Websites for Professionals
The following is a list of valuable websites for doulas and childbirth educators.
If you know of a website that should be listed here, or if there is information on this list that is incorrect, please email the Membership Coordinator (info@alace.org).
www.909shot.com – National Vaccine Information Centeróinformation and research on the safety and risks of vaccines; advocacy for reforming current vaccination policies; support for parents choosing not to immunize their children
www.aap.org – American Academy of Pediatrics; policy statements regarding breastfeeding, circumcision, and other issues of interest to birth professionals
www.acog.org – American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologistís website
www.aims.org.uk – The Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services (AIMS) information and research on birth-related issues.
www.atlc.com – Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children (known as aTLC), comprised of parents, grandparents, researchers, physicians, nurses, counselors, teachers, and others professionals in the fields of education, social service and health care. ATLC provides information and research on the physical, intellectual, psychological and spiritual needs of children and a blueprint for meeting these from conception through the teen years.
www.attachmentparenting.org – Attachment Parenting International & information about attachment parenting and referrals to parent support groups in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
www.activebirthcentre.com – lots of great articles supporting active birth
www.birthscene.com – Birthscenes purpose is to improve maternal and child health outcomes by making viable alternatives in childbearing issues more accessible, available and accepted. Online resource library of current news and journal articles related to birth, pregnancy, parenting etc.
www.elizabethdavis.com – website of Elizabeth Davis, CPM midwife – website on midwifery, women’s sexuality and spirituality, women’s intuition, and the “blood mysteries”; also women’s circles, courses and training for midwives
www.breastfeeding.com – comprehensive website for mothers who are breastfeeding or thinking about breastfeeding. Articles, lactation consultant directory, breastfeeding art, latching-on video clip, support message boards, opportunities to “ask the experts”, etc.
www.cdc.gov – Centers for Disease Control; policy statements and guidelines for screening for various pregnancy related concerns (HIV, Group B Strep for example) and Vital Statistics regarding births and infant and maternal mortality.
www.childbirth.org – links and resources for educators
www.childbirthconnection.org – Childbirth Connection, formerly the Maternity Center Association, is a long-term national program to promote evidence-based maternity care. Excellent resource for consumers and professionals
www.cirp.org – Circumcision Information and Resource Pages; Internet reference library
www.cochrane.org – The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. The Cochrane Collaboration was founded in 1993 and named for the British epidemiologist, Archie Cochrane. The major product of the Collaboration is the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews which is published quarterly as part of The Cochrane Library
www.obgynnews.com – Ob.Gyn. News is an independent newspaper that provides the practicing obstetrician/gynecologist with timely and relevant news and commentary about clinical developments in the field and about the impact of health care policy on the specialty and the physicianís practice. Can subscribe to receive email newsletters or view online.
www.gentlebirth.org – dedicated to providing information that will help families have the best birth possible – a safe, gentle, positive birth experience that supports happy, healthy families. Includes a section called The Midwife Archives, which is a collection of information about all aspects of pregnancy, birth and well-woman care from a midwifery perspective.
www.inamay.com – published by birth advocate, midwife and founder of The Farm Midwifery Center – statistics on homebirth, articles, workshop information
www.naturalchild.org – Natural Child Project provides information promoting attachment parenting; and referrals to parents practicing attachment parenting
www.normalbirth.lamaze.org – resources for parents and educators
www.mdlinx.com – MDLinx aggregates medical articles and research from over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals on a daily basis sorted into 34 medical specialty sites including ob/gyn and womenís health. available online. Users can choose to view this information online, or subscribe to one of their 743 daily newsletters
www.medline.com – national manufacturer and distributor of health care supplies and services
www.medscape.com – from WebMD; can sign up for daily or weekly emails covering various medical disciplines, including OB/GYN; Womenís Health and Pediatrics
www.midwiferytoday.com – Midwifery Today began solely as a magazine in 1986. They now publish a quarterly magazine, a quarterly newsletter and produces a weekly e-mail newsletter, as well as sell several books, educational aids, and birth related jewelry.
www.midwifeinfo.com – MidwifeInfo.com disseminates information and provides resources to midwives, aspiring midwives, midwifery students and midwifery consumers
www.midwivesmodelofcare.org – Midwives Model of Care
www.moondragon.org – lots of information for parents and professionals
www.moonlily.com – lots of information for new parents
www.motherfriendly.org – website for Coalition for Improving Maternity Services; see Birth Related Organizations above. Many resources for parents, including Ten Questions to Ask When Youíre Having a Baby.
www.mothering.com – website for Mothering Magazine; lots of online resources; political action alerts; online chat groups
www.motherwear.com – Motherwear provides nursing mothers with excellent quality, comfortable clothes.
www.obfocus.com – is maintained by The San Gabriel Valley Perinatal Medical Group, under license from Focus Information Technology (see www.perinatology.com), as an educational resource for patients and referring physicians
www.obgynworld.com – updated information about obstetrics and gynecology; can sign up for daily and weekly email news updates
www.ourbodiesourselves.org – Boston Womenís Health Book Collective – women’s health information, support and advocacy
www.painfreebirthing.com – for epidural information
www.perinatology.com – Perinatology.com is maintained by Focus Information Technology, as an educational resource for perinatologists (high-risk obs), referring physicians, and genetic counselors. Information on the site has been written by perinatologists and genetic counselors of The San Gabriel Valley Perinatal Medical Group.
www.promom.org – Promotion of Mother’s Milk, Inc. (ProMoM) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness and public acceptance of breastfeeding. Features growth charts for breastfed babies and 101 reasons to breastfeed (www.promom.org/101/index.html).
www.pubmed.org – PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s digital archive of life sciences journal literature. Access to the full text of articles in PMC is free, except where a journal requires a subscription for access to recent articles
www.sidelines.org – An exceptional site for those high risk mothers, those mothers who are on bed rest or the maternity health care professionals caring for these mothers.
www.ttfuture.org – Touch the Future provides information on childrearing and educating children, beginning with conception; the focus is addressing psychological and spiritual as well as physical aspects of children and providing practical suggestions for parents; incorporates the work of Joseph Chilton Pearce
Pregnancy and Parenting Resources
Helpful Pregnancy and Parenting Links
Networking Groups for Birth Professionals
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Professional Childbirth Related Organizations
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