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SURFN' MAMA'S
It's nightime. The children
are asleep, and all is quiet. But what's that beep beep beep? It must be
Sarah, plugging into the World Wide Web. Yes, I confess it. I'm a bit of
a junkie. Fortunately I'm limited to times when my husband brings his
computer home and, more importantly, the children aren't around,
although I've done my share of surfing while breastfeeding, which keeps
em quiet for a bit.
What I enjoy about the internet, apart from the wonderful and feminine
image of a world wide web, is the opportunity I have to connect with
like-minded people from all over, and to explore new and varied aspects
of my favourite topics, birth and parenting. And all in the safety of my
own home.
There are many, many great resources on pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding
and parenting on the internet. I've tended to start with a site which
interests me, and follow the "related sites" which most sites
list, in areas which appeal to me. I guess that's why they call it
surfing. I've found quite a few of the North American sites seem to go
off-line, ie be unavailable, after hours, and some I've never got on to.
You need to be pernickity about the site names- every dot, dash, comma
and colon must be faithfully reproduced.
I haven't had much success or training, so far in searching for
particular information, but I'm lucky to also have access to library and
medline resources to search topics in journals. You'll find that some
sites solicit stories, or offer notice boards- you'll probably need
e-mail to use these. There are also some which offer regular issues sent
by email, if you subscribe, which is usually free.
- I subscribe to the on-line birth centre (obc) news which sends me an
issue every Tuesday by email. Its very interactional, as there's always
requests for information, notices of meetings, and, at present, a debate
on whether midwives are nurses, started off by a Hobart obstetrician.
You'll find lots of Australian input. Click HERE
to visit the website is which gives info on how to subscribe.
- My second favourite is the website of the Association for Pre and
Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH). Click HERE
to visit.
- I've enjoyed the work of Katherine Dettwyler, US anthropologist and
mother, who write lots about attachment parenting, breastfeeding etc
from an anthropological perspective. She's part of the La Leche
(equivalent of nursing mothers) Click HERE
to visit.
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I'm also very interested in
the writings of Robbie Davis-Floyd (also an APPPAH member) who writes
about birth as an initiation into our technological culture. You'll find
excerpts from her book Birth as a Technocratic Rite of Passage. Click HERE
to visit.
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There are many breastfeeding
sites, and they're all listed Click HERE
to visit.
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If you're wanting to read
some birth stories, Click HERE
to visit.
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Water birth stories Click HERE
to visit - you can also submit your own story. More info on waterbirth
Click HERE to
visit.
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Another website feature is
"Ask the…" eg midwife. Some of these I haven't liked. Try
Gayle Peterson's site; Click HERE
to visit. I haven't visited this one.
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The Farm midwives, with Ina
May Gaskin also have a site which I haven't visited; Click HERE
to visit. I haven't visited the following sites, but they are
recommended by Mothering Magazine, and they're on my list to
explore;
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Homebirth site, with links
to more on homebirth; Click HERE
to visit.
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Midwifery today magazine
is online at Click HERE
to visit.
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There's also heaps of
attachment parenting type sites, such as Click HERE
to visit, which has lots of links, apparently.(I don't know why it
hasn't got www, and I haven't tried it out as yet)
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The family bed site is
Click HERE
to visit.
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The nurturing parent, a US
mag, has a web site Click HERE
to visit. (I wish I had time to surf all these great
waves)
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Babywearing, ie slings etc
Click HERE to
visit.
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Natural child project Click
HERE to
visit.
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Instinct parenting Click HERE
to visit, with good links.
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Homeschooling, lots of
sites.eg Exploring homeschooling Click HERE
to visit and Family learning exchange Click HERE
to visit.
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Also the unschooling
himeschooler has kids pages, Click HERE
to visit. *
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Vaccination info from
Informed Parents Vaccination home page Click HERE
to visit and also National Vaccine Information Centre Click HERE
to visit.
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