite videos of laboring mothers and informative videos for you!


After Birth:
Here are some links about different options you have right after your baby is born:
Placentophagy
Lotus birth
Cord Blood Registry
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