Pregnancy Info > Links

These are sites that Julie recommends as being of generally reliable content and worthwhile to visit.

Pregnancy

• birth.com.au - Birth is an Australian site with a lot of information, an online forum, shop and much more, run by a midwife and a childbirth educator.

• Positioning baby during pregnancy - Spinning Babies is about empowering mothers-to-be with the knowledge of self-help measures to successfully turn breech babies and posterior babies towards an optimal position for an easier birth.

• Natural Beginnings - Virginia Maddock - natural therapies for pregnancy and children Phone: 95010863 Email: virginia@naturalbeginnings.com.au

Natural Birth

• Epi-No Childbirth Trainer and Pelvic Floor Toner Exerciser - Epi-No Childbirth Trainer and Pelvic Floor Toner Exerciser The Epi-No is an excellent product for those pregnant women who would like to reduce the risk of requiring stitches after giving birth. It is also used extensively for strengthening and toning the pelvic floor muscles with clinical trials showing it to be most effective. Julie stocks the Epi-No for her course participants.

• Birthwork - Book and The Big Stretch DVD - The Big Stretch is a DVD produced by Alieta Belle and Jenny Blyth that presents a fresh insight into the amazing journey each woman takes in becoming a mother. Topics explored: breath awareness, pain and the intensity of birth, vaginal and body awareness, women's challenges, asking for help, relationship and personal transformation. Included is a DVD extra on baby massage.

VBAC - Vaginal Birth After Caesarean

• Birth Rites - Birth Rites is a site aimed at informing and encouraging women who have previously had a birth by caesarean to have a natural birth.

Baby Care

• Australia's Breastfeeding Association - This is the site for Australia's Breastfeeding Association which contains lots oif good articles available for print. Visitors to the wesite can also sign up for membership and subscription to "Essence" magazine a wonderful mothering magazine full of informative and interesting articles.

• Pinky McKay's Website - From unborn child to teen child, Pinky McKay author of Parenting by Heart and 100 Ways to Calm the crying offers a gentle approach to parenting, nurturing links forum and email newsletter.

• Sydney Children's Hospital - Health and Safety Information fact sheets providing good clear detailed information for parents and carers of infants and children.

• SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - This is the website of the SIDS Association, a non profit organisation dedicated to providing sound information and guidance aimed at reducing the risks of SIDS and increasing safety of the sleeping and living environment for young babies.

• Circumcision Information - Regarding information written by paediatricians outlining issues to consider when making this decision on behalf of a son.

• Circumcision Australia - To provide up to date and accurate information about the medical, legal, ethical, cultural and historical aspects of male and female circumcision.

• Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond - Our website is an up to date and extensive source of information and support for pregnancy, birth and parenting. Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond supports independent midwifery services and quality childbirth education. Through this website you will be able to find lots of information on midwifery care, pre-conception care, pregnancy, birth, waterbirth, homebirth, vaginal birth after caesarean, postnatal care and breastfeeding.

Parenting

• Attachment Parenting - Attachment Parenting International (API) promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents. These practices nurture and fulfill a child's need for trust, empathy, and affection, providing a lifelong foundation for healthy, enduring relationships.

• Positive Parenting - Positive Parenting is dedicated to providing resources and information to help make parenting more rewarding, effective and fun!

Baby Care Products

• Bumpy Buns - Bumpy Buns - A Greener Way to Service Your Nappy Needs - Compare a variety of Australian modern cloth nappy systems. Also available are eco disposable nappies, cloth nappy covers, cloth training pants and bedwetting pants.

• Aromababy Baby Care Products - An extensive collection of Australian-made skin care products which are rich in certified organic, natural oils and gmo free pure vitamin e. For pregnancy, labour, postnatal, baby skincare, baby massage.

• Pipsqueak Nappy Bags - A perfect nappy bag for mums and dads and an ideal baby shower gift idea.

Please exercise your own judgement in reading the material, and deciding the suitability of the content to your own needs.