Online Resources

Online Resources

Midwifery

• Alberta Association of Midwives - Apply for Care
• Alberta Association of Midwives
• Canadian Association of Midwives
  

Waterbirth

• A resource for information and waterbirth products

Breastfeeding

• International Breastfeeding Centre & The Newman Breastfeeding Clinic offers a wealth of free online resources for breastfeeding mothers as well as health care professionals. https://ibconline.ca/

• Breastfeedingonline.com hopes to help empower women to choose to breastfeed and to educate society at large about the importance and benefits of breastfeeding. www.breastfeedingonline.com

Cord Blood Banking

• Umbilical Cord Blood Banking

Homebirth Research

• Choosing where to have your baby - ACNM (PDF)
• CMAJ Aug 2009 Safety of Homebirth (PDF)
• Homebirth JMWH 2007 S. Vedam (PDF)
• Homebirth safety study Netherlands 2009 (PDF)
• Ontario Home Birth 2009 (PDF)
• Outcomes of planned home birth - JMWH review July 2007 (PDF)

Waterbirth

• Waterbirth statement RCOG (PDF)
• 2006 european journal of O&G - safety of waterbirth (PDF)
• BC midwives waterbirth doc (PDF)
• MIDIRS waterbirth IC doc (PDF)

Newborn Issues

• Canadian Pediatric Society
• Co-Sleeping

Due Date Calculator

• Not sure when your baby is due? Baby Center’s handy calculator will help predict your most likely due date: www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-due-date-calculator

Nutrition

• Nutrition guidelines for pregnancy

Postpartum

• Calgary Doula Association
• Arbour Birth Centre

Other Online Resources

• Spinning Babies
• Miles Circuit
• The Effect Of Drug Abuse On Pregnancy
  

Recommended Reading

• The Baby Book by William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN.
• The Midwifery Option: A Canadian Guide to the Birth Experience by Miranda Hawkins & Sarah Knox
• Pregnancy & Birth: The Best Evidence by Theresa Pittman & Joyce Barrett
• Birthing From Within by Pam England
• Ina May’s Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
• The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
• Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper
• Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
• Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
• The New Pregnancy & Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
• A Good Birth, A Safe Birth By Diana Korte & Roberta Scaer
• Dr Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding By Newman, Jack
• The Breastfeeding Answer Book by the La Leche League
• The Pregnancy Book by William & Martha Sears
• The Breastfeeding Book by William & Martha Sears