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Useful Links
Maternity and Birth
 The Active Birth Centre
Information on yoga classes and Pool hire.
Aims
Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services. Supporting parents
and professionals in the UK and Ireland.
Antenatal
Results & Choices
ARC is the only national charity which
provides non-directive support and information to parents throughout the
antenatal testing process. Our role is to help parents arrive at the
most appropriate decision for them in the context of their family life.
Appleyoga
Katy
Appleton's yoga for pregnancy in South London.
Baby Milk
Action
Baby Milk Action is a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives
and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant
feeding. Baby Milk Action works within a global network to strengthen
independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the
baby feeding industry.
Birthchoice
Information to help you make the right
choice for your baby's place of birth
Birthlight
Yoga for pregnancy and the postnatal period.
Find a class near you.
Acupuncture, Hypnosis and HypnoBirthing® in South London.
Common Knowledge Trust
The pink kit provides you with the knowledge
you need to understand your unique body structure and how it works.
Using this information, you will gain a new understanding of pregnancy,
labour and birth.
Doula UK
How to contact a doula near you.
Fulham
Osteopathic Practice
Offer care from pregnancy through to
childbirth, and care of the newborn and babies using cranial osteopathy.
More than just care for back pain - osteopathy for health and life.
Home Birth Reference Page
The aim of this site is not to
persuade you to choose home birth. What I would like to do instead is to
provide information about home birth, for parents who think that it
might be the right choice for them, and for health professionals looking
for facts and ideas.
La Leche League
Our aim is to help mothers to
breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information
and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as
an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the
mother.
Maternity Alliance
The organisation which looks beyond
birth at all aspects of pregnancy and new parenthood. Useful for
information on employment rights and benefits.
Midwifery Today
An American site offering interesting
information on pregnancy and birth.
Midwives Information Resource Service
MIDIRS Midwifery Digest is a quarterly journal. The material in the
digest comes from a wide range of sources. MIDIRS scans over 550
journals in the search for new information. The articles which are most
interesting and relevant are selected for inclusion in the Digest, along
with commissioned work.
Mothers 35
Plus
Information pertinent to mothers over 35.
The
National Childbirth Trust
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) offers support in pregnancy,
childbirth and early parenthood. We aim to give every parent the chance
to make informed choices. We try to make sure that all our services,
activities and membership are fully accessible to everyone.
NHS
Direct Online
We aim to put a variety of reliable
health information resources at your fingertips, helping you to make
informed choices about your health and lifestyles.
One Mother, One Midwife
Campaign
Find out
more about the One Mother One Midwife Campaign.
Parents at Work
Useful up to date information on the
rights of parents at work.
Parents Need Pampering
Day spas, residential breaks,
workshops, and information for pregnant women, mothers and babies /
under 5's and families.
South London
Natural Health Centre
Centre based in Clapham offering a range of
complementary therapies.
Twins and Multiple
Births Association
Support and information for those expecting
twins, triplets or other multiple births!
The
Breastfeeding Network
Providing
breastfeeding support and information.
The Sheila Kitzinger Homepage
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.
Vaginal Birth after Caesarean
Offering important information for women aiming to have a vaginal birth
after caesarean. Part of the homebirth reference site.
Women's Environmental Network
Educating, empowering and informing women
and men who care about the environment. May be interesting to those
considering the disposable versus cloth nappies debate.
Health
Professionals and Centres of Excellence
Independent Midwives Association
For a list of
all independent midwives in the UK.
Association of Radical Midwives
Association of Radical Midwives website.
Royal College of
Midwives
The RCM is the only trade union and professional organisation run by
midwives for midwives. It is the voice of midwifery, providing
excellence in professional leadership, education, influence and
representation for and on behalf of midwives.
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