Links

Links for Midwives
Links for Pregnant Women
Links to Pregnancy/Parenting/Professional Sites of General Interest
Links to my Writing Friends

Links for Midwives

American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM)
www.acnm.org

Frontier School of Midwifery (oldest midwifery school in US)
www.midwives.org/home.htm

Informative article for those interested in becoming a midwife
www.midwiferytoday.com/books/paths.asp

Midwives Alliance of North America
www.mana.org

Midwifery information. Contact Nancy Sullivan
www.midwifeinfo.com

Midwifery links, compiled by Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM
home.attbi.com/~cnmpat/bookrevtoc.htm

Midwifery Today magazine
www.midwiferytoday.com/magazine

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Birth kits, books, lots of supplies
www.1cascade.com

The Lamaze organization
www.lamaze-childbirth.com/2000/testing_home2.html

The Bradley Organization
www.bradleybirth.com

Recent articles discussing the safety of home birth
www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/homebirth.html

Midwifery and doula information, links
www.storknet.com/index.html

Ina May Gaskin’s site (Spiritual Midwifery author)
www.thefarm.org/lifestyle/img.html

Article by a midwife and a home birth mom
Home Birth, Making It Happen
epregnancy.com/features/birth/homebirthing.htm

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Links to Pregnancy/Parenting/Professional Sites of General Interest

Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators
www.alace.org

An online pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and parenting catalogue
www.attachmentscatalog.com

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
www.awhonn.org

National Association of Childbearing Centers
www.birthcenters.org

Find a midwife
www.birthpartners.com

Citizens Advocating Licensed Midwifery
www.calmidwifery.org

Citizens for Midwifery, a national consumer-based group promoting midwifery care
www.Cfmidwifery.org

Faith Gibson’s site, with lots of midwifery legislation info, essays, loads of stuff
www.collegeofmidwives.org

Online magazine of pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding; very supportive of alternatives to standard maternity care.
www.compleatmother.com

One mom’s personal site for simplifying life
www.crystalvoice.org

Doulas of North America website
www.dona.com

Comprehensive pregnancy-related site with articles, interactive features, forums and resources
www.epregnancy.com

An organization devoted to increasing access to out-of-hospital birth service through the use of nationally certified direct-entry midwives.
www.gentlebirth.orgl

International breastfeeding advocacy and information group. Small groups nationwide
www.lalecheleague.org

Midwives Alliance of North America
www.mana.org

Maternity Center Association, dedicated to helping women make informed choices in maternity care
www.maternity.org

A great starting place to research information on midwives
www.midwifeinfo.com

Website for CIMS, Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, a professional organization
www.motherfriendly.org

Parenting division of iVillage.com
www.parentsoup.com

The comprehensive website of this internationally acclaimed childbirth advocate
www.sheilakitzinger.com

The site of Shelly Girard, a southern California midwife, offers lots of comprehensive information
www.socialbirth.org

Rites of Passage website, a new San Francisco Bay Area home birth practice by
Certified Nurse Midwives
www.ihomebirth.com

A pregnancy and parenting support center.
www.thelaboroflove.com

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Links to my Writing Friends

Abbi Perets ~ www.dearabbi.com
Adair Lara ~ www.adairlara.com
Arlene Blum ~ www.arleneblum.com
Barbara Watson ~ www.wakeupbarbara.com
Bibby Gignilliat ~ www.gourmetgatherings.com
BJ Lawry ~ lovewordszine.tripod.com
Cathy Luchetti ~ www.cathyluchetti.com
Carole Moore ~ www.thehumorwriter.com
Debbie Farmer ~ www.familydaze.com
Diane Diekman ~ ddiekman.tripod.com
Florence Cardinal ~ www.angelfire.com/ak/astrocard
Gary Phillips ~ www.gdphillips.com
Gary Presley ~ www.sofnet.com/~presley/personal/geppage.htm
Jan Friedman ~ www.eccentricamerica.com
Jane MacDonald ~ janemac98.tripod.com
Jerry Hannah ~ www.fictionsite.com
Jon Carroll ~ www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll
Karen Blue ~ www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/blue
Marie Estorge ~ www.storkbites.net
Mike Taylor ~ sagp.miketaylor.org.uk/
Mona Vanek ~ www.idahowritersleague.com
Paul Pekin ~ www.corecomm.net
Peggy Duffy ~ www.authorsden.com/peggyduffy
Philip Lopate ~ www.previewport.com/authors
Phyllis Cambria ~ www.PartyPlansPlus.com
Susan Vreeland ~ www.svreeland.com
Suzanne Arms ~ www.birthingthefuture.com
Wendee Holtcamp ~ www.greendzn.com

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