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Online Chats

Chat with Henci Goer
Henci is a childbirth educator and labor doula, however, her specialty is the medical literature. Henci can help you make informed decisions; avoid unnecessary procedures, drugs, tests, and restrictions; and evaluate whether you are receiving care that is in line with the obstetric research.
You can chat with Henci the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 12 PM EDT. http://www.parentsplace.com/ppchat/weekglance/0,8206,1-0-2-0,00.html

Midwifery chat page
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ics/chat.html
no special knowledge is needed to use it and it is open to everyone.
Site address:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ics

Sabrina Cuddy's Chats
http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph/chatsched.html

ParentsPlace.com
http://www.parentsplace.com

La Leche League's Online Breastfeeding Chats
http://www.lalecheleague.org/Chat/chat.html

Breastfeeding chat on Parenthood Web
http://www.parenthoodweb.com

Obgyn.net Chat
Check the schedule of events for this week.
http://www.obgyn.net/chat_cal/chat_cal_index.htm

BabyCenter Chats
http://www.babycenter.com/chat/

Message Boards and Chat for Aspiring Midwives
"Aspiring Midwives" has an area for message boards, and also a chat.
I'd like to invite aspiring and otherwise to come by and leave a message, ask a question, or answer one. http://www.delphi.com/aspiringmidwife/

Midwifery Study Group Club
If they join this club through yahoo, they can post Q and As
and chat with each other.
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/midwiferystudygroup

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Online Forums

MIdwifery Today Forums
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/forums
In these bulletin boards, you will find places to sound off, ask questions and read the brilliant words of others. Communication is fast in that you can post immediately. We offer forums on such diverse topics as tricks of the trade, international, waterbirth, aspiring midwives, parents, political issues, midwives chat and much more - or you can start a topic of your own. If you have any questions email [email protected]

Waterbirth Information Forum
Karil Daniels of the Waterbirth Website: All About Waterbirth and Water Babies, at http://www.wenet.net/~karil/, invites your participation in the new Waterbirth Information Forum, now being hosted on Coolboard. The address to join the discussion is http://www.coolboard.com/boardshow.cfm/msgboard=598048331218490
You can plug into existing waterbirth topics, add your own, and add your voice to the survey question.

Pedsnet.org Midwifery Board
go direct to board
or http://pedsnet.org/discussion will take you to the discussion page and click on midwifery.

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E-Mail Discussion Lists

Midwives and Midwifery

Sabrina's Pregnancy Page - Email Lists
http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph/email.html

Home birth midwives mailing list
This list is for homebirth midwives and apprentices only, not for consumers. Any variety of homebirth midwife is fine. We have cnms and cpms and dems and their apprentices.
To join write to [email protected]
and say subscribe

Global Maternal/Child Health Association's Waterbirth egroups.
Join the waterbirth egroups, a community of like-minded individuals who all want to share information and learn more about waterbirth. Click below to register for the waterbirth egroups.
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/waterbirth

RainbowMidwives
RainbowMidwives (formerlyMIDWIFE-LB) is an email list for lesbian and bisexual birthworkers and students.
To subscribe, go to http://www.egroups.com/group/RainbowMidwives
or email [email protected]

Cruelty Free MIDWIFERY & Back to BasicsMailing List
This list is being organized by DHARMA which is concerned with cruelty-free agrarian survival even in urban and suburban areas - internationally, nationally, regionally, and even in our own neighborhood. Midwifery is a back2basics craft and very popular amongst the spiritually inclined, country folk, and other alternative lifestyles.

We are looking for announcements regarding informative websites, upcoming events related to midwifery, and midwifery stories. However this list is regarding a cruelty-free vegetarian all-natural perspective to midwifery. Your input is needed and very much appreciated.

To subscribe, send an empty message to [email protected]
To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected]
List Owner: [email protected]

18cMidwives
Gabrielle Long Wright
[email protected]

This group will be directed toward a serious study of midwives & their role in the context of their society, social class & culture. I anticipate that many members will be re-enactors (those folks that set up 18c military-style encampments in your town park and try to give the visiting public a taste of "what life was like before microwave ovens & VCRs", complete with mock-battles), however all are welcome to share information & discussion on the topic.

This is not a forum for PC-feminist, neo-pagan or revisionist OPINION, but will be based on an exploration of original sources, to the extent that they are available .

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Doulas and Child Birth Educators

SeattleDoulas
SeattleDoulas, an independent email list, is for Western Washington area doulas, doulas seeking certification and aspiring doulas. It's for discussing area institutions and practices and for us to keep up on the latest news in the area.

To subscribe, go to http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/SeattleDoulas.
For more info, please email Kristine Owens at [email protected]

Birthedu
To subscribe to the list click on:
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/birthedu

or send your email to [email protected]

The list is for all those involved in childbirth education, whether it be for early pregnancy classes, labour and birth classes or classes primarily focused on parenthood. The list is open to all - whether a Bradley or Lamaze teacher, independant teacher, nurse, midwife or physiotherapist. We exchange teaching ideas and problems. The list is very low volume mail.

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For Parents

What_Nowchat
What can you expect after your baby arrives? Join What_Nowchat and learn from other moms.
This discussion group is open for anyone to post messages and there are a lot of great moms on there already that are more than willing to share an opinion, give you a direct answer, or help you up when your needing a little boost of support.
If you would like to join us send a blank e-mail to [email protected]

BirthRage
BirthRage- an email list for women who have been hurt in their births, and want to cry, scream, rant, swear and be great friends with other women who will understand, and empathize.
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/BirthRage

Pregnancy And Childbirth community
A list for open and honest discussion about what happens during pregnancy and childbirth. Birth stories welcome - as are differing thoughts and opinions. Particularly useful for first time mums or those who seek advice on how to improve maternity services. So come along, swap stories and make some friends!!!

You can join this community by going to the following web page:
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/PregnancyAndChildbirth

Or you can join by sending email to the following address:
[email protected]

Vegetarian Baby List
Post message: [email protected]
Subscribe: [email protected]
Unsubscribe: [email protected]
List owner: [email protected]
URL to this page: http://www.egroups.com/group/vegetarianbaby

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Special Needs

Birth Seekers Email List
This list has been created to provide a supportive environment for infertility patients who work in the birth field. List members need not be actively pursuing pregnancy, but must be both birth professionals and have impaired fertility. Birth professionals in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy following infertility are also welcome. You can join this list by going to the http://www.egroups.com/subscribe.cgi/BirthSeekers

Birth Trauma support list
A safe place for women who have had trauma during childbirth. It is open to interpretation as to what trauma is. Come here to talk about what happened during your labor and birth, get some feedback on your experience, and find out that you are not alone, nor is it all in your head.

Community email addresses:
Post message: [email protected]
Subscribe: [email protected]
Unsubscribe: [email protected]
List owner: [email protected]

Shortcut URL to this page:
http://www.egroups.com/community/BirthTraumaSupport

Anthrax-No list
[email protected]
Contact list owner: Gretchen Whitney at: [email protected]
Anthrax information web site: http://www.dallasnw.quik.com/cyberella/
Dr. Meryl Nass's web site: http://www.anthraxvaccine.org
Also : http://www.enter.net/~jfsorg/

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Birth Talk!

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