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Introduction
Chapter 7: The Slow Labor
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The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth

Resources

Books

Birthing from Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz

The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

Easing Labor Pain by Adrienne Lieberman

Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper

A Good Birth, A Safe Birth: Choosing and Having the Childbirth Experience You Want by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer

Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall Klaus, John Kennell, and Phyllis Klaus
The Nurturing Touch at Birth by Paulina Perez

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, and Ann Keppler

The VBAC Companion by Diana Korte

Organizations

Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators (ALACE)
PO Box 382724
Cambridge, MA 02238
(888)222-5223
http://www.alace.org

Birthworks
PO Box 2045
Medford, NJ 080
551-888-TO BIRTH
http://hometown.aol.com/birthwkscd/bw.html

The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth
Box 5224 Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-5224
(800)4-A-BIRTH
http://www.bradleybirth.com/

Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)
2120 L Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20037
(202)478-6138 http://www.healthy.net/cims

Doulas of North America (DONA)
1100 23rd Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112(206)324-5440
http://www.dona.com

International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
1304 Kingsdale Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
(310)542-5368
http://www.childbirth.org/section/ICAN.html

International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA
PO Box 20048
Minneapolis, MN 55420
(612)854-8660
http://www.icea.org/

La Leche League
1400 North Meacham RoadSchaumberg, IL 60173-4048
(847)519-7730
(800)LALECHE
http://www.lalecheleague.org/

Lamaze International
1200 19th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-2422
(202)857-1128
http://www.lamaze-childbirth.com

Maternity Center Association
281 Park Avenue South, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(212)777-5000
http://www.maternity.org

Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)
PO Box 175
Newton, KS 67114
frank.mtsu.edu/~mhgreene/mana.htm

National Association of Childbearing Centers (NACC)
(Write and enclose $1.00 for guidelines and brochure.)
3123 Gottschall RoadPerkiomenville, PA 18074-9546
http://www.BirthCenters.org

Web Sites

BabyCenter
http://www.babycenter.com

Childbirth.org
http://www.childbirth.org

Cochrane Collaboration
http://www.cochrane.org

Marilyn’s Midwifery Page
http://www.midwifery2000.com

On Line Birth Center
http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/birthindex.html

National Library of Medicine: Pubmed and Internet Grateful Med
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html

Pregnancy and Childbirth
http://pregnancy.miningco.com/mbody.htm

Sabrina’s Pregnancy Page
http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph

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