The official website of parenting author Ann Douglas
Postpartum Health Resources
Canadian Association of Midwives (links to all provincial/territorial midwifery associations)
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association
Consumers Supporting Midwifery Care
DONA International (doulas)
International Childbirth Education Association
Lamaze International: Science and Sensibility
National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Public Health Agency of Canada: The Maternity Experiences Survey
Perinatal Mood Disorders
Books and articles
- Links to postpartum articles on this website
- The Mother of All Baby Books by Ann Douglas (features chapters on postpartum health and early parenthood)
- Healthy Mum, Happy Baby by Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit
- Laughter and Tears: The Emotional Lives of New Mothers by Elisabeth Bing and Libby Colman, PhD
- What Mothers Do Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
- This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin
- More book suggestions from Postpartum Education for Parents