Some good sites to refer to:
www.labors-of-love.com
Labors of Love: This is a wonderful resource for all expectant parents. If you are anticipating a low-risk pregnancy and birth experience, you should at least entertain the option of a midwife-assisted birth. Linda and Amy at Labors of Love are consummate professionals, and are experts in normal birth. Even if you only interview them, you will gain an understanding of what normal birth looks like in an out-of-hospital setting.
www.hipmonkey.com _ For Great Car Seats
Hip Monkey is a mom-owned and operated store specializing in the best and safest car seats, hip baby gear and many other parent-tested, top of the line products which include only the safest car seats by Britax, Recaro, Sunshine Kids, Graco, as well as top quality baby strollers from Mountain Buggy, Zooper and many other brand name baby, toddler and childrens items.
You can also feel good shopping with us knowing that 100% of the net proceeds from every sale are donated to The Kyle David Miller Foundation to help purchase car seats for children in need.
www.kellymom.com
Kelly Mom: Kelly has amassed lots of useful information about breastfeeding in this one website. It is easy to use and answers the majority of questions that new and expectant moms may have.
www.lllusa.org
La Leche League: LLL has been supportive of breastfeeding moms for the last several decades. You should try to attend at least one LLL meeting during the course of your pregnancy just to see if breastfeeding is something you are interested in. Breastfeeding support is really nice for new moms, and the laid back environment and helpful advice offered is wonderful.
www.mothering.com
Mothering Commune: Don't let the word “commune” deter you from visiting this site. It hosts many different forums and discussion groups with over 500,000 members. Any question that you could possibly have will be answered by someone out there who has either knowledge or experience of the same.
http://vaers.hhs.gov/
Don't jump on the vaccination bandwagon until you've done your research and checked out this government website, which has compiled all the adverse reactions of the many different vaccines out there. It is informative and unbiased, and a definite resource for any parents-to-be.
www.peristats.com
This is a website hosted by The March of Dimes and covers lots of interesting statistics for various demographics.
www.countrytoys.com - For those of you who love wooden toys (Melissa and Doug, especially) this site has a huge selection at prices that are better than the big stores. All my baby shopping is done for birthdays and Christmas this year from this one store. It is great.
