• Coping with Common Discomforts of Pregnancy - From the Simple Guide to Having a Baby.

• What about Sex during pregnancy? From the Simple Guide to Having a Baby.

• Health Insurance for Pregnancy and Birth

• Prenatal Nutrition: Healthy Eating for You & Baby

• How Accurate is Your Due Date?

• Exercise in Pregnancy

• Choosing a Care Provider

• Choosing a Birth Place

• 10 Questions to Ask at a Birth Place

• Choosing a Doula

• So, You Want To Hire A Doula...a What?

• Making a Birth Plan From Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (PCN)

• Childbirth Class or Epidural?

• A Basic Guide to Labor and Birth

• Coping During Labor: the Three R's From Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (PCN)

• Labor Support

• Decreasing Your Chances of an Unplanned Cesarean Birth. From Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (PCN)

• Cesarean Birth

• How to Have the Best Possible Cesarean

• Understanding your beliefs about birth. And Love Languages for Labor Support. Two worksheets, similar in style to those in our workbook.

• Making a Postpartum Plan From Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (PCN)

• Postpartum Emotional Changes

• The Baby Blues, Risk Factors for Mood Disorders From Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (PCN)

• Breastfeeding: Helping Baby Get a Good Latch From the Simple Guide to Having a Baby.

• How to Know When to Feed Your Baby From the Simple Guide to Having a Baby.

• Introducing Solid Foods

• Preparing your Child for a New Baby

The Great Starts Guide to Hospitals, Birth Centers and Homebirth Midwives is now available! Info on our bookstore page.

All the data from the 2004 Birth Services Survey are now available online. Note that this data is current as of early 2004.

Executive Summary of the Report: What to Expect at the Typical Seattle Birthplace

List of Hospitals, and Out-of-Hospital Services which participated in the Survey

All the Data: Spreadsheet of Detailed Survey Results, by Birthplace

Understanding the Numbers: How do Seattle birthplaces compare to best-practice recommendations.

Contact Information for Tours of Birthplaces in Seattle and surrounding areas. Includes hospitals and free-standing birth centers.

Eligibility Criteria for Out-of-Hospital Birth

Updated cesarean rates for 2005.

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