Other Useful Birth Sites

Discussion Forums

• Discussion Forums at Childbirth.Org A fairly new bbs resource.
• Fen's Ende Birth Chat Schedule Online chats for various birth professionals (doulas, midwives, etc.) and "fellow travelers."

General Information Sites

• babybret's Home Page "Lynne's Ultimate Pregnancy Page."
• Baby Web Pregnancy and Birth FAQs Hotlinks and email addresses where relevant for these FAQs available on the internet.
• Childbirth.org (Need I say more?) See also this sites Labor and Birth Resources.
• The Online Birth Center Part of the Midwifery Today site. Very extensive.
• ParenthoodWeb -- Pregnancy and Labor Index Attractive and informative.
• Welcome to BabyTime - your internet resource for pregnancy, birth, and childcare. A cool, extensive site out of Hawaii.
• Welcome to the Labor of Love Another well done general info site.

Learning Center

• Am I ready for induction An important interactive quiz from chilbirth.org.
• Archives from Fen's Ende Lots of useful information gathered from the Midwife List.
• BabyTime Pregnancy Terms - A to Z "Here you will find a comprehensive list of definitions of terms you may hear, or be curious about during pregnancy." The other half of this glossary can be found here.
• Be an Informed Parent Info on maternity and newborn hospital price comparisons, etc. Based on 1992 data.
• Birth Psychology "In these pages you'll be able to explore the many mental and emotional dimensions of pregnancy and birth in everything from scholarly articles to personal stories and late-breaking headlines."
• CIMS Glossary - HealthWorld Online Another, much shorter glossary.
• Ethics and the Obstetric Anesthesiologist Serious and eye-opening.
• Pregnancy OB Calculator This site allows you to download a gestational age calculator free of charge.
• A Symbolic Analysis of Standard Obstetrical Procedures An interesting paper at the birth psychology site.

Relevant Businesses

• The Cord Blood Registry Having saved your child's umbilical cord blood at birth may later save her/his life, or the life of another. Something to think about.
• CorCell A new cord blood bank to look at if you are thinking about saving your child's cord blood.

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07/20/01