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""Keeping our little ones close at hand, and close to our heart, is best for both mama and baby. A baby whose need for contact is met, is a more content baby, A mama who can meet her daily challenges while meeting the needs of her child makes for a more patient mama."
-Joyful Mama-
An
extensive list of resources...
* If you are looking for mother-to mother breastfeeding support and you live in the North King, South Skagit or Snohomish Counties of Washington, please join us at our Marysville La Leche League meeting. Our meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 10 A.M.. We meet at Mountain View Presbyterian Church, 5115 100th NE . Room #5. For further information email me at slingmama41@hotmail.com
Please
visit my additional site www.nurturingdoula.com
if you are interested in Childbirth Education Classes or Doula services
in Snohomish County
LinkPartners.com- The easy way to find link partners. www.linkpartners.com
BREASTFEEDING
SUPPORT:
La Leche League International
A dedicated organization
offering mother to mother breastfeeding support...online.
The ultimate source of information for breastfeeding.
www.lalecheleague.org
Moms4milk.org
Breastfeeding Breast Pumps Pregnancy
Baby Clothes Baby Toys Parenting Adoption
www.moms4milk.org
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
www.waba.org.
Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington
(BCW) is a statewide coalition comprised of
families and health care professionals representing a
variety of disciplines including: physicians, midwives,
nurses, lactation consultants, nutritionists, maternity
case managers, childbirth educators and doulas.
www.hmhbwa.org
BestFed.com
Nurturing Children through progressive
parenting.
www.bestfed.com
Promom.org
Promoting the awareness and acceptance
of breastfeeding.
www.promom.org/bf_info/index.htm
BreastfeedingMOMS
Moms On a Mission, Giving only
the best, Breast!
www.bfmoms.com
Breastfeeding.com
Breastfeeding support and information.
www.breastfeeding.com
Breastfeed.com
A community for parents who breastfeed.
This site features Dr. Sears as one of its expert panelists plus
diaries by breastfeeding moms, and message boards on many
nursing related topics.
www.breastfeed.com
Supportbreastfeeding.com
www.supportbreastfeeding.com
The Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource
Website
ABRW
Support, Information, Community , Success.
www.fourfriends.com/abrw/
BREASTFEEDING
RESOURCES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY:
HOSPITAL
BASED RESOURCES:
*Providence Everett Medical Center Lactation Services- Everett
Pager: (425)339-0766
Office: (425)261-3744
Provides: Inpatient, outpatient and phone consultations, breastfeeding
classes, breast pump rentals, and supplies.
* Steven’s Hospital-
Edmonds
(425)640-4072
Provides: Inpatient and outpatient consultations, breastfeeding
supplies, breastfeeding classes and postpartum follow-up phone calls.
* Valley General Hospital
Office: (360)794-1488 ext. 167 Voice Mail: (360)794-1447 ext.
898 Provides: Inpatient, outpatient and telephone consultations, breastfeeding
classes and postpartum follow-up telephone calls.
COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCES
* Bestfeeding/Judy Hulse,
RN, IBCLC-
Lynnwood (425)672-6825
Provides: Phone consultations, home visits, breast pump rentals, breastfeeding
supplies, and electronic baby scale to monitor weight.
* Birth and Beyond- Woodinville
(425)402-9366
Provides: Breast pump rentals and sales, bra sales and breastfeeding
supplies.
* Childbirth Education
Association of Seattle
(206)789-0883
Provides: Free phone consultations with Lactation Specialists. In-home
or in-office visits provided for a fee.
* Everett Clinic- Harbor
Pointe
(425)339-5438
Provides: Telephone or in-of
* Heartfelt Center/
Marcia David, LMP, CD Edmonds
(425)670-2481 or (206)997-2399
Provides: Phone consultations, home visits, breast pump rentals and
sales, and infant massage classes.
* La Leche League International
1-800-LA LECHE www.lalecheleague.org
Provides: Referrals to local La Leche Groups, free catalogue of breastfeeding
and parenting literature, and answers to breastfeeding questions.
* La Leche League of Washington
(206)522-1336
Provides: Support and information, group meetings, phone consultations,
lending library, and referral line for local leader information.
* Pacific Association for
Labor Support
(206)325-1419
Provides: Doulas who support mothers before, during and after labor
and delivery to ensure that the first nursing episode is successful.
* Pacific Mothers Support,
Inc.- Bellevue
(425)462-0577 or (800)578-2260
Provides: Telephone Consultations and in-office visits *
* Family Resources-Bothell
(425)485-3295 or (888)398-7987 Provides: Lactation consultation,
pump rentals, bra sales, breastfeeding fashions, and supplies.
* Pregnancy Aid/WIC- Everett
(425)252-0532
Provides: Phone consultations, breastfeeding classes, and breast pump
rentals (rentals for WIC clients only).
* Snohomish Health District
Maternal
and Child Health Nursing- Everett
(425)339-5230
Provides: Prenatal and postpartum home visits by Public Health Nurses.
* Tulalip Health Clinic-
Marysville
(360)651-4511
Provides: Telephone consultations, in-office consultations (for members
of the Tulalip Tribe only), and breastfeeding classes.
* Visiting Nurse Services
of the Northwest
(425)257-3410 or (888)293-1022
Provides: Home visits by Community Health Nurses/Registered Dietitians
that help with common challenges and special problems of breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding support, WIC and Medicaid eligibility, low-cost health
care referrals, bilingual interpreters.
www.hmhbwa.org
BREAST
PUMP RENTALS
* Bestfeeding/Judy Hulse, RN, IBCLC, Lynnwood
(425)672-6825
* Family Resources- Bothell
(425)485-3295 Or (425)485-6295
* Faulkners Pharmacy- Everett
(425)259-3153
* Gentle Touch- Everett
(425)261-3247
* Heartfelt Center- Edmonds
(425)670-2481
* J & J Pharmacy- Edmonds
Mill Creek Pharmacy
- Mill Creek
(425)481-7575
* Mother Care Doula Services-
Edmonds
(425)672-8011
* Pacific Mother’s
Support, Inc.- Bellevue
(425)462-2577 Or (800)578-2260
* Pharma-Save- Monroe
(360)794-7351
* Pregnancy Aid/WIC
(425)252-0532
* Providence Health Care
Clinic- Silver Lake
(425)316-5020
* Valley View Clinical
Pharmacy- Monroe
(360)794-5555
* Medela
1-800-835-5968
* Medical Supply- Snohomish
(360)563-7500 Or (800)506-1116
Pregnancy,
Doula, Labor & Birth Support
DONA International
Doulas of North America, the premier doula organization.
www.dona.org
Seattle Midwifery School
Education, advocacy, empowerment.
www.seattlemidwifery.org
CAPPA
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association
CAPPA is an international organization that was founded in late 1998
to offer the highest level of professional membership and training to
childbirth educators, lactation educators, labor doulas, antepartum
doulas and postpartum doulas.
www.cappa.net
PALS
Pacific Association of Labor Support
A membership organization that promotes, develops
and supports doulas and the doula profession. Includes
research about Doulas.
www.pals-doulas.org
Operation Special Delivery
Operation Special Delivery supports the United States Military
by providing free doula services to women who are preparing for and
giving birth while their partners are deployed.
www.operationspecialdelivery.com
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Coalition of Washington
State
(HMHB) helps families in Washington to access
information they need, from pre-pregnancy planning through
childhood. Our 1-800 operators are available Monday -
Thursday 8am to 5:30pm, and Friday 8am to 5pm.
www.hmhbwa.org
Birthing the Future
Website of Internationally respected birth advocate,
Suzanne Arms. Offering vision and practical models
for the healing and well-being of life on this planet
beginning with birth.
www.birthingthefuture.com
BirthLove
The living pregnancy, childbirth and
parenting resource.
www.birthlove.com
Birthsource.com
Official website of Perinatal Education
Associates, Inc.
www.birthsource.com
Gentle Birth This site
hosts a number of midwifery-related
Web pages.
www.gentlebirth.org
Sheila Kitzinger
Here you can explore aspects of birth, drawing on
things that Sheila has learned from women around the world and her research
as a social
anthropologist into women's experiences of
pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.
www.SheilaKitzinger.com
Midwives Association of Washington
State
Providing resources, referrals and information for expecting
families and midwives in Washington State. www.washingtonmidwives.org
The Birth Circle
This site provides you with information
on how a doula can help you have a more positive experience.
www.birthcircle.com
Birth Plan
Find out here why you might want to consider having a birth
plan, what's included in a birth plan - and you can even make your own
custom plan online! It's easy, fast and free.
www.birthplan.com
Birthing From Within
An extraordinary site to childbirth
preparation.
www.birthingfromwithin.com
Childbirth.org
Birth is a natural process, not a medical
procedure. www.childbirth.org
The Art of Confident Birthing and
Parenting.
Lamaze has changed over the years! Lamaze is
an international nonprofit organization of
healthcare professionals and parents with a
mission to promote normal, natural, healthy
and fulfilling childbearing and early parenting
experiences for women and their families.
They are all about education, advocacy and
reform. This website is part of IVillage and
has many interactive and informative pages
such as a pregnancy and new baby calendar,
how-to videos, breastfeeding support and birth
stories. Check out the pregnancy and parenting
meditations written by me!
www.lamaze.com
ExpectantMothersGuide.com
a localized pregnancy, childbirth,
& baby resource guide for expectant & new parents.
www.expectantmothersguide.com
The Labor Of Love
Pregnancy and Parenting Website
www.laboroflove.com
Fit Prenancy
Your guide to having a fit pregnancywww.fitpregnancy.com
Depression After Delivery (DAD)
Depression After Delivery, Inc. is a national, nonprofit organization
which provides support for women with ante and postpartum depression.
Its focus includes education, information, support groups, telephone
support and referral for women & families coping with mental health
issues associated with childbearing, both during pregnancy and post
partum.
www.depressionafterdelivery.com
Cesarean Births
Your Guide & Resource To Caesarean Births.
www.caesareanbirth.com
Ten steps of the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative for
mother-friendly hospitals, birth centers, and home birth
services (first step includes offering doula services to all mothers)
www.motherfriendly.org/MFCI/steps.html
Mother-Friendly Trends (interview with Penny Simkin)
www.pregnancytoday.com/reference/articles/simkin-mother.htm
Why Hire a Doula? (interview with Penny Simkin)
www.pregnancytoday.com/reference/articles/simkin-whydoula.htm
Wrapped Up, Tirelessly, in the Emotion of Childbirth
(Seattle times article about Penny Simkin)
seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/html98/altpenn_112998.html
Labor of Love: After a Long Night of Pain, Support Comes
From a Doula (personal account in the Seattle Times of the author’s
labor with a doula)
seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/html98/altdoul_112998.html
PARENTING
Attachment Parenting
International
Peaceful Parenting
for a Peaceful World.
www.attachmentparenting.org
At Home Mothers.com
Complete Support for the
At-Home Mothering Lifestyle.
www.athomemothers.com
Natural Family Site
Attachment Parenting site.
www.bygpub.com/natural/attachment-parenting.htm
North West Attachment Parenting (NAPS) Find
out the benefits of Attachment Parenting. NAPS offers
support and discussion groups, has a recommended reading
list and the quarterly newsletter, Kangaroo Kids.
www.nw-ap.org
Attachement Parenting
A practical approach for the reduction of attachment disorders and the
promotion
of emotionally secure children.
www.visi.com/~jlb/thesis.html
The Importance of the In-Arms-phase
www.continuum-concept.org/reading/in-arms.html
