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Midwifery: superior care
The Brewer Diet
Yoga
Hypnobabies self-hypnosis method
Chiropractic
Keeping good posture
Risks of Sonograms and Doppler
Making sure the baby is in a good position for birth: check early and often
The Webster technique for turning a baby
TENS for induction
Natural induction methods
Versions
Supporting the body with herbs & nutrition
Risks of medications in pregnancy
The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth: Significant advantage over Lamaze
Books about pregnancy and birth:
Natural Childbirth The Bradley Way
The Birth Book
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
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Birth:
Unattended births
Risks of interventions
Risks at the hospital
Risks at home or a birth center
Epidurals: impact on breastfeeding
Epidurals: predisposing our children to drug abuse later in life
How pitocin jeopardizes baby's life during labor and delivery
Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring during labor
Natural pain relief
Hypnosis
Making a birth plan
Making a worst-case scenario plan
Circumcision
◦◦◦ Post-Partum:
Recovery from any type of birth: take it easy! (If you don't you could lose more
blood or even hemmorage)
Recovering from episiotomies
Recovering from c-sections
Avoiding difficulties
"Treating" the blues
Exercise significantly more effective than "antidepressants"
Omega 3 EFAs
Getting the support you need: from your partner, family & community
The lying-in period
Cosleeping: Preventing Sleep Deprivation & protecting your baby from SIDS,
choking, and stress
Clubs and Making connections
◦◦◦ SIDS:
Cribs twice as likely to lead to SIDS
Vaccines linked to SIDS
Formula feeding linked to SIDS
Mattress Fumes Mixed with Environmental Mold Linked to SIDS: Mattress Wrapping =
0 infant deaths
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Newborns:
What does a newborn need?
Hypoglycemia due to IVs in labor: not a reason for glucose water or formula
"Excessive" crying: not a reason for glucose water or formula
About nursery care in the hospital and rooming in
Weight loss standards merely a comfort level for doctors
Ban the bags!
How much a newborn eats
Infant CPR and choking
Car seat safety and finding a car seat that is non-toxic and has a high crash
test rating
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Books and DVDs about taking care of babies:
The Birth Book by William and Martha Sears
The Attachment Parenting Book
Attachment Parenting
Mother of 7 Breastfeeding DVDs
The Continuum Concept
Tummy 2 Tummy: The Babywearing Instructional DVD
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General:
Healing with homeopathy
Herbs and supplements for the family
Netmindbody.com - the mind-body connection
Chiropractic for a better birth and a healthy family
Chiropractic care for children
Raising a drug-free family
When to question prescriptions or OTC medications and when to say "yes, please"
What doctors know about breastfeeding
What doctors think you want when you go to their office
What good is a well visit?
