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Adopting.org
Designed for everyone interested in adoption, this site covers all aspects of information on the adoption
process including a birth family search, international adoption, step-parent adoption, foster parenting, and
resources for adoption professionals.
Adoption Referral and Information Service
Providing information and education for pre- and post-adoptive families.
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Adoptive Families
This award-winning national adoption magazine is one of the leading information sources for families before, during, and after adoption.
Perspective Press
Providing award-winning books, articles, and workshops for consumers and professionals on infertility,
reproductive health, and alternative family building.
Tapestry Books
Complete source for adoption books, with national and international focus.
World Association for Children and Parents
One of the most respected and experienced international nonprofit adoption agencies in the United States.
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The Breastfeeding Café
Website devoted to breastfeeding and many of the issues surrounding it.
Breastfeeding.com
Website featuring breastfeeding support and information.
La Leche League International
Support, information, and education for breastfeeding mothers. Washington chapter offers local meetings, support groups, and consultation.
ProMoM, Inc.
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| | Community Activism |
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Green Halloween
A Seattle-area community movement to create child and Earth friendly Halloween traditions. Green Halloween is about making Halloween happy and healthy, and about creating family traditions we can all be proud of.
First Candle/SIDS Alliance
A national nonprofit health organization with the goals of advancing infant health and survival, and increasing public participation and support in the fight against infant mortality.
Milkin' Mamas Breast Milk Bank
Donating precious extra breast milk allows women the unique opportunity to help premature, critically-ill, and low birth weight babies.
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MomsRising
Focusing on building a family-friendly America, including maternity/paternity leave, flexible work schedules, realistic and fair wages, and access to healthcare for everyone.
Puget Sound Blood Center Cord Blood Program
Expectant families in the Puget Sound area and in Hawaii have an opportunity to potentially save the lives of patients worldwide. Assisted by local nurses, midwives, and doctors, the Cord Blood Program collects, processes, stores, and distributes blood collected from the umbilical cord for patients needing a stem cell transplant.
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American Society for Reproductive Medicine
ASRM is a voluntary, non-profit organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in reproductive medicine, including infertility, menopause, contraception, and sexuality.
The Domar Center for Mind/Body Health
The Domar Center for Mind/Body Health helps you create measurable, positive changes in your health, and your life, by enhancing the mind-body connection. The Center is led by Dr. Alice Domar, who is recognized as an international leader in the field of mind/body medicine and women's health.
The Fertile Soul
The Fertile Soul is a comprehensive fertility institute that integrates Western and Eastern medical practices to help women and men overcome seemingly intractable infertility issues.
Fertile Thoughts
Fertile thoughts is an online community created to provide support for those facing family-building challenges.
InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination
A nonprofit organization that helps individuals and couples explore their family-building options.
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Maya Abdominal Massage ™
The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage ™ seek to restore the body to its natural balance, enhancing pregnancy, aiding in labor and delivery, miscarriages, difficult pregnancies, and infertility.
Perspective Press
Providing award-winning books, articles, and workshops for consumers and professionals on infertility, reproductive health, and alternative family building.
Resolve
Providing education, advocacy, and support around the issue of infertility.
Whole Person Mind/Body Fertility Program
The Whole Person Fertility Program is designed for women and couples desiring to become pregnant. This site provides the first mind-body program based on scientific research, teaching women and couples methods of consciousness fertility. Current mind-body fertility research and trainings are offered.
Yoga for Fertility
Yoga for Fertility classes and workshops are designed for women or couples who are trying to conceive, either naturally or through assisted reproductive technology.
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AskDrSears.com
Website is focused on attachment parenting, and is intended to help parents become better informed consumers of health care.
Attachment Parenting International
Providing educational materials and research information to promote attachment parenting concepts.
Birds + Bees + Kids
Dedicated to helping parents take the steps needed to discuss reproduction and sexuality with their children. Through fun, interactive workshops or personal coaching parents can learn what to say and when.
Families for Natural Living
Providing resources, education, and support to parents who wish to make conscious, compassionate, informed choices for their children and themselves. Contains information on natural living issues such as holistic health care, natural birthing, attachment parenting, alternative schooling, nutritious whole foods, and environmentally conscientious living.
Fathers' Forum® Online
The Fathers' Forum aims to help fathers connect with each other and reflect on what it means to become a parent.
FatherWork
FatherWork provides stories, ideas, and activities to encourage generative fathering.
Healthy Child Healthy World
Healthy Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures. Educating parents, supporting protective policies, and engaging communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices, and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish.
Holistic Moms Network
Website for mothers interested in holistic and natural approaches to parenting, with an attachment-based perspective.
Holistic Pediatric Association
A non-profit, educational organization that unites parents and health professionals in the common goal of improving and transforming pediatric medicine into a safe, nurturing, and sensible holistic health care system for children.
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Kids With Food Allergies
Enhancing the quality of life for children with food allergies by providing a variety of programs, services, forums, and resources to assist families in caring for their children.
Mothering Magazine
A wonderful magazine, with a website that contains useful articles, resources, and information for natural family living.
The National Center for Fathering
Improving the well-being of children by inspiring and equipping men to be more effectively involved in the lives of children.
Natural Child Project
Over one hundred articles on attachment parenting, home schooling, and child advocacy. The website includes the Global Children's Art Gallery, the Internet's largest collection of children's art.
The O'Mama Report
The O'Mama Report is an online resource for women who want to make the best possible decisions about organic agriculture and organic products. It is a community in which women share their experience, ideas, and inspiration. Includes information on creating an organic world for babies and children.
Parent Map
Monthly news magazine and searchable Family Directory for parents in the Puget Sound region. A wonderful local resource.
The Parenting Calendar
A listing of numerous parent education opportunities in the central Puget Sound area published quarterly.
Project No Spank
A resource for parents, students, educators, education policymakers, healthcare providers, children's advocates, and all others who are concerned with the safety and well-being of children.
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Dancing Women Meal Delivery
Home delivery of healthy, affordable, and delicious meals. A nice way to support new parents.
Doulas of North America
An international association of doulas who are trained to provide the highest quality emotional, physical, and educational support to women and their families during childbirth and postpartum.
MedEd
Excellent site developed with the support of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to provide education about Postpartum Depression.
Northwest Association for Postpartum Support
Postpartum doula information and referral site.
The Online PPD Support Group
Information, support, and assistance to those dealing with postpartum mood disorders, their families, friends, physicians, and counselors.
Postpartum Progress
Promoting progress in treatment and comfort among those with Postpartum Mood Disorders, including Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Postpartum Psychosis.
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The Postpartum Stress Center
Serving the needs of pregnant women and their families who experience difficulties related to pregnancy, pregnancy loss, and the postpartum period.
Postpartum Support International
Offering support, information, and education in Postpartum Mood Disorders.
Postpartum Support International of Washington
Washington chapter of PSI, offering support, information, and education in Postpartum Mood Disorders.
Speak Up When You're Down
Website for the Washington State Postpartum Depression (PPD) Awareness Campaign, committed to addressing PPD in ways that will inform, inspire, and impact the future health of women, children and their families in Washington.
Trauma and Birth Stress
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder suffered as a result of a traumatic birth experience has only recently been recognized. This website offers comprehensive information and education on birth stress and trauma.
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Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health
An educational non-profit organization dedicated to the in-depth exploration of the psychological, emotional, and social development of babies and parents from preparation for pregnancy through the postpartum period and establishment of breastfeeding.
BabyBoy.Info
This website offers information on the topic of circumcision.
Birthing From Within
Classes that offer a soulful and holistic approach that prepare parents to birth-in-awareness. Parents learn practical information through thought-provoking dialogues, interesting videos, and memorable exercises.
Birthing the Future
Non-profit organization seeking to provide wisdom about birth and the care of mothers and babies.
Bringing Baby Home
The Bringing Baby Home project aims to improve the quality of life for babies and children by strengthening their families.
Childbirth Connection
National not-for-profit organization that uses research, education and advocacy to improve maternity care for all women and their families. A great resource for women, families, and health care professionals.
Circumcision Information and Resource Pages
Providing information about all aspects of the genital surgery known as circumcision.
Circumcision Resource Center
Non-profit educational organization with the purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice of circumcision.
Citizens for Midwifery
The only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care.
Website contains useful resources and information.
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
A coalition of individuals and organizations with concern for the care and well-being of mothers, babies, and families. Promotes a wellness model of maternity care.
The Compleat Mother
A print and online magazine with the purpose of promoting natural, enjoyable vaginal birth and extended breastfeeding.
Dandelion Botanical Company
Dandelion has built their reputation on buying quality products that are from organic or ethically wildcrafted sources. They will mix together any formula of herbs including prenatal tea and postpartum sitz bath herbs.
Doulas of North America
An international association of doulas who are trained to provide the highest quality emotional, physical, and educational support to women and their families during childbirth and postpartum.
Earth Mama Angel Baby
A complete line of all-natural and organic herbal products and gifts that support the entire process of childbirth, from natural pregnancy through labor, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and natural baby care.
Henci Goer Website
Award-winning medical writer and internationally known speaker, Henci Goer is the author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. Her previous book, Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities, is a highly-acclaimed resource for childbirth professionals. An independent scholar, she is an acknowledged expert on evidence-based maternity care.
HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method
A unique method of relaxed, natural childbirth education, enhanced by self-hypnosis techniques. HypnoBirthing® shows women how to use their natural instincts to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing. Emphasis is placed on pregnancy and childbirth, as well as on pre-birth parenting and the consciousness of the pre-born baby.
International Cesarean Awareness Network
Improving maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC).
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March of Dimes
Information and answers about pregnancy, your baby, prematurity, genetic disorders, and much more.
Maya Abdominal Massage ™
The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage ™ seek to restore the body to its natural balance, enhancing pregnancy, aiding in labor and delivery, miscarriages, difficult pregnancies, and infertility.
Midwives Association of Washington State
Providing resources, referrals and information for expecting families and midwives in Washington State.
Mothers Naturally
The goal of Mothers Naturally is to increase the number of safe and positive births by educating and informing the public about natural birth options and empowering women to make pregnancy and birth choices appropriate for their lives.
Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS)
The Pacific Association for Labor Support is an organization dedicated to the development of the doula profession, the primary purpose of which is to positively influence the childbearing experience for women and their families.
The Peapod Book and Birth Store
Located at Gracewinds Perinatal Services in Seattle, Peapod carries a wide range of essential products for mother and baby.
pushedbirth
Pushedbirth.com is the sister site for Pushed, the book, and was created to provide women with uncensored, unsweetened information about US childbirth care.
Safe Birth
A website focused on helping expectant parents understand the choices they can make about their birth experiences.
Sheila Kitzenger
Website of author and midwife Sheila Kitzenger. Explore aspects of birth, drawing on things that Sheila has learned from her research as a social anthropologist about women's experiences of pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding.
Sidelines
Non-profit organization providing international support for women and their families experiencing complicated pregnancies and premature births.
Spinning Babies
Spinning babies offers information on achieving an easier birth through optimal fetal positioning.
Transition to Parenthood
Comprehensive local website on childbirth education and resources.
Waterbirth International
Waterbirth International was founded with the goal of making waterbirth an available option for all women.
WishGarden Herbs
WishGarden Herbs got its start as a cottage industry providing remedies for pregnancy and childbirth. They offer outstanding, time-tested specialty products to aid in labor and delivery.
WombEcology.com
This website focuses on the life period with the highest adaptability and vulnerability to environmental factors- the period inside the womb.
World Baby Foods
Organic and nutritionally balanced baby foods based on the cuisines of the world. Baby foods are preservative free, designed by physicians, and favor local farmers. Diverse multicultural flavors help baby develop into a healthier, happier, and better eater.
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Babyloss
Providing information and support for anyone affected by the death of a baby during pregnancy, at birth, or shortly afterwards.
Born Angels
A special place to spend some time for grieving parents who have lost a baby at any stage of pregnancy, including ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal loss.
Center for Loss in Multiple Birth
Providing parent-to-parent support for those who have experienced the death of one or more twins or multiple-birth children at any time from conception through birth, infancy, and early childhood.
First Candle/SIDS Alliance
A national nonprofit health organization with the goals of advancing infant health and survival, and increasing public participation and support in the fight against infant mortality.
Healing Hearts Baby Loss Comfort
Healing Hearts offers resource and memorial pages, and comfort support products for grieving families and friends.
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The M.I.S.S. Foundation
Support and information for families who have experienced the loss of a baby or child.
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
For families overcome by grief, the idea of photographing their baby may not immediately occur to them. Offering gentle and beautiful photography services in a compassionate and sensitive manner is the heart of this organization. The soft, gentle heirloom photographs of these beautiful babies are an important part of the healing process. They allow families to honor and cherish their babies, and share the spirits of their lives.
P.S. of Puget Sound
Parent support for miscarriage, stillbirth, and newborn death.
SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support
Providing support to those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or newborn death. All information packets, correspondence, and support are free of charge for bereaved parents.
Silent Grief
Support for all who have suffered miscarriage and later child loss.
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Abundant Spring
Abundant Spring is the Fertility Acupuncture practice of Lee Hullender, LAc. Lee's experience and expertise will directly assist you and your body to prepare for conception, pregnancy, and the safe delivery of your healthy baby. Abundant Spring provides experienced and specialized Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment for both men and women with fertility issues.
Barefoot Books
Jennifer Strohl is a local Independent Distributor of Barefoot Books, a company which celebrates art and story for children with award-winning books and products that encourage independence of spirit, enthusiasm for learning, and sharing of the world's diversity. Barefoot Books combines the best of the present with the best of the past to educate our children as the caretakers of tomorrow.
Bee Hive Day Spa
Exceptional service by professionals who are highly trained in holistic, organic skin care and massage therapy. Offering delicious spa services such as the vanilla carrot cake chocolate frosting facial, the coconut cupcake body scrub, and the chocolate mint tootsie wrap. Services available include pregnancy massage.
Bird & Bee Acupuncture
Tristin McLaren, LAc, MSA, provides compassionate acupuncture services in prenatal, postpartum, and reproductive health for today's women and tomorrow's generation.
Elemental Birth Midwifery
Serving the Seattle area, Melissa Denmark and Erin Curtiss, Licensed Midwives and Seattle Midwifery School faculty members, are dedicated to providing you with safe, personalized, and compassionate midwifery care.
Fertile Path
Susan Carr, ND, naturopathic physician, offers all-natural, safe, and non-invasive solutions to your fertility challenges.
Holistic Doula Services
Offering birth doula and birth photography services in Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties.
Moonrise Health
Moonrise Health is owned and operated by Brandy Ross, ND, LM, CPM. She provides personalized midwifery and naturopathic medicine to Seattle, Lynnwood and surrounding areas. She takes a special interest in homebirth, women's health care and pediatrics, but also provides care for the whole family.
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Ruby Moon Wellness
Sarah Furtek, LMP, creates a nurturing and sacred space for change and encourages clients to integrate self-care into day-to-day life. Offering therapeutic massage and Maya Abdominal Massage.
Sharon Gray, LAc, LMP
Sharon's work promotes digestive health and wellness with a gentle blend of acupuncture, massage, and nutrition support.
Sindea Horste
Sindea is a talented photographer, providing unique location portraiture in Snohomish County, Seattle, and on the Eastside. She works with families in those special moments in life that should be remembered-offering pregnancy, birth, and family photography. She brings a calm, yet fun presence to every portrait session. She is also an experienced birth and postpartum doula.
Skagit Natural Family Medicine
An extraordinary primary health care clinic that is committed to excellence in health care. Natural family medicine, including midwifery and pediatric care.
Sound Holistic Health
A multidisciplinary family medical clinic located in downtown Everett offering natural and comprehensive care for the whole family. Offering counseling, naturopathic medicine, acupuncture (including acupuncture for fertility), chiropractic care, massage therapy, nutrition consultation, HypnoBirthing®, and reflexology. Home to the Kindred Spirit Learning Center, which offers a variety of classes, including mom and baby yoga.
Violet Lane Birth Services
Megan Miles provides prenatal education, loving and respectful care through labor and birth, lactation support, and postpartum assistance.
Yoga for Fertility
Lynn Jensen, RYT, MBA, offers Yoga for Fertility classes and workshops that are designed for women or couples who are trying to conceive, either naturally or through assisted reproductive technology.
Zoe Lotus Healing Arts
Beth Webber, MSOM, LAc, LMP, practices a unique blend of gentle acupuncture, massage and breath work, Maya Abdominal Massage, herbals, and nutritional and lifestyle recommendations in each session. She specializes in women's wellness, supporting women from puberty through menopause and beyond.
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Please note: Chrysalis Counseling Services is not responsible for the contents of any of the above-referenced websites, and inclusion in this list does not indicate that Chrysalis Counseling Services is in any way endorsing the policies, procedures, or views contained therein. |
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