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Active Birth Centre -Janet Balaskas provides inspiring information on pregnancy, active, home and water birth, breastfeeding, mother and babycare.  Plus birth pools, organic skincare, maternity bras, birth balls…

 

Angela Horn's Homebirth Reference Site - Numerous studies have shown that planned home birth is safe for women with normal pregnancies - and 'normal' includes most first pregnancies. Site answering most homebirth related questions with references to medical studies.

 

Association of Radical Midwives - To share ideas, skills and information with colleagues and clients. To help midwives develop their role as advocates for women's active participation in maternity care. To support midwives in their efforts to provide continuity of care. To explore alternative patterns of care. To encourage the evaluation of developments within the sphere of midwifery practice.

 

Birthworks - Michel Odent M.D, Primal Health Research. An overview of the Primal Health Research Data Bank clearly indicates that health is shaped during the primal period (from conception until the first birthday). As a researcher he founded the Primal Health Research Centre in London (UK), which focuses upon the long term consequences of early experiences.

 

Sheila Kitzinger - Author of woman-centered childbirth books. Includes up-to-date information on her work, both academic and activist. Here you can explore aspects of birth, drawing on things that Sheila has learned from women around the world and her research as a social anthropologist into women's experiences of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.