Please note that these sites are independent of the Association of Radical Midwives. Inclusion of links does not imply that we unreservedly agree with everything on these sites, but in the main we believe they offer useful sources of information and opinion.
To access the websites below, click on the underlined headings.
AIMS
Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services
Support and information for parents and professionals in the UK and Ireland.
www.aims.org.uk
National Childbirth Trust
Antenatal education and postnatal support for UK
parents.
www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com
Sheila Kitzinger
Waterbirth, home birth, and more.
www.sheilakitzinger.com
Home Birth Reference Site
Research supporting the home birth choice, with sections on booking a home birth in the UK.
www.homebirth.org.uk
La Leche League (Great Britain)
Breastfeeding information and support. One of the charity's basic principles is that 'Alert, active participation by the mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good start'.
www.laleche.org.uk
Active
Birth Centre
Information and courses for women and midwives on Waterbirth, Active Birth Classes,
and more.
www.activebirthcentre.com
Bristol Birth
Centre
Bringing birth back into the community.
www.birthcentrebristol.org.uk
Bristol Home
Births
www.bristolhomebirth.org.uk
BirthChoice
UK
A public information service, helping women choose where to have their baby
in the UK.
www.BirthChoiceUK.com
With Woman
- a site about birth and midwifery - information, art, poetry, stories - for
parents and midwives.
www.withwoman.co.uk
Midwifeinfo - USA midwifery information A Website
with resources and information for midwives, students and consumers of midwifery
services, principally in the U.S.
www.midwifeinfo.com
TABS is a New Zealand based, information and support group.
Informing the public and professionals about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) associated with childbirth. We are most concerned with its continued
misdiagnosis and confusion with Post Natal Depression (Post Partum Depression).
We are mothers supporting mothers.
www.tabs.org.nz
Voluntary Service Overseas. Work with VSO and help
people in the world's poorest countries get the healthcare they so desperately
need.
www.vso.org.uk
A Blog re supporting
babies in Africa!!
http://www.freshties.com/babybearproject
UKMidwifery Yahoogroup
A discussion group for midwives and parents and anybody interested in supporting midwifery in the UK. You can either choose to receive messages to the group as emails, or select 'web only/no email' and read messages on the Yahoogroups website.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ukmidwifery
The Midwifery Sanctuary
The Midwifery Sanctuary grew out of the Student Midwives' Forum and is an online community for student midwives, qualified midwives, wannabe midwives and people who are just plain interested in midwifery.
www.themidwiferysanctuary.com
StudentMidwife.NET
Advice, information and support for student midwives and those thinking
about a career in midwifery.
www.studentmidwife.net
Albany Midwifery
Practice
Self-employed self-managed midwifery practice, contracted by Kings College Hospital,
London
www.albanymidwives.org
MIDIRS
Midwives' Information and Resource Service
www.midirs.org
British
Journal of Midwifery
www.britishjournalofmidwifery.com
NMC (Nurses & Midwives
Council) - UK's regulatory body for midwives, nurses and health
visitors.
www.nmc-uk.org
Midwifery Today
Magazine
www.midwiferytoday.com
NMAP - The
UK's gateway to high quality Internet resources for Nurses, Midwives and Allied
health Professions. Replaces Nursing and Healthcare Resources On the Net (NHCON).
http://nmap.ac.uk
Professional
Coaching for Midwives
Ruth Hadikin, retired midwife, specialises in career development coaching for
midwives and business coaching for independent midwives.
www.dreamcoach.co.uk
International
Confederation of Midwives
www.internationalmidwives.org
MidwivesOnline
UK site specialising in midwifery and parenting.
www.midwivesonline.com
Birth Issues
magazine Articles and reviews, from Capers Bookstore. (Australian)
www.capersbookstore.com.au
Forum on Maternity
and the Newborn of the Royal Society of Medicine A forum for the
presentation and
discussion of issues at the cutting edge of pregnancy, birth, and care of the
newborn.
www.motherhood.org.uk
International Board Certified Lactation Consultants
IBCLCs are professionally qualified to promote and support breastfeeding, and work in a variety of NHS and community settings, and also in private practice.
www.lcgb.org
In principle, we believe that all women should be able to obtain sympathetic, skilled, individualised care from NHS midwives. However, we recognise that this will not happen overnight. For those women who prefer to seek midwifery care outside of the NHS, we list below the website of the Independent Midwives Association.
Independent
Midwives Association
Listings of independent midwives across the UK.
www.independentmidwives.org.uk
To suggest a link for this page, please contact Sarah Montagu.
AH updated 10 December 2009