Links, Books & Community Resources
Recommended Websites
Brenda Lane is currently DONA's Director of Certification and one of my trainers. She has some excellent articles on her website.
Henci Goer, author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, has a great resource.Birthing Naturally - Find the information you need to plan for your baby's birth whether you are hoping for a homebirth or an epidural.
Contraction Master is a great tool for timing your contractions accurately.
SpinningBabies.com - A way of looking at Optimal Fetal Positioning and an excellent resource for Occiput Posterior (OP) babies.
kellymom - One of the best breastfeeding resource websites.
Pregnancy and Parenting: TheLaborOfLove.com
AskDrSears.com
I'm listed on The Dr. MOZ Doula List, DoulaWorld.com and DoulaNetwork.com.
Recommended Books
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci GoerThe Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg
Community Resources
Modern Babies and Children - Local Baltimore Resource for Parents, Grandparents & FamiliesBaltimore's Child magazine - Baltimore's Best News for Families
Trusting Our Bodies - Excellent instructors of the Bradley Method located in Hampstead, Maryland.
The Nurtured Woman Massage, LLC provides fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and infant massage services located on Belair Road and the Beltway.
The Lactation Station at GBMC has supplies and lactation assistance whether or not you've delivered there.
Find a La Leche League support group in your local area.
Find a local MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group in your area.
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