This is far from an exhaustive list of Corvallis area resources. If you patronize any businesses listed here, please mention the MidValley Doula Network. Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement or recommendation from the entire MidValley Doula Network.

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General & regional resources

• ALACE (Association of labor Assistants & Childbirth Educators)
  
• Baby Blues Connection (Peri-partum depression information)
  
• Birth Boot Camp
• Birthing From Within
  
• BirthNetwork National
  
• Birthwithlove Midwifery Supplies (birthing supplies)
  
• CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association)
  
• Cascade Healthcare Products (birthing supplies) 
  
• Childbirth International
  
• Circumcision Resource Center
  
• DONA International (Doulas of North America)
  
• Hypnobabies
  
• HypnoBirthing 
  
• ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network)
  
• ICEA (International Childbirth Education Assocation) 
  
• LLLI (La Leche League International)
  
• Midwifery Today 
  
• Mothering Magazine 
  
• Nursing Mothers Counsel of Oregon
  
• Oregon Health Plan 
  
• The Bradley Method
  
• Waterbirth International
  
• WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) 
  
• Your pregnancy week by week - Lamaze
  

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Local resources
Maternity care is available from a variety of providers in Corvallis and surrounding communities. The Corvallis Doula Network happily works with obstetricians, family doctors, nurse-midwives and homebirth-midwives. 

• Beeara Edmonds (Therapeutic massage and craniosacral therapy for new moms)
• Becky Bricker (Craniosacral therapy for new moms)
• Birth to Six Resources at the Corvallis Public Library

• Corvallis Babywearers lends out and helps moms use carriers
• Corvallis Birth and Women's Health Center Birth center and women's health services
• Isaac Hendler - Soma Acupuncture Clinic (Provides a low-cost new mama visit with moxa & massage) 541 757 2527
• Jim Carroll offers photojournalistic birth & newborn photography
• La Leche League of Corvallis
• Linda Harris (Psychotherapy)
• MamaBaby Group is a free drop-in group for women and babies. The English-speaking group meets every Wednesday 11a-1p, and the Grupo Latino cada Martes 10a-12p at the Corvallis Multicultural Center.
• Parenting Success NETWORK (Provides support for families in Linn and Benton Counties, including parenting classes, family support resources, childcare resources and an advice line) 
• Prenatal yoga at Live Well Studio
• Prenatal yoga at The Yoga Center
• Salem Doula Network
• WellMama provides mental health & emotional support (Linn and Benton counties)

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Childbirth classes

• Rebecca Veltri- Empowered Childbirth Class at the Corvallis Birth and Women's Health Center [email protected] 
• Hanne Smith offers Hypnobabies hypnosis for childbirth classes and also Lamaze-style natural childbirth classes
• Melissa Meyer - Melissa offers Birth Boot Camp classes.
• Linda Harris - Linda offers private and small-group classes.
• The Corvallis Clinic offers free Healthy Baby & Baby Bundle classes
• The Corvallis Clinic Natural Childbirth Classes 
• Samaritan Health Services - A variety of classes are offered at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis and other area hospitals.

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Books & DVDs

Books about pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding

• Birthing From Within: An Extra-ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England and Rob Horowitz 
  
• Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta by Ina May Gaskin
• Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds by Cynthia Gabriel
  
• The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts by William Sears and Martha Sears
• The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
  
• Pregnancy Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, and Ann Keppler 
  
• The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
• The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. Klaus, John H. Kennell, and Phyllis H. Klaus 
  
• The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers: The Most Comprehensive Problem-Solution Guide to Breastfeeding from the Foremost Expert in North America by Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman
  
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International 
  
• The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins

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Books about infant care & parenting

• Your Amazing Newborn by Marshall H. Klaus and Phyllis H. Klaus
• The Vaccine Book by William Sears and Martha Sears
• The Portable Pediatrician by William Sears et al.
• Simplicity Parenting by Kim Payne and Lisa Ross 
• The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley 
• Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 
• Parenting From Inside Out by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell 
• An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants by Mary Bove
• Naturally Healthy Babies and Children: A Commonsense Guide to Herbal Remedies, Nutrition, and Health by Aviva Jill Romm
• The Baby Book by William Sears and Martha Sears 

Films about childbirth – most available on DVD at the Corvallis and Albany Public Libraries

• Birth as We Know It (conscious birth)
• Business of Being Born (profit at the expense of
  mothers and babies)
• Birth Day (one woman’s normal birth journey)
• Gentle Birth Choices (birth without fear)
• Organic Birth (birth IS natural)
• Laboring Under an Illusion (mass media's version of childbirth vs. the real thing)