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Health - Professions - Midwifery


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On-Line Birth Center
- Resources for midwives, nurses, doulas, childbirth educators, doctors, and parents.
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Midwife's Dream
- Collection of articles and links from Midge Jolly, midwife.
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Midwifery Today Articles
- Learn about pregnancy, birth, midwifery, herbs, drugs and alternative medicine.
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Childbirth at Home: A Labor of Love
- Holistic online childbirth resource center from Shelly Girard, midwife in southern California. Exercises, birthing options, provider questions, reading list, and care providers directory, for the expectant woman. Discourse on topical issues, training options, and plan for a midwifery school for practitioners and prospective midwives.
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BirthSupplies.com
- Equipment for homebirth midwives, including birthkits, birthing supplies, videos, books, and miscellaneous baby products, including fetoscopes.
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Waterbirth International
- Find a midwife with the International Waterbirth Referral Service. A resource for information and waterbirth products. Birth tub rentals, sales, and conference information.
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Washington State Midwives
- For midwives, consumers, and anyone looking for information about midwifery and women's health. There are handouts and an extensive links to other sites.
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Gentle Birth
- Collection of midwifery articles and resources and links to online research articles. Detailed aspects of pregnancy and childbirth and a perspective on homebirth. Northern California resources and services for midwives and expectant mothers, and notes for midwives.
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Midwifery and Feminism
- Links, and a term paper addressing the similarities in the feminism and midwifery movements, by Martha J. Blizzard White.
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Wisewoman Childbirth Traditions
- Homebirth information and birth stories provided by a licensed midwife.
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MidwifeInfo
- Provides resources to midwives, students and consumers. Includes a glossary, database of midwives, conference information and a forum.
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Mendocino Midwife
- Resources and information about homebirths, water birthing, family products, birth stories and book reviews. Carla Stange is a Certified Nurse Midwife in practice on the Northern California coast for 15 years.
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Midwifery Resources
- Includes FAQS, bulletin board, chat, vast resource of links, visitor pregnancy albums. Maintained by a registered midwife.
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Intermid
- A specialist site from the publishers of the British Journal of Midwifery. Includes a library and archives, the history, editorial and news and the profession.
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Midwifery Information
- Clarifies what a midwife is, does, and the different types. It provides helpful questions to ask your provider and answers FAQs.
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A Guide to Midwives
- Use this MSN guide to find out who midwives are and what they can do for you.
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Ask Your Midwife
- Advice on pregnancy, childbirth, STDs, infertility and gynecology with articles and discussion boards, moderated by Elizabeth Stein, a certified nurse midwife in New York City.
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NMAP Gateway
- Annotated, searchable database of links.
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Birth Counseling Skills
- Program for birth professionals who wish to learn more communication and counseling skills specific to birth. correspondence program via workshops. Includes class schedule, FAQ, and doula service information. Victoria, British Columbia.
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A Guide to Doulas
- Explains role, educational preparation, and how to find a doula.
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Childbirth And Postpartum Professional Association CAPPA
- Doula and childbirth educator certification program.
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Green Mountain Doula Guild
- Serving Vermont, northwestern Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, the Guild was formed to provide support to doulas, labor assistants and monitrices. Offering doula listings, advertising and education and professional services as well as referrals for massage therapists, midwives, childbirth educators and lactation consultants.
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Idoula.com
- Describes role, characteristics, photo gallery, and list of classes. Doula training.
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Colorado Doulas
- Resources for parents and doulas in the state of Colorado, including doula listings, and training programs.
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MFRC Doula Program
- Contains information about the program that provides any woman in the military community or public with a professional doula.
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What is a Doula?
- Offers a definition of what a doula is.
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About.com Pregnancy and Birth Stories
- Contains stories about doula births.
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Doulas of North America
- Explains the role of the doula, doula training and certification. Includes directory, board of directors and list of regional representatives, and conference information.
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Birth Partners Search Service
- Excellent tool for locating doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, birth photographers, and massage therapists.
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Childbirth Solutions
- A site designed to educate and inform women about choices in childbirth. Search for a Doula on this site.
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Doula Network
- Search for doulas by city or state.
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Doula Board Information Never Felt So Good
- Doula Board is a doula information sharing site equipped with a doula forum, pregnancy calculator, teen-mother advice, and links to other informative doula websites.
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Becoming a Doula - Motherstuff
- Information on steps to becoming a doula.
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Doula Notes
- Advice for chilbirth assistants, including items for a birth bag, methods for natural induction of labor, determining and correcting fetal position, labor and delivery terminology, and current areas of controversy.
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Doula World
- Searchable, interactive directory that lists doulas, midwives, lactation consultants and childbirth educators throughout the United States.
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Canadian Doulas
- The essential resource for Canadian parents-to-be and doulas. Locate a Canadian birth professional.
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Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS)
- PALS is a membership organization that supports, develops and promotes doulas in the Puget Sound, Washington area. Providing free referrals to certified labor doulas and committed to finding a doula for every woman who wants one, regardless of ability to pay.
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Birth in Hungary
- Everything about birth and the fight between the doulas of Hungary and the Hungarian government for the right of giving birth at home.
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Cascade Christian Childbirth Association
- Site provides information about Christian birth and referral source for doulas.
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Long Island Association of Labor and Postpartum Doulas
- Organization founded to provide support and educational opportunities for Long Island doulas. Seeks to expand awareness in the general and healthcare community about the positive benefits doulas bring to birth.
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Arizona Doulas Organization and Birth Education Association
- Offers information on doula services, workshops, referrals to Arizona childbirth professionals.
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Birth Wisdom
- Providing professional and personal mentoring to the family throughout the childbearing year; perinatal training series; California.
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Pikes Peak Regional Doula Association
- If you are looking for a birth or postpartum doula in the Colorado Springs area, we have the information and resources to help you make the best choice for your situation.
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Birthing Options Childbirth Education and Services, LLC
- BOCES is a Christian training and certifying organization. We present workshops to equip ladies desiring to serve expectant and new mothers and their families as doulas, monitrices, and childbirth educators.
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ABC Doula Services
- Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC labor assistants and childbirth educators. Includes list of services, and photo gallery.
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Midwifery And Doula Care On Oahu Hawaii
- Homebirth services on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, provided by a Certified Professional Midwife. Midwifery services available at home or homestyle with delivery at the hospital. Labor support doula, birth doula and postpartum doula services provided.
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ABetterBirth.com
- Includes information on doula services and childbirth education classes provided in Central Georgia.
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Access Fitness Training for the Big Event
- Serving women in Colorado Springs and surrounding areas. Providing childbirth education, doula services (several plans available) and consulting in fitness and nutrition.
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Arizona Birth Buddies
- Providing postpartum doula workshops along with doula services in the Phoenix Metro area.
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Attention to Birth
- Certified childbirth educator and certified childbirth assistant (doula) providing services to the Greater Orlando area of Central Florida. Includes qualifications and experience.
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Babies By Nature
- Metro Atlanta and Athens Georgia areas. Doula services, natural childbirth classes, Maya Wrap Baby Slings, and bellycasting kits. Class outlines, services and fees, FAQs and contact details are available.
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Baby's Beginnings Doula Services
- Birth and postpartum services in the Hillsboro, Oregon and surrounding tri-counties area.
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Beautiful Beginnings
- Qualifications, list of services, doula information, and contact information. San Diego, California.
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Bedside Manners BirthWorks of Fort Wayne
- Janis Chrissikos RN, FNE, SANE, CD (BirthWorks), CBE Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-9993 Providing compassionate and comprehensive education and support to the childbearing family during pregnancy, labor, birth and the immediate postpartum period to facilitate a satisfying birth experience for all members of the birth team.
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Beginnings Birth and Postpartum Doula Services
- Suzanne West is located in Mount Holly, New Jersey and offers services in the South Jersey and Philadelphia areas.
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Birth Bloom
- Information on Doula in the Austin, Texas area.
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Birth Buddy Doula Service
- Certified labor support doula in New York City providing women and families with support and assistance during pregnancy and birth.
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Birth Choices Unlimited
- Valerie Malott, ALACE childbirth classes, and doula services (DONA). Also contains listing for educators, doulas, midwives, and maternity services in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area.
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The Birth Circle for Doula Services
- Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon DONA certified doula services and related links.
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Birth Doula Care
- This site offers information to pregnant couples looking for a birth doula in Oregon. Anyone striving to have a natural chilbirth, or just an extra support person during labor and birth will find helpful information on this site.
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Birth of a Lifetime
- Providing Labor Support Services and Childbirth Education in the Chicagoland area.
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Birth Partners Services
- About the Connecticut services which include birth and postpartum doula care, childbirth education in the Bradley Method, and birth tub rental.
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Birth Resource Network
- A non-profit association of independently practicing doulas serving all of San Diego County. Site includes a listing of Doulas in the San Diego area.
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Birth Rite Doula Support of Waco
- Includes a definition of a doula and other resources for Waco, Texas area.
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Birth Your Way
- Birth Your Way of Columbia, Missouri offers education about pregnancy and delivery, labor and postpartum doula support, as well as fertility counseling for couples who are trying to conceive.
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Birthing Through Awareness
- Certified Doula Services and Childbirth Education in Houston, Texas area. Provides continuity of care, emotional support, physical comfort measures during labor and delivery.
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Birthpath Doula Services
- Lake Forest, Illinois. Has over 35 years experience and is a founding member of International Childbirth Education Association. Describes role and benefits, philosophy, and photo gallery.
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Blooming Babies Doula Service
- Gentle doula services in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma metro area.
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Calm Hearts Doula Service
- Offers information about role, services, and fees. Located in Portland, Oregon.
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Care For Mom
- Information on a postpartum doula service.
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Carol Gray
- This Portland, Oregon midwife, CranioSacral Therapy practitioner and Birthing From Within mentor helps women prepare for childbirth and offers full spectrum homebirth midwifery care.
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Chesapeake Birth Companions of Maryland
- Doula group provides compassionate, experienced, and sensitive birth & postpartum doulas to the women of Maryland. We also offer childbirth education courses.
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Childbirth the Way Nature Intended
- Chicago, Illinois based Debbie Boucher providing certified doula services and natural childbirth education. Includes services, benefits, and class information.
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Choices Childbirth Education & Doula Services
- Sliding scale fees for doula services in the Toronto Durham York Peel areas.
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Chrysalis Birth and Postpartum Doula Services
- Doula services for Central Pennsylvania (State College, Altoona, Clearfield.) Birth doula, postpartum doula, and childbirth education classes.
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Comforting Care Doula Services
- Offering doula services for both labor and postpartum, including birthing pool. Serving from Seattle north to Bellingham, Washington and all surrounding areas.
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Community Doula Services
- Located in Kitchener, Ontario. Services include assistance with birth and in-home postpartum care.
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Crowning Moments Childbirth Services
- A site promoting and supporting males in Midwifery, Nursing, and in the birthing room. It has links to Crowning Moments Childbirth Services, a male Doula/Nurse who supports childbirth options in Columbus, Ohio.
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Cyndi's Doula Services
- Providing doula services in the Sacramento vicinity including Roseville, Davis and Folsom, California. List of services and contact information.
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DFW Decatur Denton Doula Services
- Texas doulas Karen Williamson (Decatur, CD) and Carla Cullum (Denton, DONA trained) provide experienced home and hospital labor support as birth doulas, postpartum doula services, group and private childbirth and breastfeeding classes, waterbirth information, for Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding metro area.
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Doula Birth Partners
- An informational web page about doula services in Springfield, Missouri.
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Doula Doula
- Providing labor support in West Central Georgia.
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Doula Gina Your Birth Your Way
- Certified birth doula (DONA) providing prenatal, labor, and postpartum support to families in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
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Doula Girl
- Sandra Seiler, doula, serving pregnant women in Lansing, Michigan and the surrounding areas. Website includes services offered and contact information.
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Doula It With Me
- Professional labor support in the Greater Oklahoma City area. Now scheduling for 2002-2003.
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Doula Love
- Information on pregnancy and childbirth education, labor support, and the Dr. Tom Brewer Diet for pregnant women.
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The Doula Network
- Listing of doulas primarily in the Charleston/Huntington West Virginia area. Includes doula links, midwifery links. An explanation of what doulas are and what role they play. Describes what services doulas provide for laboring women.
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Doula Services of Greater Kansas City
- Organization of labor and childbirth support professionals. Includes benefits, testimonials, childbirth class information, and contact information. Missouri.
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Doula Stephanie
- Doula from Westchester County, New York. Site offers a definition of what a doula is and where to find a doula, information on breastfeeding, aromatherapy and doula tools.
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Doula.com
- Information on doula services for Alaska, and where to find them in your area.
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Doula In Training
- Information about a doula-in-training who lives in Western Washington.
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Eastvalley Doulas
- Providing doula services and classes for the Phoenix, Arizona valley. Includes sample contract and worksheet.
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Empowered Childbirth
- Bradley Method classes and doula services by Mindy Richardson. Located in Southern California. Includes description of classes, common myths, and fee schedule.
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Essential Beginnings Birth Services
- Providing doula care, childbirth education and counseling to women and their families throughout the childbearing years. Serving Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Toronto, Clarington, Peterborough, Northumberland, Ontario
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Fraser Valley Doula Services
- Offers labour support services in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Includes qualifications, common questions and answers, and contact information.
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Great Expectations
- Explains what a doula is and does. Services and fees are detailed. Indianapolis, Indiana based.
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Great Expectations Perinatal Services
- Information on Birth Works and HypnoBirthing childbirth preparation classes. Doula services in Eastern Ohio.
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Helping Hands Doula Care
- A doula service in the Columbus, Ohio area. Provides information on services.
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Helping Hands Doula Services
- Pregnant? Let us lend you a hand. Covering Montgomery, Alabama and tri-county area.
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Karmic Joy Birth Services
- Labor support doulas, postpartum doulas, prenatal yoga, prenatal massage, infant massage instruction, support groups and workshops for the New York City Metro area.
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Kindred Women Natural Doula Services
- Doula services provided for Denver, Colorado specializing in VBACs and homebirths (though not limited to these). Site also provides information about childbirth, VBAC, including a recommended reading list.
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KonzaBaby Perinatal Services
- Provides information about and referrals to doulas in Kansas. Located in Manhattan, Kansas.
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Labor Creations Doula Services
- Debbie Kaliszewski covers Denver, Boulder, Loveland, Colorado areas. Includes description of a doula, benefits, statistics, services, fees, and contact information.
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Labor of Love Doula and Childbirth Services
- A collaborative effort for pregnancy support. Labor doulas, postpartum doulas, childbirth educators, lactation consulting and massage therapist in the Atlanta Metro area of Georgia.
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Labor Support Services
- Group practicing at Marin General Hospital, California. Philosophy, services, registration forum, and photos of group members.
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Labor's Little Helper
- Discusses role, benefits, usual services offered, and recommended reading.
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Long Island Doula Services
- Doula practicing in Suffolk County, New York. Site provides a short description of what a doula is and what they do, as well as contact information.
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Loving Childbirth
- Childbirth education and doula services in Maryland.
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Mama Bear Birth Care
- Birth Doula services covering Portland, Oregon and its western suburbs.
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Metropolitan Doula Group of New York
- Includes mission statement, history, membership and certification information, events, meeting minutes, and continuing education list.
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Midwest Organization of Maternal Services
- Includes faculty, doula certification class and childbirth class information, and list of services. Located in Indianapolis, Illinois.
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Modesto Doula Services
- Contains information on doulas and doula services.
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Mother Nurture Doulas Services
- Information about Julie Keon. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Includes FAQs and myths about doulas.
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Motherhood's Journey Birth Advocacy
- Birth doula serving the Clackamas County, Oregon area.
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Mothering the Mother Doula Services
- Providing support for pregnant women and couples. Site contains informative articles on pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting.
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Mother's Care Doulas
- Provides services to Austin and Houston, Texas and surrounding areas. Includes list of services and contact information.
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Nashville Childbirth
- Bradley Method and HypnoBirthing classes, birth doula and postpartum doula support. Nashville, Tennessee.
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Nurture Nature
- Located in Ottawa, Ontario. Includes contact information.
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Nurturing Arms Doula Services
- About the services provided, parent information and useful links. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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NW Georgia and Rome Doula
- Jenifer Beaver, Certified Doula (DONA). Information about the prenatal or postpartum doula services offered anywhere in the Northwest Georgia, including North Atlanta and Northeast Alabama areas. Also can speak some Spanish.
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Partners in Childbirth
- Explains how a doula helps have a shorter, easier, healthier birth.
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Patti Ramos Circle of Life
- Offering birth preparation workshops, waterbirth class, pool rentals, birth doula services, training and mentoring. Patti Ramos is a freelance photographer specializing in pregnancy, birth and newborns.
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Pitter Patter Doula Services
- Offers services in the greater Kansas City area. Includes description and benefits of services, and contact information.
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Postpartum Care
- Cathy Allen, a postpartum doula, offers in-home care for mother and baby. Offers nutritional guidance, education, and information. In the San Francisco East Bay area.
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Postpartum Doula Service
- Offers role, background, and contact information. Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pregnancy Plus
- Doula providing pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum services in Augusta, Maine and covering Kennebee County.
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Renaissance Prenatal & Postpartum Care
- Renaissance provides antepartum and postpartum doula services in Central and Southeastern Connecticut. This site provides information on offered services, as well as general information on doulas, pregnancy, newborn care and breastfeeding.
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Robin Grainer Birth Doula
- Professional labour support based in Toronto, Ontario. Also providing volunteer birth support for teen and low-income moms.
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Sabrina Weightman
- Offers benefits, services, background and doula class information. Tracy, California.
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Sacred Journey Childbirth Services
- Northern California doula services both prenatal and postpartum, lactation assistant, birth plans, massage and acupressure therapy.
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Sandy Swing Certified Birth Doula
- Sandy Swing is a certified birth doula and childbirth educator serving the San Francisco East Bay, California area.
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Sarah Carter Doula Services
- Provides services in the Provo and Orem, Utah area. Includes description of services, personal philosophy, and contact information.
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Seventh Moon
- Doula services in New Jersey, including childbirth education, Prenatal Counseling, and Pregnancy Circle (weekly discussion group).
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The Singing Doula
- Information about the doula and monitrice services offered by Adriana Kaufman in Palm Beach County. Includes biography and financial information.
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Tender Doula Care & Training
- Offering doula care and training for labor support, pregnancy massages and assistance for pregnant women.
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A Tender Touch Doula Service
- Offering Childbirth Coaching, Postpartum Care and Breastfeeding support. Labor Doula in New Port Richey, Florida. Site has lots of childbirth information.
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Tranquil Transitions
- Services for women and their partners located in upstate New York. Includes role and contact information.
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Transition to Parenthood Labor Support Services
- Janelle Durham, doula services for the Seattle area, providing information, emotional support, and advocacy during labor and birth.
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Trina's Natural Childbirth and Midwifery
- Midwifery related topics, doula, labor support, childbirth education services, natural childbirth, midwife, Texas midwives.
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The Virginia Doula Site
- Practitioner listings, calendar of events, workshops, and classes.
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White Mountain Doula Service
- A full service Doula serving the Northern New Hampshire and Western Maine Regions.
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Winnipeg Birth Roots Doula Collective
- Birth and postpartum doulas in Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Your Birth Connection
- Doula service and variety of perinatal services and pregnancy-related products. Located in Bangor, Maine.
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Your Birth Your Way Doula Services
- Offering several different doula services to meet the needs of any family. Specializing in birth doula services, postpartum doula services and private lactation education.
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Your Doula
- Contains information about Doulas and the services provided.
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Your Special Delivery Doula Services
- Serving the Greater Edmonton area, providing a broad range of doula services and an intensive, interactive workshop focusing on labour preparation for natural childbirth.
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New Beginnings Doula and Massage Services
- Provides emotional, physical, and information support during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Also provides pregnancy relaxation and therapeutic massage therapy services.
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MyBirthWorld Pregnancy Services
- Offers childbirth education, doula services and pregnancy massage in San Antonio, Texas and surrouding areas.
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Gentle Touch Childbirth Education and Doula Services
- Services offered in the Kankakee, Illinois County area. Includes doula FAQs, description of services offered, and contact information.
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Birth You Want
- Professional labor support doula helps mothers achieve the best birth experience possible. Services include pregnancy, labor, delivery, postpartum, informational, emotional and physical support for Laguna Hills area.
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Doula Bears Labor Support
- Certified doula covering Fort Worth, Texas and surrounding areas helps mothers achieve the best memories of their birth.
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Gentle Journey Family Services
- Monika Stone is a doula helping families have a shorter, easier, healthier birth. She serves the Austin, Texas area.
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Mothers Care Doulas of London
- Doulas are experienced mothers working in partnership with women during pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal periods.
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Bliss Birth Services
- Doula moved to Brazil.
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Baby Dreams Doula Services
- Palm Beach County Florida doula provides birth doula services, belly casting, postpartum care, attachment parenting, breastfeeding and natural family planning support.
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Denyse Doula
- Calgary area labour and postpartum doula services provided to women desiring a positive and fulfilling experience with birth or adjustment to new family at home.
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Doulas of Regina
- Offering labour support to childbearing women and couples, providing continuous physical, emotional, and informational support before, during, and just after childbirth.
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Dial A Doula
- Southeast Georgia/Northeast Florida area doula assisting with the labor and childbirth process.
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Precious Packages Doula Services
- Doula group in Tampa, Florida offering labor and delivery services, breastfeeding support, belly casting, childbirth education, infant massage, pregnancy massage.
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Gentle Touch Doula Services
- Birth doula services in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, since 1999. Tracey Stolarchuk and Suzanne Moquin are both Certified Doulas, having practiced shared care for more than 70 families.
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Beautiful Births
- Washington, D.C. doula offers childbirth education classes, labor doula services, postpartum doula services and consulting on pregnancy/childbirth, by a certified practitioner.
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Pregnancy, My Mommy and my Doula
- Doula services and lamaze classes are offered in the Miami, Florida area.
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Mom-Ease - Doula and Pregnancy Massage in Los Angeles
- Labor and postpartum doula services provided by Michelle Jacobs.
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Gentle Birth Support
- Professional labor/birth doula provides visualization techniques, birthing from within, bradley, lamaze, hypnosis as well as many other techniques. Goal is for the family to have the best birth possible and a memorable experience for mothers. Website has contact information and service areas.
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Better Baby Beginnings
- Denay is a birth and postpartum doula in the Kentuckiana area currently working towards certification by DONA. This site gives an overview of what a doula does, specific personal philosophies, services provided, and links to more information about doulas in general.
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Called to Catch Doula Services
- Doula services for Dallas, Texas provided on sliding scale. Also teaching private breastfeeding and infant massage classes.
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Birth Doula Professional Labor Support
- We serve women and couples in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.
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Carla Cullum, CMA, Doula Services
- DFW Doulas is a team of qualified birth and postpartum doulas serving the Dallas, Fort Worth, Decatur, Denton areas of North Texas. Offering newborn, childbirth, and breastfeeding classes, belly cast, stork signs, essential oils, New Native slings, Blis distributor. DONA trained.
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Womb to Grow Doula Services
- Doula and women's resource services in South Florida. Helping women achieve a positive birth.
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Creations Doula Services
- Helping parents achieve a personally fulfilling birth experience through providing objective information and quality, individualized support; greater Toronto area.
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Pacific Birth Support of San Francisco
- Comprehensive birth and postpartum doula services by certified doulas since 1996.
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Cambridge Doula Services
- Providing birth and postnatal doulas to women in Cambridgeshire.
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The Birthing Company of Calgary
- Site describes services including doula, childbirth education, bellycasting, post-partum doulas, prenatal and birth photography and more for Calgary area.
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BestStart Doula & Lactation Services
- Certified doula serving San Diego mothers with education and support, providing comprehensive services. Helping women make choices during pregnancy and labor that will enable them to experience a healthy and rewarding birth.
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Birthing With Ease
- Doula Stephanie Lawson provides services to pregnant women, and their families in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
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Kristine Owens
- A certified doula and childbirth educator in Renton, Washington. Includes western Washington referral list, sample contracts, epidural and cesarean information, and photos.
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Kristine Owens
- A certified doula and childbirth educator in Renton, Washington. Includes western Washington referral list, sample contracts, epidural and cesarean information, and photos.
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Doula Willow Sanders
- Santa Rosa, California doula sees childbith as an incredible, life changing event that deserves to be treated with respect and assists families in having the best possible experience.
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Gentle Beginnings of Ohio
- Doula services and classes for doula training, labor support and childbirth education. Located in Highland Heights, Ohio.
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The Unique Mother Doula Services
- Doula provides services related to mothering and pregnancy. Offers products such as bellycast kits and a body care line for the family with an emphasis on natural herbal products.
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Doula Care of Fraser Valley
- A collective of individually employed doulas provide a referral service to a doula in your area. Doula Care provides highly skilled educated doulas who have taken DONA approved training.
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300 Weeks - Services for the Growing Family
- Doulas provide variety of services to the expecting mom in in northern Chicagoland including doula, childbirth education classes, sibling preparation classes and sign language for families.
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Doulas of Knoxville Tennessee
- We are dedicated to nurturing families. Our doulas are experienced, high quality childbirth professionals that offer additional assistance in a wide range of services and integrated therapies.
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Full Circle Doula Services
- This site offers doula services in Columbia, Missouri and surrounding areas.
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Special Deliveries Doula Services
- Information about doula services offered in Upper Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties, New York and Danbury, Connecticut.
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Gentle Touch Doula Services in Springfield, IL
- Professional certified doulas provide both birth and postpartum services. Breastfeeding assistance available. Will work with expectant family prenatally and return home with family after hospitalization.
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From the Start Doula Services
- Serving Travis and Bastrop Counties, Texas. Emotional, physical, and instructional support for women in labor and during birth.
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Labour of Love Doula Services
- This site outlines the services offered to an expecting mother by a doula and answers frequently asked questions. What is a doula? What does a doula do? What is the father's role in the labour? Doula services include comfort measures during labour, childbirth photos, written birth story, and much more!
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Soothing Doula Services
- Providing emotional and physical support to women choosing options for their childbirth experience.
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Bright Birth Doula
- DONA trained pregnancy and birth doula in Toronto (West), Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville (Ontario). Providing services in English and Russian.
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Brenda Shumway, Certified Doula & Birth Artist
- Birth and Postpartum Doula, protecting your birth memory, belly casting, newborn massage instructor, recommended by obstetricians and midwives for expectant families.
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Childbirth Care Doula Services
- Greater Washington, D.C. labor support doula, prenatal yoga, breastfeeding support, childbirth classes, newborn care, postpartum doula services covering Virginia, Maryland, Bethesda, Arlington, Chevy Chase, Alexandria, Takoma Park.
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Renaissance Doulas Reviving an age old tradition
- A group of doulas working together in Portland, Oregon to better serve the birthing community. Services include bed rest, birth, postpartum, classes and products.
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Full Circle Birth Services
- Offers four doulas with unique specialties providing complete and comprehensive birth and postpartum support and childbirth education in the greater Los Angeles, California area. Includes FAQs, birth workshops and additional services.
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Birth Doula in Edmonton
- Beautiful Birthing Doulas provide professional labour support and childbirth preparation to expectant parents around Edmonton, Alberta. Certified Doulas, Birthing From Within Mentor Candidates.
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Partners In Childbirth Doula Services
- DONA certified doulas in London, ON offering a full range of pregnancy, birth and postpartum related services and education since 1992.
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WomanCare Doula Service
- Maryland and Washington D.C. labor and postpartum doula service. ALACE trained. Lesbian moms welcome. Barter available for the income challenged!
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Gentle Hands Doula Services New York
- Gentle Hands specializes in newborn and postpartum care. We have experienced and trained postpartum and labor support doulas, nannies and baby nurses. Gentle Hands serves the New York City Metro Area.
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Naturally Yours Professional Doula Services
- Provides labor and postpartum support, as well as breastfeeding, non-medical counseling and referrals for new mothers and babies.
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Hello Baby Doula Services
- Brenda Hess, a DONA certified doula, offers doula services in the Reno/Tahoe area. A doula is a professionaly trained labor support person. Her role is to help the laboring couple achieve the birth they desire.
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Margi Cybak Doula Services
- Doula and Labour Support Professional serving the Alberta area.
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A Doula Group with Heart - September Born
- A group of labor support professionals dedicated to supporting individual choices in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum for the North Texas area.
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4 Hearts Doula Services
- Serving North Texas (Fort Worth, Dallas, etc.) families since 1995. This is a Cerified Labor and Postpartum Doula Site.
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MotherTree Doula Services
- MotherTree Birth Services provides doula support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum in Portland, Oregon. Our doulas specialize in supporting labor, VBAC, stillbirth, cesarean, childbirth preparation, premature care, breastfeeding, bedrest and blessingways.
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The Birth Den- Doula and Breastfeeding Support Services
- Wilhelmina Bailey, Lynda Balena and Carol-Anne Brockington work together to provide support to York region and surrounding areas in Ontario, Canada. Volunteer services to those who qualify. Free programmes available.
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Birth Dreams Childbirth Services
- Childbirth assistance, education, lactation and additional, (some fun too) services available to expectant families.
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Desert Rose Doula Services
- Certified Doula (DONA) Sarah Carter, Salt Lake City, Utah, labor support services.
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linea Materna Doula Services
- Labor Doula services in the Columbus, Ohio area. Experience in home, hospital, and VBAC births. Providing women with the support they need to achieve the birth they desire. Website has a medical terms translator and extensive recommended reading list.
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Citizens for Midwifery
- Promoting citizen and consumer awareness of midwifery and childbirth.
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Oregon Board of Direct Entry Midwifery
- Sets practice standards, administers exams, monitors peer review, and has the authority to revoke licensure and issue civil penalties.
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National Board of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
- Scotland Secretary of State body responsible for ensuring standards of education and training for nurses, midwives and health visitors in Scotland.
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American College of Nurse-Midwives
- Information on nurse-midwifery care, women's health, prenatal care, childbirth, finding nurse-midwives, education, certification, and questions to ask.
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Kentucky Alliance for the Advancement of Midwifery
- Grassroots organization dedicated to improving standards of maternity care.
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Welsh National Board
- Monitors educational and professional standards of nurses, midwives and health visitors.
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Midwives Alliance of North America
- Organization of North American midwives and their advocates with the central mission to promote midwifery as a quality health care option for North American families.
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Midwifery Organizations
- Index to midwifery organizations with links and contact information.
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National Association of Childbirthing Centers
- Information about birth centers, stories, workshops and a bookstore.
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Massachusetts Friends of Midwives
- Consumer organization supporting midwifery and the midwifery model of care. Directory of birthing resources.
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Midwives Alliance of New York
- Describes the professional status of midwifery in New York, and supports traditional direct entry and certified professional midwives.
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Wisconsin Certified Nurse Midwife Network
- Resources for consumers in Wisconsin. Locate a midwife, and learn about midwifery and midwifery education.
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New Zealand College of Midwives
- Information about pregnancy and birth, and midwifery practices New Zealand.
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American College of Nurse Midwives Certification Council
- The national certifying body for graduates of nurse-midwifery and accredited midwifery training programs.
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Tennessee Midwives Association
- Organization of midwives, aspiring midwives, and childbirth educators.
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Long Island Midwives.com
- Educational outreach service and directory for nurse/midwives, childbirth educators, and doulas practicing on Long Island.
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Association of Texas Midwives
- Midwifery locator, practice standards and code of ethics, training programs, workshops, conferences and discussion boards.
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Ohio Friends of Midwives
- Organization which promotes homebirth, the use of direct-entry midwives, and the midwifery model of care. Describes role of midwives, routes to practice, and membership information.
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Connecticut Midwife
- Find a certified nurse-midwife in Connecticut by practice location or birth site. Learn about midwifery care. Links to womens health sites.
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Washington State Midwives
- Information for midwives, consumers, about midwifery and women's health. Links to handouts and web sites to other sites, including birth options, health links, and health concerns of women.
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Midwifery Options for Mothers
- Educates and promotes autonomous midwifery in Virginia. Has a newsletter and photo page, and details about upcoming events.
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American College of Nurse Midwives, Illinois Chapter
- Resource for nurse midwives in Illinois. Links to midwifery practices, and job opportunities.
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Columbus Midwives and Doulas Club
- A club promoting and supporting midwifery, labour and delivery nurses, and doulas who advocate for clients in the birthing environment and support childbirth options.
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Independent Midwives Association (UK)
- Founded in July 1985. The Association disseminates information about independent midwives, and lobbies for the traditional role of the midwife. The site includes a comprehensive register of midwives belonging to the IMA.
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American College of Nurse-Midwives, San Diego Chapter
- Includes philosophy, membership information, officer list, events, meeting minutes, and legislative news.
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International Confederation of Midwives
- Vision, mission, statements, and code of ethics for this international organization.
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Australian College of Midwives Incorporated
- The professional body for midwives in Australia. Information about midwifery education, calendar of events, and membership. Site requires Macromedia Flash.
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North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
- The certifying organization recognizing multiple routes of entry into midwifery and includes verification of knowledge and skills and the successful completion of both a written examination and skills assessment.
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Oregon Midwives
- Comprehensive and current information and resources for parents and midwives, about topics related to pregnancy, childbirth and women's health.
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The Midwives' Association of Washington State (MAWS)
- Non-profit organization of Licensed Midwives and Certified Nurse Midwives in Washington State. Provides resources, referrals, and information for pregnant women and midwives about midwifery. Includes a directory of midwives.
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Association of Ontario Midwives
- Combines the resources of the Ontario Midwives. Includes links, fact sheets and career opportunities for midwives
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Midwife Associations Database
- Comprehensive list of international midwifery associations, listed by geographical locations.
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Midwifery Links
- Multiple links to midwifery organizations. Reference for midwives seeking information and certifying bodies in various localities. Links to various educational programs.
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College of Midwives
- American College of Domiciliary Midwives home page. Information for midwives, consumers, and links to other midwifery schools and organizations. Located in CA.
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Colorado Alliance of Independent Midwives
- Information about homebirth midwifery in Colorado. Educational and practice links for midwives and pregnant women. The vision is for pregnant woman in Colorado to have access to midwifery care within her community. Activities are guided by the values of education, empowerment, inclusion, nurturance.
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Colorado Friends of Midwives
- Coummunity midwifery resource. Focus on the midwifery model of care. Promote informed choice, informed care and informed consent, and the safety of childbirth with midwives.
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Home Birth Association of North Dallas
- Association supporting home birth and midwifery. Information about monthly meetings and referrals to midwives and doulas in Dallas, Texas metro area.
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Texans for Midwifery
- State-wide organization supporting midwives in Texas. Reference information and referrals to local chapters.
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Oregon Midwifery Council
- State professional association for direct entry midwives established in 1977. Includes a description of the midwifery model of care, and a directory of midwifery practices in the state of Oregon.
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