Links

The Wisconsin Guild of Midwives recommends these websites for more information on the following topics:

MIDWIFERY

Citizens for Midwifery: the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives' Model of Care!

Midwifery Model of Care: A description of the model of care endorsed by the Midwifery Task Force of Citizens for Midwifery

North American Registry of Midwives: an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential "Certified Professional Midwife" (CPM)

Midwive's Allliance of North America: an organization of North American Midwives and their advocates

HOMEBIRTH

The Homebirth Index: Index of research on Homebirth

The Midwives' Archives: Contains the archived information from a popular midwifery mailing list, where one can look up almost any pregnancy- or birth-related topic.

The CPM Study published in the British Medical Journal: In the largest study of its kind internationally to date, researchers analyzed over 5000 home births involving Certified Professional Midwives across the US and Canada in 2000. This study compares outcomes and medical interventions with low risk hospital births.

WATERBIRTH

Waterbirth International: an organization created to facilitate maternity care reform by helping parents and practitioners institute policies for the use of warm water immersion during labor.

The Waterbirth Website: provides in-depth information on the use of water for labor, childbirth, and early childhood development

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