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Recommended Links
- In His Hands Local, family owned birth supplies. Provides custom birth kits to clients of Heart of Texas Midwives.
- Childbirth Connection. A non profit founded in 1918 that works to improve maternity care. Great research based information .
- La Leche League of Austin Breastfeeding information and support.
- Lamaze International Organization to promote, support and protect normal birth through education and advocacy.
- Citizens for Midwifery Consumer based group promoting midwifery.
- Texans for Midwifery-Austin. Local consumer action group promoting midwifery in Ausitn.
- Mothering Magazine Natural family living magazine promoting attachment parenting, breastfeeding and healthy living.
- Consortium for Texas Certified Nurse-Midwives Professional organization for Certified Nurse midwives in Texas.
- Association of Texas Midwives (ATM) Professional organization for Texas midwives.
- American College of Nurse Midwives Professional organization for Certified Nurse Midwives and Certified Midwives. Provides research based position statements regarding maternity care.
- Texas Postpartum Resource Center Provides support and information to women dealing with postpartum depression.
- Baby sling wearing tips:
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Recommended Reading
- Childbirth
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin, Bantom Publishing, 2003.
- Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth by Janet Belaskos, Harvard Common Press, 1992.
- Birthing From Within by Pam England, Partera Press, 1998.
- Childbirth without Fear : The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth
by Michel Odent, Grantly Dick-Read, Pinter & Martin, 2005.
- Breastfeeding
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding : Seventh Revised Edition (La Leche League International Book) by La Leche League International, 2004.
- The Nursing Mother's Companion, 5th Edition by Kathleen Huggins, Harvard Common Press, 2005.
- Breastfeeding Pure and Simple by Gwen Gotsch, La Leche League International, Jan 2000.
- Baby Care
- The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two by Dr. James Sears, Little & Brown Publishers, 2003.
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