There are independent childbirth educators who choose to develop their own childbirth classes, as well as doulas who wish to offer their clients childbirth education as part of their services. A common challenge for these birth professionals is the desire to develop a comprehensive curriculum that meets the needs of a broad audience, is current, [...]

At a Twitter DoulaParty about a week ago, I heard about some informative YouTube videos for doulas and childbirth educators recorded by Janice Banther. There are 13 videos so far on Janice’s YouTube channel, ranging in length from 2-11 minutes in length. Learn some tricks to getting doctors to sign off on your evaluations, how to schedule doula clients, and how to help clients during birth in a variety of situations.

An email signature is such a simple way to let people know what you do and where to find out more information about you. If you have an online email account like Gmail or Hotmail, you can use WiseStamp to create a customized email signature. It currently works with Firefox and Google Chrome.

Darline Turner, a friend of mine in Austin, has a wonderful resource for expectant women who are on bed rest. A mama herself who experienced high-risk pregnancies, Darline has taken her professional wisdom of health and fitness and created an exercise video especially for women on bed rest. In addition, she has numerous articles, podcasts, and resources on her Mamas on Bedrest & Beyond website.

As much as I use my Outlook calendar and love my iPhone to track my appointments and important dates, there’s something about using a paper-based planner that just works well for me.

About a year ago, I found a great website called Productive Flourishing that’s run by Charlie Gilkey. He writes great articles about time management and getting organized, but what I really love is that he offers, for FREE, great printable planning calendars. And, he updates them each month. If you subscribe to his newsletter, you’ll be invited to visit his “secret lab”, where you have access to the month’s planners.

Here are ten links to birth and pregnancy related articles found on Facebook this week.

Hale Publishing provides breastfeeding books and materials such as Dr. Thomas Hale’s ever popular Medications and Mother’s Milk. I just learned that they also have a page on their website with 8 pamphlets in PDF format that can be printed and shared

Natural Baby Pros is a valuable resource for families as well as childbirth professionals that was born with co-founder Jen Aliano’s vision of creating a virtual gathering place for childbirth professionals and families to connect. The site’s focus is on providing families with information “about the natural and alternative options in creating healthy, natural babies and moms.

Childbirth professionals can add another dimension to their practice and to their experiences serving women during pregnancy and postpartum by becoming more familiar with hypnosis and encouraging their clients to consider the use of hypnosis during pregnancy and birth.

Here are 10 interesting links that have been shared recently via social media and birth forums in the past couple weeks: