Resources

https://newmomhealth.com/ Excellent PP resource from planning to COVID concerns

https://www.spinningbabies.com/pregnancy-birth/daily-activities/ Wonderful daily exercises to help your body and baby work together for birth and alleviate pregnancy discomforts!

https://www.spinningbabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/3-Ways-to-Shorten-Labor-eBook-Spinning-Babies.pdf Wonderful guide to all the activities and knowledge to help promote an effective labor and body balance.

https://www.spinningbabies.com/pregnancy-birth/pregnancy-week-by-week/

http://ourmomentoftruth.com/your-health/what-is-a-midwife/

www.babycenter.com

http://www.childbirthconnection.org/

https://www.marchofdimes.org/

https://www.pennysimkin.com/videos-2/

https://www.pennysimkin.com/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-the-epidural/

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/addiction-and-substance-misuse/advisory-on-marijuana-use-and-developing-brain/index.html?utm_medium=display&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=marijuana-advisory-pregnancy&utm_term=ad-2&utm_content=marijuana-pregnant

https://www.ridgefieldrecovery.com/drugs/related/pregnancy-and-substance-abuse/

https://www.colorado.gov/marijuana

https://kellymom.com/

http://www.healthvermont.gov/breastfeeding

https://www.lllusa.org/

Successful Breastfeeding begins in the first hour: https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-in-the-first-hour.html

Prenatal Hand Expression: https://breastfeeding.support/expressing-colostrum-antenatally/

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/Pages/default.aspx

http://boston.thebasics.org/

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html

https://www.apa.org/topics/parenting/

www.bedsider.org

www.plannedparenthood.org

https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/

Reproductive Justice is the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.

What is Reproductive Justice and why it matters: https://vawnet.org/sc/reproductive-justice-frameworks

https://www.stepsvt.org/home STEPS to End Domestic Violence

https://birthingfromwithin.com/trans-birth/

Resources on Trans Birth and Trans Allyship

https://blackmamasmatter.org/ Black Mamas Matter Alliance is “a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance. They center Black mamas to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice.”

http://sistersong.net/ SisterSong’s mission is “to strengthen and amplify the collective voices of indigenous women and women of color to achieve reproductive justice by eradicating reproductive oppression and securing human rights.”

https://www.brownboiproject.org/ The Brown Boi Project is “a community of people working across race and gender to eradicate sexism, homophobia and transphobia and create healthy frameworks of masculinity and change.”

http://www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org/

13 Accredited midwifery programs 2020 | Careers & Schools

Comprehensive guides to the nurse midwife specialty, including career opportunities, professional certifications, and a directory of academic programs

https://www.rntomsn.org/programs/nurse-midwife/

https://www.dnpprograms.com/specialties/nurse-midwife/

Comparisons of each degree and how ADN and BSN grads can fast-track earning an MSN or DNP

https://www.rntomsn.org/student-center/rn-bsn-vs-rn-msn/