Helpful Links
Web-based Resources
Evidence Based Birth®
Evidence Based Birth® puts evidence-based information into the hands of communities so they can make empowered choices.
Birth Monopoly
Birth Monopoly is a non-profit dedicated to dismantling the monopoly that tells women how, where, and with whom they are “allowed” or “not allowed” to give birth.
The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group endeavors to inform Americans about hospital safety and promote full public disclosure of hospital performance information. Enter your city and select Maternity Care. Receive comparative and benchmark information on maternity care and quality of the patient experience.
Cal Hospital Compare
Cal Hospital Compare compares maternity care at different hospitals in your area. Measure breastfeeding rates, patient satisfaction, and more by entering in your hospital's name and clicking on "Mother/Baby" to view specific benchmarks for comparison to your planned birthing facility.
Childbirth Connection
The mission of Childbirth Connection is to improve the quality and value of maternity care through consumer engagement and health system transformation. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
Mother’s Advocate
Mother's Advocate is dedicated to helping you have the healthiest, safest, most satisfying birth possible. This website offers free video clips and print materials that will educate and inform you on how to have the birth you want for you and your baby.
Improving Birth
The mission of Improving Birth is to Inform, Support, Engage, and Empower Consumers, Community Leaders and Providers with Powerful Tools to Improve Birth.
Spinning Babies
Spinning Babies focuses on an easier birth with fetal positioning. Use this site and videos to improve fetal position (breech, transverse, posterior) and birth. Reduce the chance of cesarean.
Motherboard Birth believes that it’s vitally important that parents understand physiologic birth and know that they have options and autonomy to make informed decisions. Motherboard birth was founded by an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor and provides systemic approach to creating “visual birth plans” using evidence as your guide for decision making. Birth Fusion doula clients receive free access to their Bronze plan, a $50 value.
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Baby Friendly USA
Baby Friendly USA is a global program that was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in 1991 to encourage and recognize hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding and mother/baby bonding. Search HERE to see if your hospital is Baby Friendly.