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Links to organizations are provided solely as a service to our users.
These links do not constitute endorsements of the organization by the Lafayette Area Doula Information and Educational Services and none should be inferred. The LADIES organization is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
 

Doulas of North America (DONA), an international association of doulas who are trained to provide the highest quality emotional, physical and educational support to women and their families during childbirth and postpartum. Evidence based certification programs are offered for both birth doulas and postpartum doulas.
www.dona.org

CAPPA is a nonprofit international organization that was founded in 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

Association of Labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators
www.alace.org

Doula & Childbirth Educator Certification
www.childbirthinternational.com

Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)
www.mana.org

Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council (MEAC)
www.meacschools.org

Indiana Birth Choices
The C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Group
http://www.indianabirthchoices.com/

La Leche League of Greater Lafayette
www.freewebs.com/llloflafayette

Bloomington Area Birth Services
www.bloomingtonbirth.com

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).
www.ican-online.org

This web site provides childbearing women and maternity care professionals access to research-based information, resources, continuing education and support for VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean).
www.vbac.com/

Giving Birth In Water -A Gentle Birth Choice - Waterbirth International Web site
www.waterbirth.org/spa/index.php

Maternity Center Association (MCA) - Maternity Wise - Helping Women make Informed Decisions.
www.maternitywise.org

The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
www.motherfriendly.org

BirthLove find everything the empowered, enlightened woman needs to know about pregnancy, birth and beyond
www.birthlove.com

Interactive Birth Plan
www.childbirth.org/interactive/ibirthplan.html

National Women’s Health Information Center - Information in Chinese & Spanish is also available on their site. 1-800-994-WOMAN
www.4woman.gov

The Future of Birth
www.thefutureofbirth.org

A good dictionary of baby sign language
www.mybabycantalk.com/index.aspx

What Babies Want
www.whatbabieswant.com

Color of Women Journals
http://www.wisdomhousecatalog.com/page/page/3059060.htm
 

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