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General Pregnancy/Parenting Websites

www.mothering.com
www.childbirth.org
www.gentlebirth.org
www.babycenter.com
www.aap.org - American Academy of Pediatrics
www.alternamoms.com
www.tnpc.com - The National Parenting Center
www.attachmentparenting.org - Attachment Parenting International (local chapters)
www.mothersandmore.org - Mothers and More
www.gospelcom.net/mops/ Mothers of Preschoolers (local chapters)
www.momsclub.org - International Moms Club (local chapters)
www.monamoms.org - Mothers of North Arlington
www.parentingplaygroups.com - Parenting Classes for Expectant Parents
www.parentencouragement.org - Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) 301-929-8824
www.zerotothree.org Zero to Three (202) 638-1144
www.our-kids.com a variety of resources in the md/dc/va area
www.homeworkingmom.com A resource site for mothers interested in working at home
National Organization of Mothers of Twins Club - Local Chapters
www.mothersfirst.org

I think one of the best things we could do would be to help women/parents/families discover their own birth power, from within themselves. And to let them know it's always been there, they just needed to tap into it.

- Karl Menninger

The whole point of woman-centered birth is the knowledge that a woman is the birth power source. She may need, and deserve, help, but in essence, she always had, currently has, and will have the power.

-Heather McCue

Life only demands from you the strength you possess.

-David Hammarskjold

The knowledge of how to give birth without outside intervention lies deep within each woman. Successful childbirth depends on an acceptance of the process.

- Suzanne Arms

Perhaps we share stories in much the same spirit that explorers share maps, hoping to speed each others journey, but knowing the journey we make will be our own.

- Gloria Steinem

Women today not only possess genetic memory of birth from a thousand generations of women, but they are also assailed from every direction by information and misinformation about birth.

-Valerie El Halta

Birth is an experience that demonstrates that life is not merely function and utility, but form and beauty.

- Christopher Largen

Today, it seems that a tradition of womanhood that properly belonged to women themselves has been replaced by a tradition of technology.

- Nicole Lundrigan Aqua Baby: Birth at Home in a Tub, Mothering Magazine 2000

Natural childbirth has evolved to suit the species, and if mankind chooses to ignore her advice and interfere with her workings we must not complain about the consequences. We have only ourselves to blame.

- Margaret Jowitt

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.

- Robin Lim

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Women's bodies have their own wisdom, and a system of birth refined over 100,000 generations is not so easily overpowered.

- Sarah Buckley

300,000 women will be giving birth with you today. Relax and breathe and do nothing else. Labor is hard work, it hurts and you can do it.

- Unknown

A healthy woman who delivers spontaneously performs a job that cannot be improved upon.

- Aidan MacFarlane author of The Psychology of Childbirth (1977)