Websites

• Lamaze International, Inc. (1-800-368-4404)
• International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (California)
  (1-800-686-ICAN)
  • Baltimore ICAN group-ICANofBaltimore@comcast.net
• Depression After Delivery
  Support for women with mood disorders after childbirth. 
• Postpartum  Support International 
• Well Mother.Com
• Massachusetts General Hospital for Women's Mental Health
• The National Women's Health Information Center
  US Department of Health and Human Services on Women's Health
• Columbiayoga.com
  Prenatal/Postnatal yoga classes for moms and babies
  Route 108, Suite 109
  Columbia, Md. 21045
  410-720-4340

Organizations that train, certify Doulas or Labor Assistants to support women through labor:

• Doulas of North America (DONA)
  1-801-756-7331
• The Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators(ALACE)
  1-617-441-2500
• The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)
  1-800-624-4934
• Birthworks
  1-609-953-9380

Books on adjustment to New Parenthood for couples:

• Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
  Tracy Hogg
• How to Survive Your Baby's First Year
  Edited by B. Kaufmann and Y. Kaufmann
• Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood
  Jenny McCarthy
• Baby 411:Clear Answers and Smart Advice for Your Baby's First Year
  Denise Fields and Ari Brown, M.D.
• The Working Gal's Guide to Babyville-Your Must Have Manual for Life with Baby
  Paige Hobey w/ Allison Neil, M.D.
• The Girlfirend's Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood
  Vicki Lovine
• The Parenting Survival Kit
  Aleta Koman, M.Ed.w/ Edward Myers
• After the Baby-Making Sense of Marriage After Childbirth
  Rhonda Kruse Nordin
• The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting
  Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.

Books for Fathers and Fathers-to-Be:

• Fatherhood
  Bill Cosby
• The Everything Father's First Year Book: A Survival Guide for the First 12 Months of Being a Dad
  V. Iannelli. M.D.
• Fathers and Babies:How Babies Grow and What they Need from You from Birth to 18 Months
  Jean Marzallo
• The Joy of Fatherhood: The First Twelve Months,
  Marcus J. Goldman, M.D.
• The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year
  Armin A. Brott
• Father for Life: A Journey of Joy, Challenge and Change
  Armin A. Brott

Books to help new moms through the first year:

• The Nursing Mother's Companion
  Kathleen Huggins
• Nursing Mothers, Working Mothers
  Gale Pryor
• The Baby Book
  William Sears, M.D., Martha Sears, R.N.
• Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
  Christiane Northrup, M.D.
• This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression
  Karen Kleiman, M.S.W., Valerie D. Raskin, M.D.
• Mothering the New Mother: Women's Feelings and Needs after Childbirth- A Support and Resource Guide
  Sally Placksin     
• Down Came the Rain-My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
  Brooke Shields
• The Darkest Days of My Life: Stories of Postpartum Depression
  Natasha S. Mauther
• Women's Moods: What Every Woman Must Know about Hormones, the Brain and Mental Health
  Deborah Sichel, M.D., Jeanne Watson Driscoll, M.D.

Therapy for women with physical problems:

• The Center for Integrated Manual Therapies. LLC
  • Typical diagnoses addressed:
    • pelvic floor weakness, incontinence, organ prolapse, pelvic pain, pre/postnal dysfunctions
  • Karen A. Johnson, MPT, CFMT - Physical Therapist
  • 410-740-2155
  • kajcimt@earthlink.net
• Liz Smull, CMT
  • Massage  Therapist-includes pregnancy massage
  • 443-283-2018
  • www.herhealthpt.com
• Susan Guerino, CMT, L. Ac.
  • Massage Therapist, Acupuncturist, Pregnancy Massage
  • 410-730-2700
  • ACUGUERINO@YAHOO.COM 
• Michael S. Lasser, M.D.
  • Pediatric/Adolescent Medicine
  • 410-381-5365
  • www.LasserPediatrics.yourmd.com 
• Dr. JonathanC. Nou, MUAC
  • Allcare Chiropractic, LLC
  • 410 -992-4901/301-725-6884
  • www.AllCareChiropractic.com

Hotlines:

• 911
• 1-800-PPD-MOMS- 1-800-773-6667
• 1-800-SUICIDE-1-800-784-2433

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