Acupuncture/Herbal Treatment
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Stewart Cohen
Kelly Kaeding |
Burlington
Burlington |
862-2273
951-8815 |
Breastfeeding Support
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Full Spectrum Midwifery
La Leche League Kathleen Bruce Mary Bibb Sally MacFadyen Vickie Rich Lactation Resources of VT Alice Norris |
regional
regional regional regional regional Jefferson area regional Huntington |
860-2229
879-3000 578-6841 899-4845 865-2562 888-3470 878-6181 488-5153 |
Childbirth Classes
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Carolyn Lewis
Beth Kruger Birth Journeys |
Essex Junction
Burlington Burlington |
872-0089
892-0211 324-8809 |
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Chiropractic
Heather Rice
Ken and Ivy Liebman Mathew Rushford Laura Ramirez Erin Sepic Bill Schenck |
Shelburne Colchester Burlington S. Burlington Richmond Williston |
985-8950 865-2255 557-7058 862-6488 434-5437 878-8330 |
Counsellors
Brook Barss 951-9101
Sandra Wood 847-1400
Emily Miller 598-7358
Sandra Wood 847-1400
Emily Miller 598-7358
Craniosacral Therapy
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Mindy Cohen
Kate Kennedy/neccst.com Dave Tomlinson Ginger Kipp Chris Herskowitz |
Burlington
Burlington Burlington Williston Williston |
865-9500
578-3339 578-9451 578-9007 350-4441 |
Family Practice Doctors
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Carolyn Thayer
Winooski Family Health Community Health Center Richmond Family Medicine |
Georgia
Winooski Burlington Richmond |
524-9595
655-4422 864-6309 434-4123 |
Homeopaths/Naturopaths
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Bill Warnock/Susan Jacobs
Jessica Stadtmauer/ Lorilee Schoenbeck Donna Powell/Molly Fleming Sam Russo |
Shelburne
So Burlington Burlington So Burlington |
985-8250
860-3366 863-7099 448-3388 |
Labor Support
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Allison Hicks
Birth Journeys Susan Cline-Lucey Amanda Young Sally MacFadyen Juliana Marton Francesca Arnoldy |
regional
regional regional regional regional regional regional |
373-6597
324-8809 999-5122 978-808-9297 355-4645 603-252-8515 578-2458 |
Massage Therapist
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Niko Preusse
Emily Kniffen Nancy Benerofe Shari Corr Amanda Young Erin Avelle Eileen Togher |
Burlington
Burlington/Jericho Essex Junction Burlington/Colchester Winooski Burlington Burlington |
658-7715
343-7517 899-3118 343-1003 978-808-9297 578-1679 488-5020 & (718) 249-6080 |
Pediatritians
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Rich Wasserman
Mousetrap Pediatrics Pediatric Medicine Jack Mayer Jeanne Kellner Lee Weisman Paul Parker Rebecca Collman |
Burlington
Enosburg/StAlbans S. Burlington Middlebury Shelburne Charlotte Richmond Colchester |
847-4696
527-8189 658-2320 388-1338 985-5099 425-2781 434-5090 878-7844 |
Yoga
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Bristol Yoga
Evolution Yoga Prematal Method Dhatri Stowe Yoga Center Miscellaneous
WIC
Good Beginnings |
Bristol
Burlington Winooski S. Burlington Moscow Regional Regional |
482-5547
864-9642 829-0211 862-2333 253-8427 1-800-464-4343 595-7953 |
Professional Organizations
Citizens for Midwifery
Citizens for Midwifery is a non-profit, volunteer, grassroots organization. Founded by several mothers in 1996, it is the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care.
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) is a collaborative effort of numerous individuals and organizations. Their mission is to promote a wellness model of maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially reduce costs. They have created the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative and developed guidelines for designated sites as such.
Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery
FAM aims to improve the health status of women, babies and families by increasing awareness of and access to the midwifery model of care. This mission is accomplished through the funding of education, research and public policy initiatives.
Midwives Alliance of North America
The mission of MANA is to provide a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among midwives. Through our collective strength, we can ensure midwifery care for all mothers and their babies throughout North America.
Vermont Midwives Alliance
You will be able to find links to local Vermont pregnancy resources, midwives in your area, wonderful reading materials to help you make informed choices in your pregnancy, and so much more.
North American Registry of Midwives
The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) is an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential "Certified Professional Midwife" (CPM).
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
NACPM aims to empower and care for women as they make choices about their pregnancies and births, through the development and growth of the profession of midwifery as practiced by Certified Professional Midwives
Citizens for Midwifery
Citizens for Midwifery is a non-profit, volunteer, grassroots organization. Founded by several mothers in 1996, it is the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care.
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) is a collaborative effort of numerous individuals and organizations. Their mission is to promote a wellness model of maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially reduce costs. They have created the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative and developed guidelines for designated sites as such.
Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery
FAM aims to improve the health status of women, babies and families by increasing awareness of and access to the midwifery model of care. This mission is accomplished through the funding of education, research and public policy initiatives.
Midwives Alliance of North America
The mission of MANA is to provide a nurturing forum for support and cooperation among midwives. Through our collective strength, we can ensure midwifery care for all mothers and their babies throughout North America.
Vermont Midwives Alliance
You will be able to find links to local Vermont pregnancy resources, midwives in your area, wonderful reading materials to help you make informed choices in your pregnancy, and so much more.
North American Registry of Midwives
The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) is an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential "Certified Professional Midwife" (CPM).
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
NACPM aims to empower and care for women as they make choices about their pregnancies and births, through the development and growth of the profession of midwifery as practiced by Certified Professional Midwives
Midwifery Education
Birthwise Midwifery School
Birthwise Midwifery School is a three-year direct-entry midwifery education program, which is located in southwestern Maine. The school was founded in 1994 and has been accredited by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council since 1999.
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
The Midwifery Education Accreditation Council’s mission is to promote quality education in midwifery through accreditation. It creates standards and criteria for the education of midwives that reflect the nationally recognized core competencies and guiding principles of midwifery care set by the Midwives Alliance of North America.
Bastyr University/Seattle Midwifery School
Seattle Midwifery School has been educating childbirth professionals for more than 30 years. Our well-known, rigorous midwifery training program, founded in 1978, is the oldest direct-entry midwifery program in the country.
Birthwise Midwifery School
Birthwise Midwifery School is a three-year direct-entry midwifery education program, which is located in southwestern Maine. The school was founded in 1994 and has been accredited by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council since 1999.
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
The Midwifery Education Accreditation Council’s mission is to promote quality education in midwifery through accreditation. It creates standards and criteria for the education of midwives that reflect the nationally recognized core competencies and guiding principles of midwifery care set by the Midwives Alliance of North America.
Bastyr University/Seattle Midwifery School
Seattle Midwifery School has been educating childbirth professionals for more than 30 years. Our well-known, rigorous midwifery training program, founded in 1978, is the oldest direct-entry midwifery program in the country.
Research
"Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America."
Kenneth C Johnson, senior epidemiologist, Betty-Anne Daviss, project manager.
BMJ 2005;330:1416 (18 June).
"Baby Cells Linger, and May Protect Mother"
A National Public Radio story. Fetal cells remain in the mother's body for many decades.This story explores what they may be doing.
Environmental Working Group
This citizen's action group studies and shares information regarding environmental toxins.
Baby Antibiotics 'Link to Asthma'
There is mounting evidence of a link between antibiotic use in infancy and asthma in children. This is a link to a BBC report about research done in Canada that found infants exposed to one course of antibiotics were twice as likely to develop asthma.
PushedBirth.com
A web site that provides access to uncensored, unsweetened info about U.S. childbirth care.
"Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America."
Kenneth C Johnson, senior epidemiologist, Betty-Anne Daviss, project manager.
BMJ 2005;330:1416 (18 June).
"Baby Cells Linger, and May Protect Mother"
A National Public Radio story. Fetal cells remain in the mother's body for many decades.This story explores what they may be doing.
Environmental Working Group
This citizen's action group studies and shares information regarding environmental toxins.
Baby Antibiotics 'Link to Asthma'
There is mounting evidence of a link between antibiotic use in infancy and asthma in children. This is a link to a BBC report about research done in Canada that found infants exposed to one course of antibiotics were twice as likely to develop asthma.
PushedBirth.com
A web site that provides access to uncensored, unsweetened info about U.S. childbirth care.
Waterbirth
Waterbirth International
Founded in 1988, Waterbirth International was created to facilitate maternity care reform by helping parents and practitioners institute policies for the use of warm water immersion during labor.
Waterbirth Web Site
This site is very comprehensive and includes birth stories, supply sources, and FAQ's.
Waterbirth International
Founded in 1988, Waterbirth International was created to facilitate maternity care reform by helping parents and practitioners institute policies for the use of warm water immersion during labor.
Waterbirth Web Site
This site is very comprehensive and includes birth stories, supply sources, and FAQ's.
Children's Books and DVD's about Birth
Cascade Healthcare
Cascade offers an good selection of books for children about pregnancy and birth. They also carry several birth videos that children love to watch.
La Leche League Bookstore
The bookstore at La Leche League carries books for children about pregnancy, birth, and of course breastfeeding!
Cascade Healthcare
Cascade offers an good selection of books for children about pregnancy and birth. They also carry several birth videos that children love to watch.
La Leche League Bookstore
The bookstore at La Leche League carries books for children about pregnancy, birth, and of course breastfeeding!
Breastfeeding
Vermont La Leche League
Vermont La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement...
La Leche League International
The La Leche League International mission is: To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
Compleat Mother
A magazine of pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding.
CDC Statement on Breastfeeding
CDC is committed to increasing breastfeeding rates throughout the United States and to promoting optimal breastfeeding practices.
Vermont La Leche League
Vermont La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement...
La Leche League International
The La Leche League International mission is: To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
Compleat Mother
A magazine of pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding.
CDC Statement on Breastfeeding
CDC is committed to increasing breastfeeding rates throughout the United States and to promoting optimal breastfeeding practices.
Nursing Supplies
Bravado Designs
Bravado makes a variety of fantastic and fun nursing bras. Several styles, patterns, and designs are available, many with matching underpants!
Medela
Medela makes high quality breast pumps and other nursing supplies.
Title Nine Sports
Clothing for active women...including active nursing women. They have designed a nursing bra that has received rave reviews from my clients.
Bravado Designs
Bravado makes a variety of fantastic and fun nursing bras. Several styles, patterns, and designs are available, many with matching underpants!
Medela
Medela makes high quality breast pumps and other nursing supplies.
Title Nine Sports
Clothing for active women...including active nursing women. They have designed a nursing bra that has received rave reviews from my clients.
VBAC
International Cesarean Awareness Network
The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization founded by Esther Booth Zorn in 1982. ICAN's mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC).
VBAC.com
This website provides childbearing women and maternity care professionals access to research-based information, resources, continuing education and support for VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean).
International Cesarean Awareness Network
The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization founded by Esther Booth Zorn in 1982. ICAN's mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC).
VBAC.com
This website provides childbearing women and maternity care professionals access to research-based information, resources, continuing education and support for VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean).
Circumcision
Jewish Circumcision Resource Center
This site is full of resources for Jewish families considering circumcision or other ways to celebrate and mark the birth of a baby boy.
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
NOCIRC provides educational material about the structures, functions, development, and care of normal penile anatomy and offers information about circumcision and the care of the circumcised as well as the intact penis.
Circumcision Resource Center
The Circumcision Resource Center is a nonprofit educational organization with the purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice of circumcision.
Brit Shalom Celebrants
Brit Shalom is a non-cutting naming ceremony which replaces Brit Milah (ritual circumcision) for newborn Jewish boys.
American Academy of Pediatrics
This site includes the AAP's Circumcision Policy Statement and links to other research.
American Academy of Family Physicians
This is a link to the AAFP's position statement on circumcision.
Jewish Circumcision Resource Center
This site is full of resources for Jewish families considering circumcision or other ways to celebrate and mark the birth of a baby boy.
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
NOCIRC provides educational material about the structures, functions, development, and care of normal penile anatomy and offers information about circumcision and the care of the circumcised as well as the intact penis.
Circumcision Resource Center
The Circumcision Resource Center is a nonprofit educational organization with the purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice of circumcision.
Brit Shalom Celebrants
Brit Shalom is a non-cutting naming ceremony which replaces Brit Milah (ritual circumcision) for newborn Jewish boys.
American Academy of Pediatrics
This site includes the AAP's Circumcision Policy Statement and links to other research.
American Academy of Family Physicians
This is a link to the AAFP's position statement on circumcision.
Immunizations
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
This is a link to the AANP's position statement on vaccinations.
American Academy of Pediatricians
The AAP have a web site with many links to their position statements and other information about each vaccine.
National Vaccine Information Center
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a national, non-profit educational organization founded in 1982. It is the oldest and largest national organization advocating reformation of the mass vaccination system.
Centers for Disease Control - National Immunization Program
The CDC site has the most recent immunization schedule, details about each vaccine and illness, state requirements, and a link for reporting vaccine injuries.
Food and Drug Administration
The FDA oversees testing and approval of all drugs in the U.S. including vaccines. This site has information about each vaccine and about Thimerosol, a mercury based preservative used in many vaccines.
Global Vaccine Awareness League
Global Vaccine Awareness League is dedicated to the education of parents and concerned citizens regarding vaccination.
Vaccine Safety Web Site
This site is dedicated to the promotion of safer immunization practices through the application of scientific principles to vaccine research.
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
VAERS is a cooperative program for vaccine safety of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events that occur after the administration of US licensed vaccines.
Institute for Vaccine Safety
The Institute for Vaccine Safety exists to provide an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to help guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines.
NoMercury
NoMercury is a philanthropic based venture whose mission is to educate policy makers, physicians and the public regarding the dangers associated with the use of Thimerosal, a mercury containing preservative used in vaccines.
National Autism Association
This site offers information about autism in general, and also information about the potential mercury-autism link.
Autism Research Institute
ARI is primarily devoted to conducting research, and to disseminating the results of research, on the causes of autism. This site includes, among other topics, information about vaccines.
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
This is a link to the AANP's position statement on vaccinations.
American Academy of Pediatricians
The AAP have a web site with many links to their position statements and other information about each vaccine.
National Vaccine Information Center
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a national, non-profit educational organization founded in 1982. It is the oldest and largest national organization advocating reformation of the mass vaccination system.
Centers for Disease Control - National Immunization Program
The CDC site has the most recent immunization schedule, details about each vaccine and illness, state requirements, and a link for reporting vaccine injuries.
Food and Drug Administration
The FDA oversees testing and approval of all drugs in the U.S. including vaccines. This site has information about each vaccine and about Thimerosol, a mercury based preservative used in many vaccines.
Global Vaccine Awareness League
Global Vaccine Awareness League is dedicated to the education of parents and concerned citizens regarding vaccination.
Vaccine Safety Web Site
This site is dedicated to the promotion of safer immunization practices through the application of scientific principles to vaccine research.
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
VAERS is a cooperative program for vaccine safety of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events that occur after the administration of US licensed vaccines.
Institute for Vaccine Safety
The Institute for Vaccine Safety exists to provide an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to help guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines.
NoMercury
NoMercury is a philanthropic based venture whose mission is to educate policy makers, physicians and the public regarding the dangers associated with the use of Thimerosal, a mercury containing preservative used in vaccines.
National Autism Association
This site offers information about autism in general, and also information about the potential mercury-autism link.
Autism Research Institute
ARI is primarily devoted to conducting research, and to disseminating the results of research, on the causes of autism. This site includes, among other topics, information about vaccines.
