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Choosing a Caregiver for Your Pregnancy ::books, websites, and other helpful resourcesChildbirth Connection's Pregnancy Topic on Choosing a Caregiver for Your PregnancyWe provide in-depth coverage through our Pregnancy Topic to help inform you about choosing a caregiver:
Other Childbirth Connection Resources Relating to Choosing a Caregiver for Your Pregnancy
Learning More About Choosing a Caregiver and Different Types of CaregiversDeliver My Baby: Here is a short quiz to help you narrow down the type of health care provider that best fits your needs. It will also give you a list of key questions to ask when interviewing potential care providers. The American College of Nurse-Midwives developed this tool.
Find a Local Midwife for Your PregnancyAmerican College of Nurse-Midwives: Certified Nurse-Midwives and Certified Midwives: an online database from ACNM to identify practices with one or more Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) or Certified Midwives (CMs); with option to search for hospital, in-hospital birth center, out-of-hospital, and home birth practicesBirthPartners.com: Natural Birth Partners: an online directory for locating midwives and many other types of childbirth providers, including midwives who are willing to travel to women MidwifeInfo.com: Midwives: a midwife locator (tip: try searching by state alone) Midwives Alliance of North America: Midwives, (email): to request lists of MANA members in specific states or provinces (MANA members have many different types of credentials) Midwives practicing in out-of-hospital birth centers: an online directory of birth centers from American Association of Birth Centers North American Registry of Midwives: Certified Professional Midwives (email): to find Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in your area, call toll-free 888-842-4784 or send an e-mail to info@narm.org State-by-state midwifery laws and organizations: state-by-state information from Citizens for Midwifery to help you consider options and find midwives Find a Local Physician Who Provides Maternity CareAmerican Academy of Family Physicians: Family Physicians: a directory of AAFP members (in most cases, you would need to contact the family physician's office to learn what maternity services are provided)American Academy of Family Physicians: Family Physicians: to contact your state's chapter of American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and ask which family physicians in your area offer maternity care American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Obstetricians: a directory of ACOG members American Osteopathic Association: Osteopathic Physicians: a directory of AOA members with information about practice specialty Most recent page update: 7/1/2010
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New VBAC Guidlines
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New Mothers Speak Out National Report Released The latest report in Childbirth Connection's Listening to Mothers series is now available. Get an eye-opening look at the reality of life as a mother of young children in the United States, based on national surveys conducted by Harris Interactive. Learn more, get the report Read the Wall Street Journal story and listen to the podcast Download Quick Facts (PDF) Why does the national U.S. c-section rate keep going up? Current research points to an optimal cesarean section rate of 5% to 10%, but 1 pregnant woman in 3 is giving birth by major surgery in the United States. Why the surge and is this safe? A new page - and a PDF handout for journalists, policy makers, students and others - answer these questions. Read more about the rising cesarean section rate New Content!
March/April 2009 evidence column is now available.
Features: National Quality Forum endorses consensus perinatal performance measures; systematic reviews on induction of labor, environmental tobacco smoke and fetal health, and HPV infection and cervical neoplasia Get the column Popular Pages
 Comfort in Labor, by Penny Simkin Penny Simkin, the internationally recognized leader in childbirth education and labor support, shares her wisdom with women, including comfort measures, effective positions, and tips for partners and doulas. Download Comfort in Labor (free PDF) 
Every woman has the right to receive full advance information about risks and benefits of all reasonably available methods for relieving pain during labor and birth, including methods that do not require the use of drugs. She has the right to choose which methods will be used and to change her mind at any time.
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