Global online resources for the childbearing year:
Babywearing
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- Benefits of Babywearing (article)
Back to Work
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- World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action – World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action and the Mother-Friendly Workplace
Breastfeeding Support
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- KellyMom.com – excellent no-nonsense resource for the first hours, days, and weeks.
- La Leche League – online topics, Q&A
- YourBreastmilk.com – beautiful DNA keepsakes
Book: The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Car Seat Safety
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- Car-Seat.org – Excellent articles, research, seat comparisons, and forums for specific Q&A
- Safe-Car.gov – get a local professional to check your seat’s install!
Circumcision & Intactivism
Cloth Diapering
Book: Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene (going diaper-free, or using elimination communication, is an alternative to diapers)
Communication, Pre-Birth & Pre-Conception
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- Can You Meet Your Child Before Birth?
- birthhealing.com
- CosmicCradle.com – “Spiritual dimensions of life before birth”
Fitness (Prenatal & Postpartum)
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- fit2b.us – online workouts
- http://spinningbabies.com/
- “The Squat is Not the New Kegel” – article on Mamaligned.com, healthy body posture and movement
Book: Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman
Herbalists & Herbs
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Support
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- Hyperemesis Gravidarum – The Illustrated eZine (Emotional support in a 28-page PDF with curse words.)
Lotus Birth
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- Lotus Birth – A Ritual for Our Times (article by midwife Sarah Buckley)
- LotusBirth.net
Meditation & Music
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- Yoga Nidra – or yogic sleep, easy to practice via a soothing guided recording
- Releasing Birth Fears – eKit & guided meditation
- “Divine Birth” by Snatam Kaur – full album, FREE, on YouTube
- Jamaisy – CD of meditative music for pregnancy & birth
- Stephen Halpern’s Chakra Suite
- Binaural Beats – meditative music & sounds, meant to be used with headphones
- Yanni – I listened to this during my first baby’s birth!
- Healing Native American Flute Melodies
New Fathers
Books:
The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be
Becoming a Father: How to Nurture and Enjoy Your Family (Growing Family)
New Mama Support
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- DunstanBaby.com – Discerning baby’s cries as communication
- The Wonder Weeks – neurological development info that tells you why your baby’s cranky at 9 weeks, or extra alert at night at 12 weeks.
- New Mama Welcome – a free eCourse by about 40 moms who’ve been there.
Parenting
- AHA Parenting
- Hand in Hand Parenting
- thewonderweeks.com – baby’s mental leaps & behavior (there’s even an app!)
- Mothering Dot Commune – online forums
- The Natural Child Project
- kellymom.com
- kangaroomothercare.com – skin to skin benefits
Books:
Prenatal Connection with Baby
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- theconsciousbaby.com – pre-natal and infant parenting site, by the Association for Pre- and Peri-Natal Psychology
- CosmicCradle.com – pre-birth memory and communication stories
- BirthHealing.com – when birth doesn’t go as planned
- DiannaVagianos.com/blog – loss
Sleeping Well
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- uppitysciencechick.com
- kellymom.com
- cosleeping.nd.edu – Dr. James McKenna
Stillbirth, Miscarriage, & Pregnancy Loss Resouces
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- home funeral alliance
- YourBreastmilk.com – beautiful DNA keepsakes made from breast milk, baby’s lock of hair, placenta, and/or ashes
Termination Resources
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- Abortion Support for Heart Healing – free, professionally-moderated Facebook group
Trauma Healing
- Kate Ditzler’s practicing empathy
- Improving Birth’s “Pathways to Healing” toolkit
- The Birth Trauma Association
- SolaceForMothers.org
Ultrasound Diagnostics
Unassisted Birth
VBAC Resources
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- vbacfacts.com
- ican-online.org – International Cesarean Awareness Network
- CBAC – Cesarean Birth After Cesarean
- Kelly Tabotabo’s EXCELLENT Cesarean Healing Guide
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