Other Local Birth Resource Centers, with Practitioner Directories

 

Supplies

Birth Kit - You can order it from Cascade Healthcare Products

Epi No: Childbirth & Pelvic Floor Trainer

TriLight Herbs Pregnancy Products
Ingredients in LaborPrep and Startup from Tri-Light Herbs
Ingredients in Dr. Christopher's Pre-Natal Tea

Birthing Tubs - AquaDoula birthing tubs and Deluxe Accessories Kit

Ambience Items - these are available for loan for your birth

The Tummy Tub helps soothe fussy babies - also available for loan

Pictures of my equipment to share with concerned family




 

Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements

Personalized Nutrition Pyramid


Nutrition Trackers and Analyzers


nutritiondata.com - Find nutrition facts, including food labels, calories, nutritional information and analysis

Nutrition during Pregnancy by Amy V. Haas from Midwifery Today

It has been my experience that most women are not able to eat an ideal diet meeting all their nutritional needs.
Unless you have religious objections to taking supplements, I strongly encourage you to make sure
that you are getting at least the MDR plus 1000 mg vit. C (with bioflavonoids) and 1000 IU vit. D.
These are specifically helpful in building strong tissues for you and your baby and for helping you to have
elastic tissues which are less likely to tear at the birth.

New Chapter Perfect Prenatal Vitamins are fairly pricey. 180
They are particularly good because they include a variety of probiotics, including bifidobacterium infantis, which your baby will need to digest human milk, and which may have disappeared from your
system if you've taken ever taken a round of antibiotics.  (Absence of this gut flora is a
potential cause of colic.)

Dr. Mercola offers Multivitamin +Plus Vital Minerals
This is an excellent multivitamin with daily levels of key nutrients:
Vitamin D-3 (as cholecalciferol).........................................5,000 IU 1,250%

Calcium ..................................... 500 mg 50%
Magnesium ................................. 500 mg 125%

Bioflavonoids and Proanthocyanidins (about 300 mg, including rutin, which helps prevent hemorrhoids and varicose veins)
 

I recommend taking additional iron supplements in liquid form: Floradix Iron Plus Herbs is excellent
and will not cause constipation.
You will also need additional calcium / magnesium supplements.
 

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It's recommended that we each try to eat at least 7 servings of fruits and vegetables every day.
If you're not close to that on a regular basis, I strongly recommend Juice Plus, which is

An ideal supplement regimen for most pregnant women would be:




 
 
 
 

Lots of videos for loan

The Pink Kit

Photos of equipment for family members

Hypnobabies - Hypnobabies Home Study Course:  Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis from Kerry Tuschhoff

Evolution of a Childbirth Educator by Kerry Tuschhoff, HCHI
JOPPPAH 17(2), Winter, 2002, p. 123
Well worth reading if you can get your hands on it!  Here's a revised version of this article from Kerry.
She's affiliated with a Hypnobabies e-mail group.

HypBirth - a new  Home Study Course

"From one homebirth mom to another. I thought you'd like to know about an audio tape I made to help undo the negative cultural messages, build strength and trust in self, the body, the collective of women and the process of birth and mothering. If you're interested, check it out "Journeying Through Pregnancy & Birth" I'm also a midwife and the women I've worked with have told me it's been a helpful tool, gave them some "form" to re-frame their worries......something to use on a regular basis. One side for pregnancy and the other for term or post-dates to initiate/induce."

Calm Birth audio guide (cassette or CD) is for conception, pregnancy and childbirth delivery.  541-488-2563

Joyful Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond by Lina Clerke - also available from Birth International

Great Expectations: The Joy of Pregnancy & Birthing and Rainbow Butterfly from Dr. Emmett Miller.

Let the Whole Birth Yoga Audio tape and CD guide you through a wonderfully relaxing and rejuvenating hour of yoga and meditation especially designed for pregnancy.

Parenting your Baby Before Birth CD

The Leclaire Hypnobirthing Method - Your baby's easy way out! - Bringing Peace to the World one baby at a time.  CE's available for CNM's, RN's, Childbirth Educators, Doulas, Michelle Leclaire O'Neill Ph.D., R.N. is the author of Creative Childbirth Book and the creator of several hypnosis audiotapes and other resources.

“Pregnancy Product of the year 2006” by Practical Parenting - one of the UK’s leading parenting magazines

Maggie Howell of Natal Hypnotherapy in the UK offers hypnosis CDs:
    * Prepare to conceive
    * Overcome Morning Sickness
    * Pregnancy Relaxation
    * Hospital Birth Preparation
    * Home Birth Preparation
    * VBAC preparation
    * Fast Post Natal Recovery
    * Relaxing Birth Music £10 (Only the music - no guided visualisation)

Maggie sent me a review copy of her VBAC CDs, and I was VERY, VERY impressed with it.  I have a background in hypnotherapy and am now a midwife, so I'm very sensitive to all the issues of hypnosis for VBAC, and I thought Maggie did an excellent job.  The guided relaxation is exquisitely sensitive to the issues of VBAC, and I would think any woman planning a VBAC would benefit tremendously from listening to this on a regular basis.  Maggie's website makes it easy to order these CDs from other countries, so don't hesitate!

Imagery Birthing Center - A home study course.  (Individual titles include, "Bonding", "Releasing Fears", "Self Anesthesia", "Turn, Turn, Turn" (for breeches) and "Flow, Flow, Flow" (for milk production issues.)

Pictures of Mucous Plug

Getting a Birth Certificate

Getting a Birth Certificate for Out-of-Hospital Birth

You can also call Vital Statistics at 408-885-2010.
 

Vaccinations

My niece wrote an article about recovering her two sons from a diagnosis on the autism spectrum.
 
 
 
 

Relevant Support Groups

Local Parenting Resources