Women's Health Links
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the professional medical advice you receive from your physician. The
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to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease. Please consult your
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General
Maternal-Newborn, Women's Health Resources
 The Mind/Body Medical Institute:
a resource on mind/body medicine and the Mind/Body Medical Institute, the world
leader in this field. Here you can learn to elicit the relaxation response, and
follow the research findings
of Herbert Benson, M.D.
COCHRANE PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
GROUP
Mother-Friendly
Childbirth Initiative &
http://www.motherfriendly.org
Maternal and
Child Healthcare Bureau
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
"Having
a Baby? Ten Questions to Ask"
Vaginal
Birth After Cesarean
International Cesarean
Awareness Network
Postpartum
Adjustment
Postpartum Stress Center
&
http://www.postpartumstress.com
Postpartum Support International (Click on "need social support": lists of state
coordinators who can direct you to a local therapist)
Postpartum
Education for Parents
http://my.webmd.com/condition_center_content/dep/article/1663.50686
Depression
After Delivery, Inc. a national
nonprofit organization that provides support for women with ante- and postpartum
depression.
Baby
University
of Iowa Virtual Children's
Hospital
Neonatology
on the Web
U.S.
Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children Program
Your
Amazing Baby
Parenting
Questions and Answers
American
Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics policy statements
Recommendations for
Preventive Pediatric Health Care.
Clinical
Practice Guidelines
www.aap.org
"Back to Sleep"
Campaign - Reduce the Risk of Sudden
Infant
Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Product
Recalls
Report
on Unsafe Products
Child
Passenger Safety
Special
Needs Baby
Emergency Preparedness for
Children with Special Health Care Needs
Breast-Feeding
International
Lactation Consultation Association (ILCA)
La Leche
League International
www.breastfeeding.com
www.nutritionnc.com/breastfeeding
www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/index.htm
www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Learning_Center/Breastfeeding.html
www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc/factsanswers.htm#breastfeedingresearch
www.promom.org
www.waba.org.br
www.breastfedplanet.net
High-Risk Pregnancy
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Academy of
Pediatrics Committee on Genetics
American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American
Medical Association
American
Society of Reproductive Medicine
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Reproductive Health Information Source
March
of Dimes
Information For Genetic Professionals ...Information on
genetics.
www.kumc.edu/gec/geneinfo.html
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of
America
National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
The
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Infertility
The Harvard Mind/Body Approach Behavioral Management
Infertility Program http://www.infertilityblues.com/
RESOLVE, the
National Infertility Association
Guide to
getting pregnant
Update on
infertility
The American Society
for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
International
Council on Infertility
Nutrition
American
Dietetic Association
Food Research and
Action Center
International
Lactation Consultant Association
La Leche
League International
National Dairy Council
Abuse
- Physical or
Sexual, Domestic Violence
National
Committee to Prevent Child Abuse (NCPCA)
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
Center for the
Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
Educational Materials / Domestic Violence Awareness Handbook
Domestic Violence
Hotline 800 799-SAFE (7233)
Bereavement
Support
Helping
After Neonatal Death,
www.h-a-n-d.org
SHARE: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc.
SHARE is an organization that serves those who are touched by the tragic death
of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death.
Fathers...who have experienced stillbirth, infant death,
or miscarriage walk a uniquely sorrowful and challenging path. Still Fathers is
a new resource for such fathers, providing support, encouragement, and a place
to touch base.
http://www.stillfathers.org/
Online
Periodical: Bereavement: A Magazine for Hope and Healing
AGAST Alliance of Grandparents
www.agast.org
A Place to Remember Committed to publishing and providing
uplifting support materials and resources for those who have been touched by a
crisis in pregnancy or the death of a baby. A forum in a bulletin board type
format is available.
www.aplacetoremember.com
The Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB), Inc. By and
for parents throughout the United States, Canada and beyond who have experienced
the death of one or more, both or all their children during a twin, triplet or
higher multiple pregnancy, at birth, or in infancy or childhood...and caring
others. They offer a contact network and have resources for special situations
(pregnant now after a multiple has died in-utero, for example). They also
provide a newsletter, and you may request it via email. Based in Alaska.
www.climb-support.org
Honored Babies A place where mothers whose babies have
died (miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal death, infancy death,
and/or pregnancy termination) can add their babies to an Online Memorial, join
an Online Support Group Email List (there's also one for Grandmothers), and
submit their "entire story" for book publication. Also offered is a
Resource Center and Keepsakes.
www.honoredbabies.org
HygeiaOnline Journal Hygeia is listed as "An Online
Journal for Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss A New Resource for Women's Health and
Healing." Dr. Berman intends Hygeia to be an interactive online journal
with an approach to healing via three avenues.
www.hygeia.org
M.I.S.S. (Mothers In Sympathy & Support)The mission
of M.I.S.S. is to allow a safe haven for parents to share their grief after the
death of a child. MISS provides support to parents enduring the tragedy of
stillbirth, neonatal death and infant death from any cause including SIDS,
congenital anomalies, trisomy 13. Grief education for parents and professionals
is our main focus.
www.misschildren.org
Pain, Heartache, and Hope Memorial and Support website
for miscarriage, stillbirth, and loss of a child. On-line book with true stories
of real women coping with loss and infertility.
www.pain-heartache-hope.com
Perinatal Loss A WEB catalog of bereavement resources
that include beautiful, tiny urns to hold a baby's ashes, personalized
announcement cards, and special albums for keeping precious memories (such as
photographs, a lock of hair, footprints, etc.), Many handcrafted items that can
help you honor your baby's short life.
www.tearsoup.com
SPALS: Subsequent Pregnancy After Loss SPALS is a warm
and compassionate group of people who have experienced the loss of a child due
to miscarriage, selective termination, stillbirth, neonatal death, sudden infant
death, or accidental death. In addition to information given on the page, there
is a SPALS list people can join.
http://www.spals.com
A Heartbreaking Choice
www.aheartbreakingchoice.com
Women's
Health Professional Organizations
American College
of Nurse‑Midwives
American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Association of
Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
National Association
of Neonatal Nurses
National Association
of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
National
Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners (NAPNAP)
Nurse
Practitioner Reference
UCLA
Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program
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