Links for fun and facts on pregnancy and parenting

This area of our site is growing all the time. We are including interesting links to other midwifery related internet sites. We are also sourcing some great research sites for pregnancy, labour, birthing and of course, parenting!

If you have any suggestions for cool sites please let us know!
Thanks to those of you who have already contributed! We really appreciate it!

• Visit http://www.melaniegillis.com - Melanie Gillis is a local photographer and make-up artist with a unique background in psychology, fine art and fashion. She strives to make images that are rich in both physical beauty and inner expression. Several of our clients have had their prenatal and infant portraits taken by Melanie with wonderful results.
• Visit www.mothering.com and be sure to check out their links page!
• Breast feeding information and support can be found at the La Leche League Canada internet site.
• http://www.breastfeeding.com offers breastfeeding information, support & attitude!
• Speaking of support,Bravado Design has unique nursing and maternity bras.
• Nurturing Magazine Online offers access to five web rings including Pregnancy & Breastfeeding.
• Aware Parent Institute lots of attachment parenting info and toddler stuff, too!
• For great information on natural everything: family planning, pregnancy, childbirth,breastfeeding,family bed,attachment parenting, infant massage, and more hit the Natural Family Site.
• Visit the home of Attachment Parenting International
• Parenting Web informs visitors about attachment parenting, family bed & gentle discipline.
• The Breastfeeding Page includes family bed FAQ and attachment parenting tips.
• Loving Your Child Gently is a personal home page with loving messages about gentle parenting, gentle sleep and gentle discipline.
• The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services is an initiative promoting "mother-friendly childbirth".
• The Compleat Mother is the Magazine of Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding. Check out their online zine.
• Birth is a natural process, not a medical procedure. That is the slogan of www.childbirth.org, a wonderful site offering educational resources for pregnancy and childbirth, including message boards and F.A.Q.s.
• www.mothersnature.com, for info on pregnancy,babies, toddlers and kids breastfeeding, attachment parenting, nighttime parenting, vaccinations, also there is a "forum" where you can post your questions and read through other parents' questions and answers.
• More information about the doulas working in Guelph and Fergus!
• Dou-la-la! Mhairi has been volunteering her time with the midwives for a year, and she is also working as a doula in Guelph. Check out her services!