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Other Northeast Doula Organizations
Links of Interest
Pioneer
Valley Breastfeeding Task Force
Enhancing maternal/child health by supporting successful
breastfeeding - a coalition of businesses and individuals
who are committed to helping Valley families breastfeed.
Parenting
Resources Directory
Listings of just about every resource in western Massachusetts
for parents and families.
Postpartum
Stress, Anxiety and Depression Checklist - from
motherwoman.org
www.maternitywise.org
Maternity Wise is the Maternity Center Association's long-term
national program to promote evidence-based maternity care.
They have published wonderful information, including the
Listening to Mothers survey and crucial information that
compares the risks of cesarean and vaginal birth. They have
a great summary of state-of-the-art reviews about the nature
of labor pain and advantages and disadvantages of different
methods of pain relief.
www.massbfc.org
Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition
www.icpa4kids.com
International Chiropractic Pediatric Association
www.hencigoer.com
Henci Goer is the author of Obstetric Myths Versus Research
Realities and The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better
Birth.
www.anacs.org
ANACS is an association for professional obstetric nurses
who are deeply committed to promoting evidence-based practice
and positive birth experiences.
www.sciencebasedbirth.com
The goal of this organization is to promote public debate
on improving our national maternity care policy. It also
provides information on evidence-based birth care for healthy
women with normal pregnancies to protect the ethical and
constitutional rights of adult women to have control over
the manner and circumstances of pregnancy and birth.
Massachusetts
Hospital Maternity Statistics
The Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services
compiles annual statistics on all Mass. hospitals that provide
maternity care. Take a look at the results - it's interesting
to see how your hospital stacks up!
Citizens
for Midwifery
The only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives'
Model of Care. CfM works to provide information and resources
that promote the local midwife, as well as midwives and
midwifery care across the country.
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