Lists Yoga
Tips & Guidelines - Great ideas for the pregnant yogini by Sue Elkind.
Reading List - This list
is always changing - please email
your personal faves! Questions
For You & Your Partner to Ask Your Families - A good way to get more info
and discover the ways your parents' experience may have influenced your expectations. Questions
for Your Partner - Open communication lines - avoid assuming anything is obvious. Questions
for Your Doctor - Questions and desirable answers from Julie Freitas, Birth
and Infant Care Educator Natural
Induction - Please do not try any of the therapies listed without first consulting
your OB or midwife. Except maybe "The Salad." Also, see the Acupuncturists
list. Labor-ade - A recipe
to restore electrolyte balance and prevent dehydration during labor. Shawn's
short list - One yoga student, pregnant with her second baby, compiled all
the essentials. She promises this is all you'll need! What
to Bring to the Hospital - A complete list of necessary (and not so necessary)
supplies you'll be happy to have with you. Post-delivery
relief - A recipe for a soothing herbal compress that can speed your healing
process and reduce discomfort. Returning
Home with Baby - It's hard to believe but it's true - you will get home again
with a new addition to your family. Here are some things that might make the transition
easier. Baby Toiletries
- An extensive list of how to stock your bathroom and changing area. Baby
Products and Resources - Recommended items and websites. Supplies
for Mom - Everything you'll need for you! Herbs
for Breastfeeding Moms - A list of handy herbs to have around... Fertility
- Great people and resources to help you along your journey. Chocolate
- A list of studies that you can use to defend yourself when caught with that
empty wrapper. Pregnancy Tea
- Early and late pregnancy tea recipes with raspberry leaf from Healing Yourself
During Pregnancy by Joy Gardner. Even pregnant cats will stop to nibble raspberry
leaves! Vaccination Info
- Be informed about the risks and benefits. Nausea
Remedies - Including my favorite, a natural supplement called Soothe Helpful
Websites www.childbirth.org/interactive/ibirthplan.html
- a good place to start creating a birth plan for yourself.
www.epi-no.com
- a birth preparation product popular in Europe that helps prevent tearing and
other injuries during birth. www.909shot.com
- a website all about vaccinations. www.lapregnancy.com
- Los Angeles pregnancy and birth resources. www.urbanbaby.com
- there's a list of resale baby gear shops in different neighborhoods along with
other lists.
www.cdc.gov
- information about toxoplasmosis (if you have cats, you might want to read this) www.spinningbabies.com
- find out what some people think might help to keep or turn your baby in the
optimal position
juvenileshop.com
- they have a pillow that looks like a doorstopper that completely got rid of
one student's sleep discomforts. http://www.bellaband.com
- a helpful band you can use around your jeans to keep wearing your jeans long
past the time you could zip them. www.cordblooddonor.org
- cord blood donation information to help someone in need of a stem cell transplant. Recommended
Caregivers and Specialists
ALL recommended practitioners
on the site have come used and highly recommended by kula members. Acupuncturists
- Here's a list of recommended acupuncturists. Breastfeeding
Assistance - Know who you're going to
call for help BEFORE you give birth.
Best
Childbirth Prep and Infant Care Class - This 8-session, once a week Birth
Prep and Infant Care Class is all you and your partner need to go forth into parenthood
as a confident team. Julie Freitas has been teaching for 30 years, and as a doula
has helped at over 200 births at hospitals and homes throughout LA. Ana Markel
is an amazing doula and teacher. Call Ana at 818-763-7202 to find out about
their next class.
Chiropractors
Specializing in Pregnancy Labor
Doulas and Postpartum Doulas
- An important, ever-growing list. Free
Carseat Installation Infant CPR
& First Aid Training - Richard Pass, RN, 818-344-1442, www.savealittlelife.com.
Infant Massage - Octavia Lindlahr comes
to your house and teaches you massage techniques that help you bond with your
baby and even detect and relieve some physical discomforts. www.sacredmotherdoula.com Midwives
- Here's a list of great midwives to talk to. New Mom's
Group - Led by Julie's friend Nancy Beyda. New topic every session. 323-871-8822.
1949 Wilton Place - off Franklin. Nutritionist
- Dr. Ken Yasny - 323-654-6792. Loves to work with women to help them feel great
through their pregnancy - and often ends up working with their children for years.
Pregnancy
Massage Therapists Tummy Casts - Call Gayle
Gale. 323-874-3887. | 
