Midwifery 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