I. Pregnancy

Ask Dr. Sears                        
Association for Improvements in Maternity Services     
Baby Center                         
Baby Center India                     
Birth India    
Having a Baby? 10 Questions to Ask    
Mothering Magazine                 
Mother Space India   
International Cesarean Awareness Network  Cesarean and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) Awareness                         
 

Birth Plans

A. Interactive online birth plan                                                       
B. Birth plan template      
C. Birth plan worksheet    

       
II. Childbirth

Childbirth Connection               
Choices in Childbirth                 
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services     
Ina May Gaskin - Author, Activist, Innovator   
Pushed Birth
 

Independent Birth Centers

Birthing Center in Goa        
The Sanctum, Natural Birth Center at Hyderabad
Birth Village at Cochin, Kerala               
India’s Traditional Midwives – the Dais
American Association of Birth Centers
 

Labour Support

Best Evidence: Labour Support     
Doulas of North America
Lamaze International
 

Evidence Based Midwifery Care

Midwifery Model of Care 
World Health Organization (WHO): ‘Birth is not an Illness’.  
Mother Baby Childbirth Initiative (IMBCI) 
 

Women’s Birth Rights           

Childbirth Connection 
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)

III.  Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India
Breastfeeding (with live breastfeeding Q&A)
Kellymom Breastfeeding & Parenting       
La Leche League International            
UNICEF BFHI: Breast Feeding Hospital Initiative

IV.  Postpartum

Attachment Parenting International’s (API) Eight Principles of Parenting
Fussy / High Need Babies
Robin Lim's postpartum wisdom                
 

Postpartum Depression (PPD)

Baby Blues or PPD?        
Postpartum Support International: India    
Online PPD Support Group        
What Babies Want         

V.  Suggested Reading           

Birth Blogs

BirthVillage (Cochin, Kerala) blog
The Sanctum birth center (Hyderabad) blog
Delhi-based doula Divya's blog 
Dr. Sarah J. Buckley's articles  
Midwife Stephanie's blog Vita Mutari
Midwife Gloria Lemay's blog
Vancouver Doula's blog