Resources

Pregnancy Related Links

• Midwifery Today: An excellent online resource for articles on pregnancy, birth and labor
• Drugs in Labor: What Effects Do They Have 20 Years Hence? by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Birthing the Future: Myths of Cesareans, Epidurals and Other Interventions
• 101 Reasons to Breastfeed Your Child by Leslie Burby
• No Substitute for Human Milk
• Problems and Hazards of Induction of Labor: from www.motherfriendly.org
• Having a Baby? Ten Questions to Ask: from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
• Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm by Marsden Wagner, MD
• The International Cesarean Awareness Network: The ICAN's mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education and promoting vaginal birth after cesarean.
• Environmental Working Group: Focus Pocus: Report on Protecting Pregnant Women (and their children) from Mercury in Fish
• Environmental Working Group: How 'Bout Them Apples? Pesticides on Fruit and Vegetables Still Pose Health Risks for Children
• Environmental Working Group: Mothers and exposure to POP's (persistent organic pollutants)
• Fun links to possibly predict the sex of your child and an informational main website
• Ultrasound Pros and Cons

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