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alth Hints and Remedies (Natural suggestions for pains of pregnancy)
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The lie of the Estimated Due Date
Bed rest in pregnancy
Weekly Activities to do
Choosing a Care Provider
Pregnant patient's bill of rights
Rights of Childbearing Women
Questions you can ask your doctor
More things to do to get your birth experience
Outcomes of planned home vs hospital births
Choosing a care provider
A Doula's Fee
Choosing a Pediatrician
Birth Plans/Preferences
Birth Plan tips
Things to Consider about your birth
Is Home Birth Safer?
Birth Plan Sample
Great Birth Plan Info
Birth Prep List
Hospital bag: What to pack?
Induction
The lie of the Estimated Due Date
Induction Prevention (natural induction methods)
Hospitals Cracking Down on Inductions
How Induction lead to C-sections
Induction and Autism
Risks of Induction
Why Every Week Counts!
(very good video!)
Low Amniotic Fluid and Induction
Big Babies
Breech Babies
Natural ways to turn breech baby
Rebozo and Breech Baby
Breeching the Breech Protocol
C section not the best option
5 Alternatives to consider when delivering breech baby
Vaginal birth
Breech birth
Twins and Multiples
Optimal Timing for Twin deliveries
Cesarean Section
C-section comes under review
C-sections and other interventions increasing faster with private insurances
A family-centered Cesarean
Preventing Uterine Rupture
Best C-Section Ever
Georgia C-section Rate 2013
Rate of Early C-sections
Elective C-sections and Risks
Elective C-section Consequences
5 Ways to Avoid a Cesarean
C Section Risks to Baby
Why Babies Benefit from Labor
:Vaginal Microbiome
VBAC
Lower Uterine Rupture with VBAC Trial
13 VBAC Myths
Majority of VBACS have Success!
VBAC: Video of VBAC birth journey
Other Pregnancy Topics
Perineal massage
Short and Long term Effects of Substance Abuse on Fetus
Boy or girl?:Fun ways to tell
Pregnancy Links
Vickery Chiropractic
:
specializes in webster technique for turning breech babies and just overall back health during pregnancy
Due Date Calculator:
Calculate your due date, conception date and gestational age of baby
Your Week by Week Pregnancy Calendar
:
look each week here to see what is going on with your baby
For Doulas:
Training Organizations
CAPPA
DONA International
Childbirth International
BirthWorks
Birthing From Within
Bradley Method
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Labor
Labor Basics
Signs of Labor
spontaneous release of membranes
Surfing through labor
3 Ways to Time your Contractions
(timer available through itunes or google play)
Comfort measures in Labor
Alternative Methods of Checking Dilation
Move! Move! Move!
Using a Birth Ball during Labor
Doula and Partner
Tips for Birth Partners
Use of Rebozo in Labor
Six Benefits of Water Birth
Eating During Labor
Pain Meds
Epidural Agreement
Side Effects of Epidural
Do Epidurals Affect Breastfeeding?
Epidurals and Fetal Positioning
Photos of Epidural
Laughing Gas in Labor
Other Interventions
Birth Info Questionaire
Pitocin's untold impact
Birth
Pushing
Birthing positons to empower while pushing
'Push Harder!' doesn't help shorten labor!
Perineal Massage and Pushing
Ok..10cm... PUSH!!
Episiotomies
What you don't know can hurt you
Ways to avoid episiotomies
New Guidelines call for restricting Episiotomies
Cord Clamping and Cord Blood Banking
Private umbilical cord banking?
Pros and cons of Banking your baby's cord blood
Study finds benefits to Delayed Cord Clamping
Benefits to Delayed Cord Clamping
Hospitals warned to delay cutting umbilical cord
Early Cord clamping
Early cord clamping risks
Newborn and Postpartum
Breastfeeding
Local North Georgia Breastfeeding Support
How to calm a baby
Save the Children calls for more breastfeeding in first hour of life
Breastfeeding benefits
Stem cells in Breastmilk
New Discovery on Breastfeeding
Drug Safety while Breastfeeding
Getting Enough Milk? How to tell
Timing of Breastfeeding
5 cools things no one ever told you about nighttime breastfeeding
Wonders and Challenges of Breastfeeding a Toddler
Surprising Benefits to Extended Breastfeeding
Milk Banking
Breastfeeding.com
Lactation Center in Gainesville, GA
Newborn Care
Baby's First Massage
What is Normal for a newborn?
Safe Sleep Campaign
Circumcision
Oh boy...circumcision? (must watch before you decide to or not to)
Circumcision doesn't beget circumcision (bottom of the page has further reading on circumcision)
Video of Circumcision Procedure (watch before you decide)
Not circumcising? beware of well check!
Premature Baby Care
Resources for Parents of Preemies
Grief or Loss
Bereavement or perinatal loss support resources
Postpartum
Washable Cloth Mama Pads
FAQ about Mama Cloth
Cloth Diapering
Cloth Diapering for Beginners
FAQ about Cloth Diapering
Reasonable Priced Cloth One Sized (birth to potty training) Pocket Diapers (Sunbaby Diapers)
Fuzzibunz Modern cloth Diapers
Diapers.com (site that sells accessories and various kinds of cloth diapers)
How to make your own Diaper Sprayer
7 Reasons why Cloth is Awesome!