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Chelsea Shure, CD(DONA), HCHD
chelsea at westsidedoula.com

310.428.7302

Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypno-Doula

ICAN of West Los Angeles

Chapter Leader, Chapter Founder

Doulas Association of Southern California

Proud Member, former Co-Director of Public Relations, web mistress for dascevents.org, Circle Co-Leader for West LA Circle group.

Holistic Chamber of Commerce

Proud founding member,

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Here are some websites that can help you with your research during your pregnancy (I'm adding more, be patient!):





My Optum Health.com



 


Natural Pregnancy: pregnancy.amuchbetterway.com

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Your Pregnancy Tool Box

Throughout any pregnancy, there is a lot of information to sort through.  Some of it is useful, some critical, some procedural, and some totally random.  The Westside Doula Tool Box is designed to help you sort through some of the basics.

Birth Plan:  The do's and don'ts of writing a birth plan.

Breech Presentation: Local resources, do it at home techniques to turn baby around.

Cesarean Informatino about cesareans, videos, breast feeding, and making it meaningful.

Cord Blood:   One stop shop for local cord blood banks, lots of links to articles and fact sheets.  Information on private banking and donating.

Due Date Learn how to calculate your due date and when your actual due date might be, and relevant links.

Hospitals: A list of most of the westside hospitals, and a quick guide about what each one has to offer.  Also, a list of stuff to bring to the hospital for the birth and for the stay after.

Induction : Sometimes moms and doctors consider encouraging the baby to come out earlier by inducing labor.  An article by Belly Blog reviews the science and pros and cons of induction.

Resources: A list of handy resources specific to West Los Angeles.

Yoga:  A quick review of some of the great pre-natal yoga classes that the westside has to offer.


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B IRTH website

 B IRTH - Issues in Perinatal Care

March 1999 Vol. 26.1

Sheila Kitzinger's Letter from Europe

Obstetric Metaphors and Marketing

O bstetricians use a language about pregnancy and birth that is very different from the language women speak. When doctors talk about being “high risk”, a labour being “prolonged”, “an inadequate pelvis” or diagnose an “incompetent cervix” or “failure to progress” – but especially when they make off-the-cuff comments about a “lazy uterus”, a “sloppy cervix” or a “boggy fundus”, they present a view of the world, and the place of women in it, that imposes a certain set of values and that assumes that they, as scientists, can step back and make judgements separate from the objects and systems they study. [This is a really good article, please read it here!]

 

This is a complete database of worldwide medications (generic & trade) providing information on the drugs' indications, fetal risk, breastfeeding risk, during pregnancy, according to the FDA.

 

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