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RECOMMENDED READING AND RESOURCES

Preconception and Early Pregnancy
Books
Resources

Fertility Web Links

Preconception Information
RECOMMENDED READING

ACNM and Jacobs, Sandra: Having Your Baby With a Nurse Midwife (1993).

Aikey-Keller,Brenda : Preconception: A Woman's Guide to Preparing for Pregnancy and Parenthood (ICEA, 1990).

Birthing: Making the Right Choices (4 Sound Cassettes, 1986).

Bruce, Debra Fulghum, and Thatcher, Samuel.
Making a Baby: Everything You Need to Know to Get Pregnant

Butler, Joan Maire, RNC, CNM: Fit and Pregnant (Acorn Publishing, 1995).

Conkling, Winifred
Getting Pregnant Naturally: Healthy Choices to Boost Your Chances of Conceiving Without Fertility Drugs.
Douglas, Ann. The Unofficial Guide to Having a Baby.
http://www.having-a-baby.com/
Douglas, Ann. Trying Again.

http://www.having-a-baby.com/tryingagain.htm

Eliot, Lise

What's Going On in There ?: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life.
Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth.

Herman, Barry and Perry, Susan:  The Twelve Month Pregnancy (Los Angeles: Howell House, 1882)

Kass, Annese, Danzer:  The Fertility Awareness Handbook (ICEA, 1992)

Lerner, Paul and Julie. Lerner's Consumer Guide to Health Care (2001).

Linden, Dana Weschler. Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies.

Luminare-Rosen, Carista. Parenting Begins Before Conception.  (2000).

http://www.creativeparenting.com/home.html

Mars, Richard.

Dr. Richard Marrs' Fertility Book: American's Leading Fertilty Expert Tells you Everything You Need to Know About Getting Pregnant.

Montgomery, Anne. Having Children Resource Pathways (1999)

Payne, Niravi B.    http://www.niravi.com/

The Whole Person Fertility Program - A Revolutionary Mind/Body Process to Help You Conceive

Shettles, Landrum B. How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: The Method Best Supported by Scientific Evidence.

Stoppard, Miriam. Conception, Pregnancy & Birth. (2000).

Sussman, John and Levitt, B. Blake: Before You Conceive: The Complete Pre-Pregnancy Guide.  (New York: Bantam Books,  1989)

Weschler, Toni: Taking Charge of Your Fertility. (Revised Ed).

http://www.tcoyf.com/
RESOURCES
ENVIRO-HEALTH: 1-800-NIEHS-94  OR E-MAIL: 
envirohealth@niehs.nih.gov
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/fmla.htm
HEALTHY OPTIONS: 1-800-282-3064
Health Care Without Harm http://www.noharm.org/home.html
Green Birthdays
http://www.noharm.org/library/docs/Green_Birthdays.pdf
Environmental Safety in the Birthplace
OSHA www.osha.gov
Reproductive Hazards
http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/reproductivehazards/index.htm
Effects of Workplace Hazards on Female Reproductive Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/99-104.html
Effects pf Workplace Hazards on Male Reproductive Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/malrepro.html
PREGNANCY FORESIGHT PROJECT
http://www.swedishmedical.org/PregnancyForesight/Home.html
PREGNANCY HEALTHLINE TERATOGENS: 1-800-528-9001
TERATOGEN REGISTRY: 1-800-532-3749
WASHINGTON: BASIC HEALTH PLAN: 1-800-826-2444
WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN (WIC)
http://www.fns.usda.gov/WIC/
WORKER RIGHTS UNDER WASHINGTON LAW
http://www.wa.gov/lni/home/rights.htm
Smoking Cessation
Stopping Smoking Program at St Peter’s Hospital, Olympia, WA
Care to Quit: 360-493-4111
Stopping Smoking Programs at Capital Medical Center
360-754-5858
1-877-270-STOP http://www.doh.wa.gov/tobacco
1-877-2NO-FUME (SPANISH)
1-877-777-6534 (TTY)
RESOURCES FOR BOOKS ABOUT PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH CASCADE HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS INC
http://www.1cascade.com/
BIRTH AND LIFE  BOOKSTORE
http://www.1cascade.com/birthlife.html
141 Commercial NE

Salem, OR, 97301-3402, USA

(503) 371-4445 1-800-443-9942
OUR HOURS ARE 8:30-4:30 PST Monday-Friday
FAX (503) 371-5395 onecascade@worldnet.att.ne
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association)
ICEA  Bookcenter: [http://www.icea.org/]
PO Box 20048
Minneapolis, MN, 55420, USA.
1-800-624-4934 & Fax: 1-612-854-8772
 
 

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