Links

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Articles and Blogs

• ACOG Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth released February 2017
• ACOG Safe Prevention of Cesareans: revised guidelines for labor released March 2014
• Consumer Reports on Birth - May 2012
• Giving Birth With Confidence
• Positive Birth Stories
• Birth Without Fear
• The Unnecesarean

PDF and Print Resources

• Having a Baby? 10 Questions to Ask from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
• Rights of Childbearing Women from Childbirth Connection
• 10 Steps to Optimal MotherBaby Maternity Services from the IMBCI
• What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section from Childbirth Connection
• Mother-Friendly Childbirth - Highlights of the Evidence from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services

VBAC and Other Special Circumstances

• VBAC or Repeat Cesarean?
• VBAC Facts
• Turning a Breech
• The "Natural" Cesarean

Websites

• Free online childbirth classes from Baby Center
• Plumtree Baby (the best resources available for childbirth education and preparation)
• Evidence Based Birth
• One World Birth (a vast collection of short videos containing information on a variety of birth-related topics)
• Childbirth Connection
• Breastfeeding Videos from International Breastfeeding Centre
• Transforming Maternity Care
• Spinning Babies: Easier Childbirth with Fetal Positioning
• Mapping Health: Maternity Care and Birth Outcomes
• Ohio Hospital Compare (use to see birth and other health statistics at area hospitals)
• International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization
• Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
• Choices in Childbirth
• International Cesarean Awareness Network
• Waterbirth International