Support group for natural families

Mothering.com and Mothering Magazine offer parents natural parenting and natural family living information, resources and support including the MotheringDotCommune message boards.

An organization of the best natural childbirth educators teaching natural birth classes over the last 20 years! All material is up-to-date with amazing photogaphy, graphics, research and content. No other organization can match Brio Birth's preparation for a natural birth with the evidence-based information of today.

Homebirth midwifery and doula services in Central Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania.

Natural childbirth classes teaching The Bradley Method and offering birth doula services to women seeking natural childbirth support in the home, birth center or hospital.

Midwifery services in the home and hospital by nurse-midwives.

Providing prenatal and birth care as well as well woman care birthing in a freestanding birth center in Arnold, MD (Anne Arundel County) or at AAMC in Annapolis with nurse-midwives.

Natural childbirth classes teaching The Bradley Method and birth doula services. Offering Reiki and Belly Casting, too.

The Baltimore chapter of ICAN - International Cesarean Awareness Network - works to prevent unnecessary cesareans and support women who have had cesareans. ICAN also works to educate women about VBACing. Barbara Stratton leads this group together with Bobbie Humphrey and promotes cesarean awareness and informs the public of the current cesarean rates in local Maryland hospitals as compared with the local birth center and local Maryland midwives attending births at home.

A consumer led organization working to increase access to midwives in all settings - home, birth center and hospital - as well as to support and protect Maryland midwives. Presently, MFM is working to help open a new birth center in Baltimore, is intersted in seeing all midwives in Maryland be recognized with full autonomy and is creating a homebirth and birth center birth educational web site for Maryland.

A web site for parents looking for parenting advice starting with natural pregnancy, natural childbirth, gentle baby care, cosleeping, breastfeeding, babywearing, gentle discipline, vaccine research and much more!

API offers parenting support and info through support groups around the world and is a web site full of resources and info on natural parenting aspects like Pregnancy & Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Babywearing, Cosleeping, At-Home Parenting, Gentle Parenting

Dr. James McKenna a biological anthropologist is the director of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab at the University of Notre Dame. This site lays out the guidelines that help parents cosleep safely and the research that proves how cosleeping benefits mothers as well as babies.

WAHMs selling and making cloth diapers. Over 348 stores to choose from!

CottonBabies answers all of your questions about cloth diapering including cloth vs. disposable and washing cloth diapers and all basic cloth diapering questions including how to get started!

Karen Daniel is an NPCC member and WAHM making her own cloth diapers and many other wonderful products!

Offers cloth diaper workshops, products and more sold locally!

TBW provides information, resources and a list of vendors for families seeking more education on babywearing. Slings, wraps, pouches, carriers, asian style carriers, etc...

WAHMs making and selling various types of babywearing slings, carriers, pouches, etc...

Local babywearing workshops, info and products.

LLL is a mother to mother breastfeeding support group passing down the wisdom of breastfeeding advice from one mother to the next.

At the Woman's Place in Carroll Hospital is a wonderful weekly breastfeeding support group led by LC Barbara Baldwin. Thursdays 12:30 to 1:30PM.

THE online breastfeeding information resource filled with researched based information and breastfeeding advice for mothers and babies.