SOME GOOD LINKS
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THE U.K’S OFFICIAL ORGANISATION FOR INDEPENDENT MIDWIVES.
http://www.independentmidwives.org.uk
FOLLOW THE MULE PARENTING BLOG Stop Googling Your Birth Options, And Hop Up On The Bed, Dearhttp://www.the-mule.com/
SATURDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2013: My Search for Birth Freedom in a Climate of Fear and Mistrust
THE ASSOCIATION OF RADICAL MIDWIVEShttp://www.midwifery.org.uk
We are midwives, student midwives and others in the UK committed to improving the maternity care provided by the NHS. We strongly believe that all women have the right to a service tailored more closely to their needs, and a sympathetic attitude on the part of their professional attendants.
We are primarily a support group for people having difficulty in getting or giving good sympathetic, personalised midwifery care. A few of us are working independently outside the NHS, in order to offer a more woman-centred, one-to-one, style of practice, which at present is not widely available within NHS maternity services. There are contacts and/or local groups all around UK, as well as several overseas members.
We are a UK Registered Charity, No.1060525
ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MATERNITY SERVICES ~ AIMS
http://www.aims.org.uk
Working towards normal birth, providing independent support and information about maternity services and raising awareness of current research on childbirth and related issues.
LA LECHE LEAGUE
http://www.laleche.org.uk
Help for mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding, of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother dyad.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS GROUP FROME SOMERSET
http://www.beyondbirthing.co.uk/great-expectations.html
Free ante-natal Peer Support hosted by Katherine Woodsbury~ Beyond Birthing Frome & Community Doula. Weekly topics and guest speakers, information networking and support. The group is confidential and comes with cake!
ASSOCIATION OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS
http://www.abm.me.uk
“It is our aim to promote the physical and psychological health of mothers and children through education in the techniques of breastfeeding and to advance the education of the public, especially those persons concerned with the care of children on the health benefits of breastfeeding, both immediate and long term”
CONSCIOUS BIRTHING DOULA'S
http://consciousbirthing.co.uk
Kate Woods of Glastonbury has founded an invaluable tailor made Doula service for women & their families. Kate is a member of 'Doula UK &' also runs training courses for doula's to be.
HOME BIRTH REFERENCE SITE
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/
A supportive website for parents who think that homebirth might be the right choice for them, and for health professionals looking for resources.
INFORMATION ON VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CAESARIAN ~ VBAC
VBAC.com Women who have had a previous caesarean birth are often seen as a higher-risk group for future vaginal births. These pages were initially written after requests from women considering home VBAC, but they are also relevant for those planning hospital births.VBAC is the term for Vaginal Birth After Caesarean, and is pronounced 'Vee-back'
BREECH BIRTH INFORMATION
http://www.pregnantchicken.com/pregnant-chicken-blog/2011/7/24/how-to-turn-a-breech-baby.html
A very funny and informative blog including lots of ways to encourage a breech baby to turn.
INFORMATION ON BREECH BIRTH CHOICES
http://www.breechbirth.org.uk/choices.html
"TEND AND BEFRIEND"
"Fight or flight? We all know this phrase and we all know the feeling of that rush of stress hormones that make our hearts race and our hands sweat! But did you know that all (ok most!) of those studies about the effects of hormones and our reactions to stress were done on men?
http://emergingcrone.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/tend-and-befriend/
SHEILA KITZINGER
Having a baby is a major life transition for every woman who starts out on the great adventure - and for every family, everywhere in the world, into whom a child is born. Birth, as with every other creative activity, is a celebration of a new beginning."
http://www.sheilakitzinger.com/
BORN IN WATER
Hire heated and unheated birth pools, Elle TENS machines and homeopathic kits for childbirth. They also have an online shop of products for pregnancy, birth and beyond, including breastfeeding products.
www.borninwater.co.uk
Phone 01225 868961
WITH WOMAN
A site for women, midwives, and anyone interested in creative birth and birth choices.
http://www.withwoman.co.uk
THE REAL NAPPY GUIDE
Everything you need to know about cloth nappies!
http://www.goreal.org.uk
THE MOTHER MAGAZINE
Fertility awareness, conscious conception, peaceful
pregnancy, sacred birth, full term breastfeeding,
natural immunity and attachment parenting
http://www.themothermagazine.co.uk
MY BIRTH TV
Much more than a website it’s a new internet tv channel devoted entirely to pregnancy and birth, providing short video documentaries online, & more BRILLIANT!
http://www.mybirth.tv/
BIRTH CHOICE UK ~ THE up to date website for all the hospital statistics so you can be informed. Also
offers a wealth of information from where to have your baby through to NCT, maternity statistics, Dr Foster, The Active Birth Centre and much, much more.
http://www.birthchoiceuk.com/Frame.htm
YOGA VIVEKA
Group Classes, Yoga Therapy, Yoga 1-2-1
South Somerset and West Dorset
Crewkerne, Bridport, North Perrott
with Michelle Perkins
Tel 01460 77398
Email info@yogaviveka.co.uk
YOGA BIRTH!
Dedicated to yoga! Information on antenatal, postnatal and with baby yoga. Find a class in your area.
http://www.yogabirth.org/
BEAUTIFUL BIRTH & PREGNANCY ART by the very talented Amy Swagman
http://themandalajourney.com/tag/birth-art/
CONSCIOUS PARENTING
Juno is a parenting magazine with an ethos based on conscious parenting, sustainability, social justice, non-violence and a commitment to personal growth and spiritual awareness.
http://www.junomagazine.com/
HOME BIRTH YAHOO DISCUSSION & SUPPORT GROUP
For parents who are interested in home birth in the UK, or who have planned or had home births in the past, midwives, co-ordinators of home birth support groups, etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homebirthUK
HOME BIRTHS 'AS SAFE AS HOSPITAL'
A study from the Netherlands shows that homebirth is as safe as hospital birth for low risk pregnancies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7998417.stm
THE U.K’S OFFICIAL ORGANISATION FOR INDEPENDENT MIDWIVES.
http://www.independentmidwives.org.uk
FOLLOW THE MULE PARENTING BLOG Stop Googling Your Birth Options, And Hop Up On The Bed, Dearhttp://www.the-mule.com/
SATURDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2013: My Search for Birth Freedom in a Climate of Fear and Mistrust
THE ASSOCIATION OF RADICAL MIDWIVEShttp://www.midwifery.org.uk
We are midwives, student midwives and others in the UK committed to improving the maternity care provided by the NHS. We strongly believe that all women have the right to a service tailored more closely to their needs, and a sympathetic attitude on the part of their professional attendants.
We are primarily a support group for people having difficulty in getting or giving good sympathetic, personalised midwifery care. A few of us are working independently outside the NHS, in order to offer a more woman-centred, one-to-one, style of practice, which at present is not widely available within NHS maternity services. There are contacts and/or local groups all around UK, as well as several overseas members.
We are a UK Registered Charity, No.1060525
ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MATERNITY SERVICES ~ AIMS
http://www.aims.org.uk
Working towards normal birth, providing independent support and information about maternity services and raising awareness of current research on childbirth and related issues.
LA LECHE LEAGUE
http://www.laleche.org.uk
Help for mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding, of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother dyad.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS GROUP FROME SOMERSET
http://www.beyondbirthing.co.uk/great-expectations.html
Free ante-natal Peer Support hosted by Katherine Woodsbury~ Beyond Birthing Frome & Community Doula. Weekly topics and guest speakers, information networking and support. The group is confidential and comes with cake!
ASSOCIATION OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS
http://www.abm.me.uk
“It is our aim to promote the physical and psychological health of mothers and children through education in the techniques of breastfeeding and to advance the education of the public, especially those persons concerned with the care of children on the health benefits of breastfeeding, both immediate and long term”
CONSCIOUS BIRTHING DOULA'S
http://consciousbirthing.co.uk
Kate Woods of Glastonbury has founded an invaluable tailor made Doula service for women & their families. Kate is a member of 'Doula UK &' also runs training courses for doula's to be.
HOME BIRTH REFERENCE SITE
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/
A supportive website for parents who think that homebirth might be the right choice for them, and for health professionals looking for resources.
INFORMATION ON VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CAESARIAN ~ VBAC
VBAC.com Women who have had a previous caesarean birth are often seen as a higher-risk group for future vaginal births. These pages were initially written after requests from women considering home VBAC, but they are also relevant for those planning hospital births.VBAC is the term for Vaginal Birth After Caesarean, and is pronounced 'Vee-back'
BREECH BIRTH INFORMATION
http://www.pregnantchicken.com/pregnant-chicken-blog/2011/7/24/how-to-turn-a-breech-baby.html
A very funny and informative blog including lots of ways to encourage a breech baby to turn.
INFORMATION ON BREECH BIRTH CHOICES
http://www.breechbirth.org.uk/choices.html
"TEND AND BEFRIEND"
"Fight or flight? We all know this phrase and we all know the feeling of that rush of stress hormones that make our hearts race and our hands sweat! But did you know that all (ok most!) of those studies about the effects of hormones and our reactions to stress were done on men?
http://emergingcrone.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/tend-and-befriend/
SHEILA KITZINGER
Having a baby is a major life transition for every woman who starts out on the great adventure - and for every family, everywhere in the world, into whom a child is born. Birth, as with every other creative activity, is a celebration of a new beginning."
http://www.sheilakitzinger.com/
BORN IN WATER
Hire heated and unheated birth pools, Elle TENS machines and homeopathic kits for childbirth. They also have an online shop of products for pregnancy, birth and beyond, including breastfeeding products.
www.borninwater.co.uk
Phone 01225 868961
WITH WOMAN
A site for women, midwives, and anyone interested in creative birth and birth choices.
http://www.withwoman.co.uk
THE REAL NAPPY GUIDE
Everything you need to know about cloth nappies!
http://www.goreal.org.uk
THE MOTHER MAGAZINE
Fertility awareness, conscious conception, peaceful
pregnancy, sacred birth, full term breastfeeding,
natural immunity and attachment parenting
http://www.themothermagazine.co.uk
MY BIRTH TV
Much more than a website it’s a new internet tv channel devoted entirely to pregnancy and birth, providing short video documentaries online, & more BRILLIANT!
http://www.mybirth.tv/
BIRTH CHOICE UK ~ THE up to date website for all the hospital statistics so you can be informed. Also
offers a wealth of information from where to have your baby through to NCT, maternity statistics, Dr Foster, The Active Birth Centre and much, much more.
http://www.birthchoiceuk.com/Frame.htm
YOGA VIVEKA
Group Classes, Yoga Therapy, Yoga 1-2-1
South Somerset and West Dorset
Crewkerne, Bridport, North Perrott
with Michelle Perkins
Tel 01460 77398
Email info@yogaviveka.co.uk
YOGA BIRTH!
Dedicated to yoga! Information on antenatal, postnatal and with baby yoga. Find a class in your area.
http://www.yogabirth.org/
BEAUTIFUL BIRTH & PREGNANCY ART by the very talented Amy Swagman
http://themandalajourney.com/tag/birth-art/
CONSCIOUS PARENTING
Juno is a parenting magazine with an ethos based on conscious parenting, sustainability, social justice, non-violence and a commitment to personal growth and spiritual awareness.
http://www.junomagazine.com/
HOME BIRTH YAHOO DISCUSSION & SUPPORT GROUP
For parents who are interested in home birth in the UK, or who have planned or had home births in the past, midwives, co-ordinators of home birth support groups, etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homebirthUK
HOME BIRTHS 'AS SAFE AS HOSPITAL'
A study from the Netherlands shows that homebirth is as safe as hospital birth for low risk pregnancies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7998417.stm
