This page is a compilation of links relating to sites that cover all issues surrounding pregnancy, births and babies.
Where possible a brief description has been added to try to indicate what the pages are all about. You will also notice that some of the links are duplicated. This is because so many of sources cover such a broad spectrum that it was impossible to categorise them and I would hate for anyone to miss out on an excellent page.
UK Pregnancy, Childbirth and Baby Links
Pregnancy Childbirth Homebirth Breastfeeding Babies Support Groups Pregnancy and Exercise Newsgroups and Mailing Lists A place for Mums and Dads to chat The Pregnant Vegetarian The Vegetarian Baby and Toddler End of Page
UK Pregnancy, Childbirth and Baby Links
Nick Stantons Homebirth Page
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Brighton Homebirth Support Group http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/englandhb.html
Useful and informative article about homebirth in the UK with good links to other homebirth information
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The National Childbirth Trust http://www.inect.co.uk/nct
A UK charitable organisation which offers support and advice for pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. It provides information and has local groups enabling people all around the UK to meet others. They have breast feeding councillors and ante natal classes run by trained and registered teachers. They also campaign for better maternity services and liase with health professionals. Don't take my word for it view the page.
Pregnancy Links
The Pregnancy gopher
gopher://gizmo.freenet.columbus.oh.us/11/healthservices/OSU%20Medical%20Center/Health%20Promotion%20and%20Disease%20Prevention%20Information/Pregnancy
Gopher based pregnancy information[Return to List]
Pregnancy, Reproduction and Health Education http://www.childbirth.org/
Written by Robin Elize Weiss. Excellent source of information on many aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. The statement included in the page which really attracted me to the site was "Birth is a natural process, not a medical procedure"....and so say all of us![Return to List]
The Online Birth Centre http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/birthindex.html
The Online Birth Centre offers interesting links for both midwives and parents on midwifery, pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. The Parent page is (obviously!) aimed at parents and lots of useful information on many topics. One example is the section on birth plans. It includes a page giving sample plans, to give some idea of what could be included. There is also an excellent link to newsgroups and mailing lists.[Return to List]
misc.kids FAQ - Birth Plan: Steps http://www.familyweb.com/faqs/birthplan_1.shtm
A link on the FamilyWeb page to the misc.kid.pregnancy faqs for creating a birth plan.[Return to List]
The FamilyWeb Pregnancy Page http://www.familyweb.com/
This page aims to gather information from all around the world. The pregnancy information is good and covers some of the nasty bits that can be associated with pregnancy such as backache, varicose veins and the never mentioned haemorrhoids! Not exactly after dinner conversation material but good stuff all the same. Also has sections on pregnancy and sex, and going to work when pregnant[Return to List
The National Childbirth Trust http://www.inect.co.uk:80/nct
A UK charitable organisation which offers support and advice for pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. It provides information and has local groups enabling people all around the UK to meet others. They have breast feeding councillors and ante natal classes run by trained and registered teachers. They also campaign for better maternity services and liase with health professionals. Don't take my word for it view the page.[Return to List]
HomeArts: The Whole Nine Monthshttp://homearts.com/depts/health/00ninec1.htm
Lot so info about pregnancy. Including the development stages of the baby over the nine months.[Return to List]
Ask NOAH About: Pregnancy http://www.noah.cuny.edu/pregnancy/pregnancy.html
New York Online Access to Health has provided a set of pages about pregnancy. They are written in a clear and easy to read style. All the major issues are divide into topics including Planning, Pre-natal Care, Birth Options, Breastfeeding and Vaccinations. Includes a good section on genetic abnormalities and illness during pregnancy.[Return to List]
Yahoo - Society and Culture:Birth:Pregnancy http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Birth/Pregnancy
A link to the section of Yahoo (an WWW search engine) that contains links to pages relating to pregnancy. Some duplication with the links on this page.[Return to List]
Childbirth Links
Yahoo: Society-and-Culture/Birth
http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Birth
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WATER BABY: Experience of Water Birth, Part One http://www.well.com/user/karil
Having used a birthing pool myself I was particularly impressed by this site. There is wealth of information for anyone considering this as an alternative.[End of Section - Return to List]
Homebirth Links
Kate Weber Brown's pages on Homebirth
http://www.islandnet.com/~browns/homebirth/homebirth.html
A really good home birth page which is well set out, personal and easy to read. the section entitled The Things I loved about Having my Baby at Home tells you the sort of information that only someone who has experienced it can give. Includes a link to other Internet Birthing Resources which also has good links, including a useful link to the FAQs of the misc.kids.pregnancy[Return to List]
Gracious Births(remembering why we are Midwives) http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/MT/gracious.html
I had to include this article as I thought it was excellent. It compare two births, the first noisy, manic and horrific the second calm, peaceful and happy. Definitely worth a read
Breastfeeding Links
La Leche League International--Breastfeeding Information
http://www.prairienet.org/llli/
An organisation that offers advice and support to women who wish to breastfeed. It has a very useful FAQ on breastfeeding as well as a form to enable a query to be submitted to the organisation. The query will be handled by a trained counsellor and they aim to reply within a week. LLLI:Breastfeeding Help Form
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Baby Milk Action Home Page http://www.io.org/~infacto/bma/bmahome.htm
An organisation campaigning against the commercial promotion of bottle feeding, as well as advocating the need for unbiased information to be available for all women
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INFACT Poster Gallery http://www.io.org/~infacto/gallery3.htm
INFACT is a Canadian organisation promoting breastfeeding. This page is one of their sites pages showing a set of posters which promote breastfeeding. They made me smile and it's worth taking a look.
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Nestlé boycott http://www.io.org/~infacto/spring95/boycott.htm
INFACT'S call for support to ban Nestlé products due to their ongoing promotion of bottle feeding[Return to List]
Nestlé Boycott in the UK http://www.io.org/~infacto/spring95/boyuk.htm
List of products in the UK to avoid if you want to support the boycott[Return to List]
The Breastfeeding Advocacy Page http://www.clark.net/pub/activist/bfpage/bfpage.html#Other
An excellent breastfeeding page and I particularly liked the challenging beginning.
Covers why breastfeeding is important and has a section which includes information for the working mother who wishes to breastfeed. Also includes a link to information for countries other than the USA[End of Section - Return to List]
Baby Links
Baby's Name Page
My other page which gives baby's names and definitions.
Woefully inadequate at the moment but I am hoping that people from different countries will contribute names so that it will build up into a useful reference.[Return to List]
Cranial Osteopathy For Babies, Infants And Children http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~med-man/kids.htm
I had not really heard of this before. The page explains how cranial osteopathy can help with problems such as crying, sleeplessness, colic and coughs.[End of Section - Return to List]
Support Group Links
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/community/sands.htm
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The National Childbirth Trust
http://www.inect.co.uk:80/nct
A UK charitable organisation which offers support and advice for pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. It provides information and has local groups enabling people all around the UK to meet others. They have breast feeding councillors and ante natal classes run by trained and registered teachers. They also campaign for better maternity services and liase with health professionals. Don't take my word for it view the page.
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Pregnancy and Exercise
Exercises in Pregnancy
http://www.babybag.com/articles/wrkout.htm
List of exercises that can be undertaken during pregnancy[Return to List
Pre and Postnatal Care - TOC http://www.familyweb.com/pregnancy/natal
Information on the FamilyWeb Page about breathing techniques and exercise[End of Section - Return to List]
Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
misc.kids.pregnancy
news: misc.kids.pregnancy
A newsgroup dedicated to discussing all issues relating to pregnancy. The participants appear to be predominantly American but most of the information discussed is applicable to anyone who is expecting or planning to conceive.[Return to List
Pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding parenting newgroups and mailing lists http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/birthnewsgroups.html
Link to a page giving newsgroups and mailing lists. Includes details of Nick Stanton's Homebirth Mailing list[End of Section - Return to List]
Places for Mums and Dads to chat
ParentsPlace chat page
http://www.parentsplace.com
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The Pregnant Vegetarian
Vegetarian Recipes
http://www.veg.org/veg/Orgs/VegSocUK/Recipes/recindx.html
Vegetarian recipes. Good whether you are pregnant or not.
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The Vegetarian Society UK http://www.veg.org/veg/Orgs/VegSocUK/info.html
The Vegetarian Society Home Pages. an excellent source of information on a splendid organisation for those people who already are or are contemplating becoming vegetarians
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The Vegetarian Baby and Toddler
Feeding Vegetarian babies
http://www.veg.org/veg/Orgs/VegSocUK/Research/vital5.html#infant
Information on feeding vegetarian children
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Nutrition for children age 1 to 5 http://www.veg.org/veg/Orgs/VegSocUK/Info/childre1.html
Nutritional information for the vegetarian child.
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Infants - VegSocUK Information Sheet http://www.veg.org/veg/Orgs/VegSocUK/Info/infant.html
Information on weaning and feeding babies. Includes advice on when to start weaning, the foods to begin with and other issues.[Return to List]
Books on Vegetarian Babies and children http://www.veg.org/veg/Orgs/VegSocUK/HQdata/books12.html
Books giving recipes and information on feeding vegetarian babies and children Vegetarian Books - Order Form
If a book on feeding yourself or your veggie baby is required then order via the Vegetarian Society as it helps to raise funds.
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