Web Resources for Childbirth Educators

My presentation on infant sleep: covers normal sleep patterns, sleep safety, and sleep advice.

My other site, www.safebirth.org covers risks and benefits of many of the major medical interventions in the labor and birth process.

Lamaze’s Must-Read list of articles from 2002 Journals: www.lamaze.org/childbirth/MustRead.asp. Good review of current research.

Optimal Fetal Positioning: Great review of the techniques http://www.homebirth.org.uk/ofp.htm

Motherwear’s Free Breastfeeding Guide: An excellent breastfeeding manual, with 32 pages of information, and 7 pages of ads at the back for breastfeeding-related products. Covers benefits of breastmilk, anatomy of breastfeeding, positioning, nursing in public, returning to work, pumping and storage, and overcoming challenges. Can be viewed online, and can be ordered in quantity, for free, at: www.motherwear.com/Services/community/guides/main_gate.asp?uid=1EFCB4F2-2014-11D6-8210-00B0D0498030-55438974

Free breastfeeding handouts for you to distribute from Playtex’s Mothers Own Milk Program. Info.

My Miscellaneous Topics: This link will take you to some additional webpages, which are collections of information on miscellaneous topics such as birth plans, breech babies, Group B Strep, and cephalo-pelvic disproportion. These are not formal articles, just collections of my thoughts, research data, and links to find out more. They were mostly written up as responses to questions on a doula email list.