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Want to know more about midwifery?

[Updates welcome at: phublou@innet.be]

• Read or participate in Sci.med.midwifery, a Usenetgroup for midwives and a forum to discuss midwifery. Archives: ftp: For more information: is the address to contact all Sci.med.midwifery moderators.
• Join Sci.med.obgyn. A Usenetgroup for those interested and involved in obstetrics and gynecology. On the Web: 
• Join the Midwife-list: Midwife-list @ Type in the body of the text only: "subscribe" (no quotes) Midwife, the list: (to send messages to the list)
• Join "Vroedvrouw & Zwangerschap" a mailinglist in Dutch and Afrikaans by dropping a note to (Patrick Hublou)
• Subscribe to one or more of the following lists by sending email to listname-request@fensende.com (where listname is the list you want) In the body of the message put ONLY the word "subscribe" (no quotes).

        Midwife         Discussion by all kinds of midwives about birth and
                        living life as a midwife.

        CCE             Childbirth educators, emphasis on natural birth.

        ICAN            Cesarean support group.

        Doula           Professional pregnancy, labor, and postpartum support
                        people.

        AL              Apprentice Midwives' List.

        Yalad           Discussion of Jewish Birth Issues.  For Rabbis,
                        Parents, Professionals.

        LadysHands      The Lady's Hands list. For Pagan Birth Professionals.

        PAM             Pregnancy After Miscarriage. For couples who are
                        attempting pregnancy or carrying a baby after a loss of
                        any kind. Professionals or people who have been there
                        and want to offer support are welcome!

Each list also has a digested version: all posts from the day are sent out as one message each night. To subscribe, follow the same procedure, but address your email to listname-digest-request@fensende.com
• Visit Ms. Donna Dolezal Zelzer's "The On-line birth center" at http: or subscribe to her "OLB News" by sending a message to with in the body. For info, write to with in the body.
• Conferences organized by Midwifery Today Inc. are listed at: http: Midwifery Today Inc., PO Box 2672, Eugene, OR 97402, U.S.A. Phone: 800-743-0974, Fax: 541-344-1422, Email: midwifery@aol.com
• Take a look at Kate Weber Brown's pages: Home Birth Information: http:
• WWW Sites for Midwives: http:
• One good starting point with many links is: http:
• Check out http: info on lists for Doula's, Childbirth Educators Apprentice midwives, Jewish birth issues, Paganism & birth
• Marilyn's Midwifery Page http:
• MIDIRS, Midwives Information and Resource Service http:
• Go and discover http:
• The bibliography FAQ provides a selection of books on midwifery and can be download at: ftp:
• Request a copy of one of the following documents at : Approximate date of publishing to the Net mentioned between brackets.

        * OMEN+  (Monthly; 7th)
                On-line Midwifery Editorships of Non-commercial periodicals

                Includes CPPCs (Contact Persons & Press Contacts)

        * Want to know more about midwifery? ((Bimonthly; 7th)
                A selection of midwifery related resources (URLs, lists, ...)

        * Info "Vroedvrouw & Zwangerschap"      (Irregularly)
                Information regarding the Dutch midwifery mailinglist

        * Breastfeeding Homepages (URLs)        (On request; email)
                A list of documents on WWW (URLs) regarding breastfeeding

        * Birthstoolplans       (On request; via personal email only)
                Construction plan for a birthstool saved as a multi-platform
                readable RTF encoded (graphic) file (scan)

        * Midwifery Agenda      (Monthly; 14th)
                Agenda of international minded midwifery activities. Includes
                "Want to know more about midwifery?"

        * "Sci.med.midwifery a Usenetgroup for midwives"    (Irregularly)
                Presentation of the Usenetgroup Sci.med.midwifery

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