Pregnancy Piercings
www.pregnancypiercings.com
For belly rings that you can wear throughout your pregnancy.

National Advocates for Pregnant Women
www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org/
A group of attorneys dedicated to securing the human and civil rights, health and welfare of all women, focusing particularly on pregnant and parenting women, and those who are most vulnerable - low income women, women of color, and drug-using women.

Lamaze International
www.lamaze.org
The mission of Lamaze International is to promote, support and protect natural, safe and healthy birth through education and advocacy through the dedicated efforts of professional childbirth educators, providers and parents.

The Birth Survey
www.thebirthsurvey.com
The Birth Survey is an initiative being undertaken by the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS). By filling out the online survey, you provide the organization with feedback regarding your health care experiences with doctors, midwives, hospitals and birth centers. The group uses this information for the Transparency in Maternity Care project which allows women, their families, practitioners and other consumers to access online information about the quality of maternity care in their area. In addition to the information provided by childbearing families the survey also lists other important statistics such as intervention rates at various hospitals.

Choices in Childbirth
www.choicesinchildbirth.org
CIC's (pronounced "kick") mission is to improve maternity care by providing the public, especially childbearing women and their families, with the information necessary to make fully informed decisions relating to how, where, and with whom they will give birth. In addition to publishing the New York City Guide to a Healthy Birth, they also have an online mother-friendly provider network and host Healthy Birth Choices workshops around New York City.

Childbirth Education Association of New York
www.ceamny.org
A certifying organization of childbirth educators and a good resource for education and more.

DONA
www.dona.org
A certifying organization for doulas and a good resource for learning more about doulas and natural childbirth.

Midwife Info
www.midwifeinfo.com
A wonderful site which provides information about midwifery, natural childbirth, evidence-based practice, and many other things.

Birthing Naturally
www.birthingnaturally.net
A site dedicated exclusively to the benefits of natural birth.

Sheila Kitzinger
www.sheilakitzinger.com
Sheila is one of the leaders in the politics of birth.

Ayun Halliday
www.ayunhalliday.com
Ayun is a former Elizabeth Seton client and wonderful writer. Her zine "The East Village Inky" and her book, The Big Rumpus capture motherhood and all it's ups and downs gloriously.

Science and Sensibility Blog
www.scienceandsensibility.org
A research blog about healthy pregnancy, birth, and beyond, written by childbirth educators and midwives.

The Feminist Breeder
thefeministbreeder.com
A great blog by a former rocker-chick turned activist-mom... “Where Rock and Roll Meets Mommyhood”!

Hip Mama
www.hipmama.com
This is a left-leaning online zine which deals with politics and motherhood in the same breath. Proof that you don't have to stop protesting or using your brain just because you have a child!

Mothering
www.mothering.com
This is the website for Mothering magazine - a magazine focused on natural birth and childrearing.