Resources

Welcome to the circle. This resource list covers: Menstruation, Pregnancy, Birth, Postnatal and Menopause.

Menstruation

Red School – redschoolonline.net

Jane Hardwick Collings – www.moonsong.com.au

Red Tent Directory – redtentdirectory.com

Red Tents In Every Neighborhood – www.deannalam.com

Menstrual pads, cups, etc – www.moontimes.co.uk

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PREGNANCY, BIRTH & PARENTING

Local birth groups

Exeter Home birth group, meeting monthly http://www.exeterhomebirth.com/

Friday night Pregnancy Well-being group on Zoom: https://thenestsouthwestcommunityinterestcompany.wordpress.com/pregnancy-birth/

Exeter Babies, for real nappies, peer breastfeeding support and playgroups in Exeter http://www.exeterbabies.co.uk/

List of local doulas covering Exeter, put in your postcode to find who covers your area: https://doula.org.uk/find-a-doula/

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Pregnancy & Birth

Doula UK: http://doula.org.uk/

AIMS (wealth of information on all aspects of maternity provision): http://aims.org.uk/

Birth Choices UK: http://www.birthchoiceuk.com/BirthChoiceUKFrame.htm?http://www.birthchoiceuk.com/Antenatal.htm

BellyBelly (pregnancy, birth & baby resource): http://www.bellybelly.com.au/

Spinning Babies (a must visit website): http://www.spinningbabies.com/more-info/for-pregnancy

Independent Midwives UK: http://www.independentmidwives.org.uk/

IPEN Independent Placenta Encapsulation Network: http://www.placentanetwork.com/

Hormones: http://www.essexmums.org/pregnancy-hormones.html

Breech Birth: http://www.breechbirth.ca/Welcome.html

Birthing supplies: http://www.homebirthsupplies.co.uk/

TEDX talks on pregnancy, birth & doulas http://www.hellosunshineok.com/blog/2015/7/21/ted-talks-for-pregnancy-and-birth

JUNO magazine: http://www.junomagazine.com/ – for a free copy enter the code: UDC31187 on this page: http://shop.junopublishing.co.uk/contact-us/get-a-free-copy/

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Homebirth

Exeter Home Birth Support Group: http://www.exeterhomebirth.com/

Homebirth: http://www.homebirth.org.uk/

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Water birth

http://www.thegoodbirth.co.uk/obstacles_to_a_waterbirth
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/water.htm
http://www.aims.org.uk/choosewater.htm
https://www.birthpoolinabox.co.uk/

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Hypnobirthing

http://www.natalhypnotherapy.co.uk

http://www.hypnobirthing.co.uk/

https://www.kghypnobirthing.com/

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Breastfeeding

Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: http://abm.me.uk tel: 0300 330 5453

Breastfeeding Network: http://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/ 0300100 0212

La Leche League: http://www.lalecheleague.org/

NCT: http://www.nct.org.uk/parenting/breastfeeding-concerns

Sleep & breastfeeding: http://www.analyticalarmadillo.co.uk/2010/11/breastfeeding-moms-dont-get-less-sleep.html?m=1

KellyMom: http://www.kellymom.com/

BellyBelly (pregnancy, birth & baby resource): http://www.bellybelly.com.au/


Parenting:

Parenting by Connection: https://www.handinhandparenting.org/who-we-are/our-approach/

Childs 1st year: http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/babyspeaks.html

Natural Parenting UK: www.natural-parenting.com

Steve Biddulph http://www.stevebiddulph.com/Site_1/Home.html

The Informed Parent: http://www.informedparent.co.uk/

JUNO magazine: http://www.junomagazine.com/ – for a free copy enter the code: UDC31187 on this page: http://shop.junopublishing.co.uk/contact-us/get-a-free-copy/

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Baby wearing:

http://www.slingmeet.co.uk/
http://www.babywearing.co.uk/
http://www.schoolofbabywearing.com/


Postnatal mental health

Pandas Foundation
www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

Helpline 0843 28 98 401
Pandas Foundation vision is to support every individual with Pre or Postnatal Depression in England. We campaign to change the law, provide Pandas Help Line, offer advice to all and much more.

The Association for Postnatal Illness
apni.org

Helpline 020 7386 0868
Provides a telephone helpline, information leaflets for sufferers and healthcare professionals as well as a network of volunteers, who have themselves experienced postnatal illness.

Cry-sis
www.cry-sis.org.uk

Helpline 08451 228 669
Offers support for families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies.

MAMA – The “Meet A Mum Association”
www.mama.co.uk

Helpline 0845 120 3746
Self-help groups for mothers with small children.

NCT – The National Childbirth Trust
www.nct.org.uk

Postnatal Line – 0300 330 0773
Help over a million mums and dads each year through pregnancy, birth and early days of parenthood. Offer antenatal and postnatal courses, local support and reliable information to help all parents.

Samaritans
http://www.samaritans.org

Telephone 08457 90 90 90
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.

Action on Postpartum Psychosis
http://app-network.healthunlocked.com
Action on Postpartum Psychosis

Mummys star supporting women with cancer https://www.mummysstar.org

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Mental health helplines

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/


Menopause

Recommended books

Susun S Weed ‘ New Menopausal Years’
Dr Christine Northrup ‘The Wisdom of Menopause’
Clarissa Pinkola Estes ‘How to be an Elder’
Diane Richardson ‘Slow sex’
Dr Jerilynn Prior ‘Estrogens Storm Season’
Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD ‘Goddesses in Older Women’
Sally J Duffel ‘Grow your own HRT’
Jane Lewis ‘Me and my menopausal vagina’
Lara Briden ‘Period Repair manual’
Darcey Steinke ‘Flash Count Diary’
Dr Lani ‘No nonsense Bone health Guide’

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