USEFUL LINKS

Birth Choices, Information & Services:

Birth International: www.birthinternational.com.au
Capers: www.capersbookstore.com.au
Association for Improvement in Maternity Services-UK (AIMS): www.aims.org.uk/aims.htm
Quolkids (Pregnancy, birth & parenting): http://www.quolkids.com
Childbirth solutions: www.childbirthsolutions.com
Caroline Flint’s homepage/Birth Centre: www.birthcentre.com
Sheila Kitzingers homepage: www.sheilakitzinger.com
Henci Goer-obstetric myths: www.hencigoer.com/obmyth/
Henci Goer-Birth Options: www.hencigoer.com/betterbirth/
Online Birth Centre (USA based): www.moonlily.com/obc/midwife.html
 

Homebirth:

 
Homebirth Australia homepage: www.homebirthaustralia.org
Homebirth Reference site (UK): www.homebirth.org.uk
Midwifery Today – on homebirth: www.midwiferytoday.com/homebirth.htm
Unassisted Birth: www.unassistedchildbirth.com

Waterbirth:

Waterbirth International: www.waterbirth.org

Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC):

Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section (Birthrites WA): www.birthrites.org
 

Doulas:

Australian Doulas: www.australiandoulas.com.au
Doulas Downunder: www.doulasdownundernetwork.com
 

Childbirth Research:

Research (Michel Odent): www.birthworks.org/primalhealth

National Government Statements on Australian Childbirth Options:

‘Rocking the Cradle’ Senate report on Childbirth Practises (Dec 1999): www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/child_birth/index.htm

Midwifery Information Sites:

Maternity Coalition: www.maternitycoalition.org.au
MIDIRS Midwifery Digest homepage: www.midirs.org/
Midwifery Today: www.midwiferytoday.com/homebirth.htm
Reproductive Health and Research (WHO & others): www.who.int/reproductive-health/index.htm
Joy Johnson homepage: www.aitex.com.au

Breastfeeding Information & Support Groups:

Breastfeeding topics: http://breastfeed.com
Australian Breastfeeding Association: www.breastfeeding.asn.au
LaLeche League International: www.lalecheleague.org/links.html
Breastfeeding education: www.health-e-learning.com/
Infant nutrition: www.who.int/child-adolesscent-health/NUTRITION/infant.htm

Parenting Sites:

Quality of Life for kids: www.quolkids.com
Jean Liedloff’s Continuum Network homepage: www.continuum-concept.org
Positive Parenting site: http://www.positiveparenting.com/index.html
Aletha Solter’s Aware Parenting site: www.awareparenting.com
Alternative Parenting site: www.alternativeparenting.com
Attachment Parenting site: www.bygpub.com/natural/attachment-parenting.htm
The Natural Child Project: www.naturalchild.org
 

Baby Massage:

Baby Massage: www.infantmassage.com
MELT Baby Massage: www.meltbabymassage.com.au

 

Action Groups:

Australian Vaccination Network: www.avn.org.au
Circumcision debate information: www.nocirc.or

Music for the Soul:

Christine Morrison:  www.christinemorrison.com

Art for the Soul:

Mandalas:  www.christinerainbird.com

Original Energy Art:  www.libbyenergyart.com

Women's Networking Forums:

Sisters in Sync:  www.sistersinsync.com.au

Gather the Women Network:  www.gatherthewomen.org