Resources & Suggested Reading

About H1N1 vaccine in pregnancy:

http://www.ctispregnancy.org(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

About midwives:

American College of Nurse-Midwives
http://www.midwife.org/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Citizens for Midwifery
http://www.cfmidwifery.org/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
http://www.motherfriendly.org/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

International Mother-Baby Childbirth Organization
www.imbci.org(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
This site includes the newly released10 steps to optimal Mother-Baby Maternity Services worldwide.

Labor and birth choices:

Childbirth Connection
http://www.childbirthconnection.org/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Lamaze International: Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth
www.lamaze.org(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
Outlines 6 practices that support normal childbirth

Lactation Support:

La Leche League International
http://www.llli.org/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, USA
http://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
http://www.waba.org.my/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Infant and Child Care

American Academy of Pediatrics Website
http://www.AAP.org(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

American Association of Poison Control Centers
http://www.AAPCC.org(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Safekids-accident prevention
http://www.safekids.org(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Suggested Reading

Pregnancy

• Your Pregnancy: week by week; Glade Curtis, MD
• The Panic- Free Pregnancy;  Michael S. Broder, MD
• Pregnancy Day by Day; Sheila Kitzinger
• Every Woman's Guide to Eating during Pregnancy; Martha Rose Shulman and Jane Davis, M.D.

Pregnancy and Birth

• Our Bodies, Ourselves- Pregnancy and Birth; Boston Women's Health Collective
• The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth; Sheila Kitzinger
• Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, revised and updated; Penny Simkin
• Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy and Baby's First Year; Robert V. Johnson, editor  

Birth

• Birthing from Within; Pam England and Rob Horowitz
• The Birth Book; William Sears
• The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth; Henci Goer

Breastfeeding

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding; The La Leche League
• The Nursing Mother's Companion; Kathleen Huggins
• New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding; American Academy of Pediatrics

Infant Care

• Infants and Mothers: Differences in Development; T. Berry Brazelton, MD
• The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby From Birth to Age Two; William and Martha Sears
• Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age Five; American Academy of Pediatrics, et al.
• Consumer Report's Guide to Baby Products ; Consumer Reports, editor
• The Happiest Baby on the Block;  Harvey Karp
• Your Baby's First Year; American Academy of Pediatrics
• Heading Home with your Newborn: from birth to reality; American Academy  of Pediatrics