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BabyCenter

http://www.babycenter.com/

Resources for new and expectant parents. Includes sections on pregnancy; baby care; baby development; mother care; exercise and nutrition; and work and family. Interactive tools include an immunization scheduler, a baby namer, a college savings calculator, and a life insurance planner. Also includes a product recall database, book reviews, and news about pregnancy and babies. Searchable. Includes an index and a glossary.

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Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Social Sciences--People by Age Group--Adults--Parenting & Family Life

Babyworld

http://www.babyworld.co.uk/

Informational site for parents of babies and infants. Topics include: News and Features; Caring for your Baby; Your Pregnancy; Places to Go and Things to Do; Money and Childcare. Searchable.

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Business & Economics--Finance--Personal Finance

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Social Sciences--People by Age Group--Adults--Parenting & Family Life

Birth Centers Online

http://www.birthcenters.org/

Comprehensive online guide to birth centers, medically supervised alternatives to hospitals.

Author: National Association of Childbearing Centers (ReachNACC@BirthCenters.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Cesarian Section -- A Brief History

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/cesarean_1.html

"Imagine no antibiotics, antiseptics, anesthesia, rubber gloves, clotting agents, invisible dissolving sutures, ultrasound, or even sharp scalpels. It's amazing that cesarean section was even attempted before this century. Yet, written records go back to 1500, when a Swiss sow gelder saved both his wife and child by this method. Since then, the procedure has been performed more often than you might expect, right up to the present, when nearly a quarter of all births are delivered cesarean. Read the whole history, with engaging text and gory woodcuts."

Author: Jane Eliot Sewell

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--History of Medicine

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Keywords: history cesarian section; birth

Childbirth.org

http://www.childbirth.org/

Numerous links to "educational, informational, and personal" resources related to pregnancy and childbirth, organized into categories such as pregnancy, labor, complications and feeding. Also offers web-based chat rooms, as well as discussions forums. Searchable.

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Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Keywords: Childbirth

DONA: Doulas of North America

http://www.dona.com/

Information about doulas, women trained in labor assistance, from this international organization. "A place to find out about professional labor [and delivery] support, whether you are looking for a doula or looking to become a doula."

Author: Robin Elise Weiss (robin@iglou.com)

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Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Keywords: Childbirth

The Fertility Race

http://news.glass.mpr.org/features/199711/20_smiths_fertility/

"In the late 1990s, Minnesota Public Radio broadcast this series on infertility and the social issues related to advanced reproductivetechnologies. Listen to the original audio, or explore insightfularticles on the history of American attitudes toward infertility,surrogate motherhood, the vast and profitable fertility industry,a generation of test-tube babies, and sperm and egg donation.There's a wealth of unbiased information here -- glossaries,statistics, personal accounts, photo albums, and links to organizations across the fertility spectrum."

Author: Minnesota Public Radio (table@mpr.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Men's Health

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Keywords: Fertility; Infertility; Reproduction

Lamaze

http://www.lamaze.com/

Resources about pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting for everyone from those considering pregnancy to those who have a newborn infant. Searchable.

Author: Lamaze International

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Social Sciences--People by Age Group--Adults--Parenting & Family Life

Keywords: Lamaze; Childbirth; Baby; Child; Children; Parent; Pregnant

Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions (NMAP)

http://nmap.ac.uk/

"NMAP (Nursing, Midwifery and Allied health Professions) is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners in the health and medical sciences."

Author: University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Nursing

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Health & Medical Sciences--Professional Resources

Keywords: Therapy; Midwives; Dietetics; Chiropody; Podiatry; Radiography

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA)

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

"Founded in 1916, Planned Parenthood is the world's largest and oldest voluntary family planning organization. Planned Parenthood is dedicated to the principles that every individual has a fundamental right to decide when or whether to have a child, and that every child should be wanted and loved." The Planned Parenthood site provides contact information for PPFA offices, great information on sexual and reproductive health and rights, news about national legislation and an in-depth list of electronic, paper, video, etc. resources.

Author: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Sexuality

Health & Medical Sciences--Sexuality--Contraception

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Keywords: Reproduction; Freedom; Abortion; Adolescents' rights; Family planning; Patients' rights; Birth control; Sexual health

Reproductive Health Gateway (RHG)

http://www.rhgateway.org/

"Reproductive Health (RH) Gateway gives you quick access to relevant, accurate information about reproductive health on the World Wide Web.RH Gateway lets you search a group of websites carefully selected for accuracy, authority, and relevance... The ready-to-use search function currently searches through more than 20,000 pages on over two dozen websites selected for information on reproductive health. Search results are hot-linked to the specific pages containing your search terms."

Author: USAID Population and Health Materials Working Group (webadmin@jhuccp.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Sexuality--Contraception

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Keywords: Reproduction; Birth control

soc.support.pregnancy.loss FAQ

http://web.co.nz/~katef/sspl/faq.html

Includes three sections: Tips & Suggestions for Coping after Pregnancy Loss; Grieving after a pregnancy loss; Medical Information about Pregnancy Loss.

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Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Social Sciences--People by Age Group--Adults--Parenting & Family Life

Keywords: Pregnancy Loss

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Fertility & Pregnancy

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Health/Fertility_and_Pregnancy/

Features current news stories related to fertility and pregnancy. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Author: Yahoo! News (full_coverage@yahoo-inc.com)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Women's Health--Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

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