Ohioans for the Preservation of Traditional Midwifery
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Educational, Informative and Fun Links
Interesting and Informative Links!
This list is by no means exhaustive nor is it close to being finished! Please check back occasionally!
Disclaimer:
Because Ohioans for the Preservation of Traditional Midwifery wants our readers to arrive at their own conclusions regarding licensure, we are including links to some pro- licensure groups. It is our hope that visitors to the OPTM site will educate themselves regarding licensure and its possible consequences before lending their support to any one particular group or opinion. We are in no way endorsed by any pro- licensure group; likewise OPTM does not endorse any group that advocates for mandatory licensure of midwives.
Midwifery Advocacy Groups
Ohio Families for Safe Birth- Pro- licensure group; garnering support for OMAs bill.
www.safebirthohio.org
Midwives Alliance of North America- Useful information, definitions and midwife directory. Supportive of licensure.
www.mana.org
North American Registry of Midwives- Find out how to become a CPM!
www.narm.org
Citizens for Midwifery; legal information state by state, definitions, links, an all- around good source. Supportive of licensure.
cfmidwifery.org
Ohio Friends of Midwives- An excellent source of information about Ohio midwifery; has links. Also has a nice forum.
ofom.org
Homebirth in General
Compleat Mother- wonderful site, articles, info., etc. Publishes newsletter as well.
www.compleatmother.com
Midwifery Today- lots of info. eNewlsetter and "real" newsletter/ magazine.
www. midwiferytoday.com
The Farm Site- All about the midwives at The Farm (including Ina May Gaskin)- The entire site is well- worth looking at!
http://www.thefarm.org/midwives/index.html
African- American Midwifery Source- Excellent! All too often African- Americans are left out of the homebirth/ midwifery community- this is an excellent source for anyone interested in learning about the history of African American midwifery in America and also justa good site in general!
http://blackmidwives. org
Distance Learning for Midwifery
Ancient Art Midwifery (My favorite Midwifery School- reasonable tuition.)
www.ancientartmidwifery.com
Michigan School of Traditional Midwifery - also very nice and reasonably priced.
www.traditionalmidwife.com
A site with a number of listings and info. :
birthpartners.com/midwifery- schools/
On the History of Midwifery
Wonderful timeline of midwifery and non- midwifery history!
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/timeline.asp
A History of Midwifery in Pictures!
http://www.geocities.com/wellesley/atrium/5148/history.html
On the Safety of Midwifery
Midwives of Maine- wonderful details about the safety of homebirth and other things homebirth!
http://midwivesofmaine.org
CPM study by British Medical Journal
bmj.com/cgi/reprint/330/7505/1416.pdf
Gentle Birth- about safety
http://www.gentlebirth.org/ronnie/homesafe.html
On Breastfeeding
Le Leche League International- find a local chapter and, at the same time- find some support!
http://www.llli.org
Children, parenting, life in general:
Mothering Online- wonderful site full of information about all things motherly. Emphasis on natural living. Magazine and forum as well!
http://www.mothering.com
