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Resources . . .

 

 

 

ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL MEDICINE

Devon Gray, LAc.

Tao Blossom

7360 Creighton Parkway

Mechanicsville, VA 23111

Phone: (804) 559-6818  

Website:  www.taoblossom.com

 

ADVOCACY

 

  • Assocation of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

  • Citizens for Midwifery

  • Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)

  • National Advocates for Pregnant Women

  • National Women's Health Information Center

  • National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

  • Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective

  • Waterbirth International

 

BREAST AUGMENTATION/IMPLANTS

Women with implants considering breastfeeding should contact their physician or the FDA's Breast Implant Information Line at (800) 532-4440 for the most current information.  You can also get more information from the Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgery website:  www.bfar.org and from the book Defining Your Own Success;  Breastfeeding After Breast Surgery by Diana West.

 

BREASTFEEDING

 

  • Latchtastic!Lactation, LLC; Maggie Todd, IBCLC (L-311264), 804-655-7491, https://www.latchctasticlactation.com

  • International Lactation Consultants Association (ILCA)

  • La Leche League International

  • Dr. Jack Nelson -- Online Breastfeeding Resource Center

  • Human Milk Banking Association of North America

 

CAR SEAT INSTALLATION & SAFETY SEAT CHECKS

  • The Virginia Department of Health offers free safety checks.  Visit the website at www.vdh.virginia.gov for information and instructions.  You can schedule your appointment on the website as well. 

  • If you live or work in Hanover County, you can contact the Sheriff's Office at (804) 365-6140 to have a certified technician inspect and/or install your child safety seat.

 

CARRIERS

For information on how to use different kinds of carriers go to www.babywearinginternational.org 

 

CESAREAN

  • International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)

  • Childbirth Connection

  • VBAC.com

  • VBACFacts.com

  • Spinning Babies

 

CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION

  • Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth

  • LaMaze International

  • Birth Works

  • International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC)

  • International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)

  • Hypnobirthing

  • In Joy Childbirth Videos

  • Childbirth Graphics

  • Spinning Babies, www.spinningbabies.com

 

CIRCUMCISION

  • www.novic.com - National Organization of Circumcision Information Centers.  A nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people about circumcision and committed to keeping children's sexual organs intact.

  • www.circumcision.org - Circumcision Resource Center - A nonprofit educational organization that informs the public and professionals about all aspects of the practice of circumcision.

  • www.aap.org/policy/re9850.html - American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP's policy and views on circumcision.  A pamphlet about caring for the intact penis is also found here.

  • http://circumcision.net - This site advocates that a bris (Jewish ritual circumcision) is a more humane and less painful procedure than the medical counterpart.  Referrals to a mohel (a Jewish Rabbi who performs the bris) are also found here.

  • www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/video/prepuce.html - An unemotional and highly educational slide presentation talking about the structure and purpose of the foreskin.

 

CHIROPRACTIC CARE (also offers NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT and YOGA)

Health Link Chiropractic

7360 Creighton Parkway

Mechanicsville, VA 23111

Phone:  804-559-6818

Fax:  804-559-6889

www.healthlinkva.com

 

CONSUMER AWARENESS

A great website resource for parents who are interested in looking up the ingredients that are in their baby's products is the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep (www.ewg.org/skindeep/).  This site allows consumers to search for products they are using and see how safe or unsafe they are.

 

COUNSELING  

Grace D. Shortt, LCSW (see full profile on Psychology Today website)

www.psychologytoday.org.  Grace's office is located in Williamsburg, VA.  However, she offers compassionate and empathetic on-line counseling services via a HIPPA-compliant platform.  

 

COVID-19

 

 

DAD'S ONLINE RESOURCES

 

 

LOW INCOME & TEEN PARENT RESOURCES

 

  • East End Pregnancy Center

  • Women, Infants & Children Program (WIC)

 

MIDWIFERY ORGANIZATIONS

 

  • American College of Nurse Midwive (ACNM)

  • Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)

  • North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)

  • Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery

  • Association for Childbirth at Home International (ACHI)

  • The Farm

  • Midwifery Today

 

PARENTING RESOURCES

 

  • Hand in Hand, Nurturing the Parent-Child Connection

  • Mothers Naturally

  • Hip Mama

  • Gentler Birth, Gentle Mothering

  • Mothering

  • Attachment Parenting International

 

PETS AND NEWBORNS

 

 

POSTPARTUM SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY

Resources for all family members, partners, dads, children, and extended family available at

 

RESEARCH

 

  • Alliance for the Improvement of Maternity Services (AIMSUSA)

  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Childbirth Connection

  • The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)

  • The Cochrane Collaboration

  • Evidence-Based Birth

  • Improving Birth

  • Informed Choices in Childbirth, by Henci  Goer

  • National Library of Medicine's PubMed Database

  • March of Dimes

 

VACCINES

In recent years, highly respected pediatrician Dr. Robert Sears published The Vaccine Book and subsequently made the contents available on the website started by his father, Dr. William Sears - www.askdrsears.com.  The beauty of Dr. Sears' work is that it dispassionately discusses all of the issues from efficacy to ingredients, including timing, and leaves the decision-making to parents.  Because each vaccine is discussed individually, parents are able to take the information and make choices that are highly specific and have a strong basis in education.   Very few other such unbiased resources exist.  This is an excellent resource for parents who have questions about vaccines.

 


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