A GREAT all over resource for pregnancy, labor, and breastfeeding info! Easy to read, and detailed without being medical:
Nutrition needs and goals:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE CERVICAL SCAR TISSUE HINDERING LABOR: http://birthfaith.org/midwives/cervical-scar-tissue#
Birth Plans:
Cord cutting:
http://nursingbirth.com/2009/05/17/the-deal-with-delayed-cord-cutting-or-%E2%80%9Chey-doctor-leave-that-cord-alone%E2%80%9D
http://www.facebook.com/delayedcordclamping
http://www.facebook.com/delayedcordclamping
(FOR YOUR OB- http://academicobgyn.com/2009/12/03/delayed-cord-clamping-should-be-standard-practice-in-obstetrics/ )
About medications:
Induction:
Information about C-sections:
Postpartum Care:
http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/pregnancy-childbirth/tenth-month-post-partum
http://placentabenefits.info/
http://placentabenefits.info/
Circumcision Information (be sure to research both sides, as this is a significant decision):
http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/circumcision
http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/2011/11/27/the-circumcision-decision/
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/weeklyquestion/a/022002_ask.htm
http://childbirthsolutions.com/articles/answers-to-your-questions-about-your-young-sons-intact-penis/
http://childbirthsolutions.com/immediate-postpartum/answers-to-your-questions-about-your-young-sons-circumcised-penis-2/
http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/circumcision
http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/2011/11/27/the-circumcision-decision/
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/weeklyquestion/a/022002_ask.htm
http://childbirthsolutions.com/articles/answers-to-your-questions-about-your-young-sons-intact-penis/
http://childbirthsolutions.com/immediate-postpartum/answers-to-your-questions-about-your-young-sons-circumcised-penis-2/
vaccinations:
https://www.amazon.com/Vaccines-2-0-Careful-Parents-Vaccination/dp/1629147311/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438753302&sr=8-1&keywords=vaccines+2.0Sleep:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_baby-sleep-basics-birth-to-3-months_7654.bc
http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/sleep-problems/8-infant-sleep-facts-every-parent-should-know
Postpartum Depression:
http://www.jennyslight.org
http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/depression-pregnancy.cfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004481/
http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/depression-pregnancy.cfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004481/
FEEDING-
breastfeeding:
http://www.llli.org/resources.html (http://www.lllofaz.org/ for Arizona residents)
http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/breastfeed_often.html#
http://www.breastfeeding.com/
http://www.llli.org/resources.html (http://www.lllofaz.org/ for Arizona residents)
http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/breastfeed_often.html#
http://www.breastfeeding.com/
General and bottle:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-baby/PR00057
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/healthy_living/infant_care/hic_bottle-feeding_a_newborn_baby.aspx
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/healthy_living/infant_care/hic_bottle-feeding_a_newborn_baby.aspx
Videos (all are unmedicated- notice the differences in each one, although they are all "natural" births):
Home Birth