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Minnesota Families for Midwifery
Resources
 

Online Resources

Midwifery Organizations

Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
Citizens for Midwifery (CfM)
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
Midwifery Today

Minnesota-based Midwifery Organizations

Minnesota Midwives Guild
Minnesota Midwives (ACNM Region V Chapter 11)
Minnesota Council of Certified Professional Midwives (MCCPM)
Midwifery Now!

Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding

Minnesota Birth Network
The Childbirth Collective - MN organization of doulas and birth activists
Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators (ALACE)
International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
Henci Goer, award-winning medical writer
SpinningBabies, Gail Tully’s site about fetal positioning
Waterbirth International
Doulas of North America (DONA)
La Leche League (LLLI)
The Center for Breastfeeding
Holistic Moms


Activism

ACNM Issues Action Center
Safety of Home Birth with CPMs - study in which several MN CPMs participated -- published 6/2005 in the British Medical Journal
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services


Homebirth Supplies

Birth With Love
Cascade Health Care Products
In His Hands

Recommended Reading

Pregnancy

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
 
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
 
 Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, The New Edition by Sheila Kitzinger
 
 Homebirth by Sheila Kitzinger
 
 Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
 
 Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Revised and Updated : The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin
 
 Gentle Birth Choices : A Guide to Making Informed Decisions about Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, and Hospital Birth by Barbara Harper
 
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year  by Susun S. Weed

Birth

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way : Revised Edition by Susan McCutcheon-Rosegg
 
 Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England & Rob Horowitz
 
 Childbirth without Fear : The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth by Michel Odent, Grantly Dick-Read
 
 Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
 
 HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method (3rd Ed.) by Marie F. Mongan
 
 The Birth Partner, Second Edition by Penny Simkin
 
 Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
 
 Active Birth : The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally, Revised Edition by Janet Balaskas
 
 Choosing Waterbirth: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth by Lakshmi Bertram

Breastfeeding

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding : Seventh Revised Edition by La Leche League International
 
 The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins

Other Books

A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 
 
 The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
 
 Baby Catcher : Chronicles of a Modern Midwife  by Peggy Vincent

Books for Children

Welcome With Love by Jenni Overend & Julie Vivas
 
 We Have a Baby by Cathryn Falwell
 
 Baby on the Way by Martha Sears, William Sears, Christie Watts Kelly, and Renee Andriani
 

 

If you have a suggestion, a correction/update, or a photo to share please e-mail Susan McKinnell.

Initial publication 6/21/2006     Last updated 8/20/2007

A great big thank you to Tami E. Breazeale, the initial creator of this site.