Mother to Mother Childbirth Services, co-founded by Noreen Fehr, was inspired by a strong desire to empower, educate and support other mothers as they make that ever-important journey through pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Mother to Mother offers a wide range of services designed to nurture, honour and empower the pregnant woman and her family. These various services will help parents reclaim the spirituality of birth and prepare for a gentle and mindful transition to parenthood.

Noreen began work in the childbirth field in 1997. She has extensive birth training through the Manitoba Association for Childbirth and Family Education (MACFE), as well as the Doulas of North America (DONA) and the Childbirth and Postpartum Professionals Association (CAPPA). She has experience supporting women in many differing life circumstances, and in a variety of birth settings.

Noreen is a certified labour doula (CLD), certified childbirth educator (CCCE) and approved doula trainer through CAPPA. She has trained directly with Pam England, author of Birthing From Within® and is the first certified Birthing From Within® mentor and advisor in Manitoba, as well as the only Happiest Baby on the Block® certified instructor (CHBE) in the province.

Noreen has served on many various boards and committees, including South East Manitoba’s Maternal/Child Team, The College of Midwives of Manitoba (CMM) Education Committee and is a past-chairperson of the Manitoba Assocation for Childbirth and Family Education (MACFE). She is now serving as past-chairperson of MACFE’s Education Committee and the Western Canada Representative for CAPPA Canada.

Noreen is wife to her high-school sweetheart, Greg, and mother to five beautiful children.

www.birthpartners.com What a resource!  SO much to read on this site!  The home page is a Natural Childbirth Provider Directory, with over 30 categories listed - everything from acupuncturists to waterbirth professionals!  Plan to spend some time here.

What is NAPSAC International?  The InterNational Association of Parents and Professionals for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth is dedicated to exploring, examining, implementing and establishing Safe, Family-Centered Childbirth Programs.  ­­Programs that meet the social and emotional needs of families, as well as provide the safe, appropriate aspects of medical science.

Our Goals Are:

- To promote education about the principles of Natural Childbirth.

- To act as a forum facilitating communication and cooperation among Parents, Health Care Professionals, and Childbirth Educators.

- To encourage and aid in the implementation of Family Centered Maternity Care Hospitals.

- To assist in the establishment of Maternity and Childbirth Centers.

- To help establish Safe Home Birth Programs.

- To provide educational opportunities to parents and parents-to-be that will enable them to assume more personal responsibility for Pregnancy, Childbirth, Infant Care, and Parenting.

 

The NAPSAC Directory of Alternative Birth Services & Consumer Guide 

As the title indicates the NAPSAC Directory & Consumer Guide has two parts to it. The Consumer Guide portion gives you, as a consumer of maternity services, the guidance and information you need to determine the relative competence, safety, and desirability of any particular listing in the Directory. The Directory also serves as a networking instrument among midwives, childbirth educators, physicians, parents and others seeking the exchange of information or the development of mutual support. The Directory includes addresses and phone numbers of facilities for birth, people who attend them, and resources to help in these endeavors.

If you seek a midwife, birth center, non-interventive doctor, a natural birth after cesarean (NBC), then you need a NAPSAC Directory of Alternative Birth Services and Consumer Guide. If you are an enlightened educator or provider, you’ll want to be listed. Regular price of the Directory is $7.95 plus $2 shipping and handling. If you join NAPSAC you can be listed in next printing and may obtain current edition for only $6.95 postage paid.

To order, send check or money order with your name and mailing address to: 

NAPSAC Directory
Rt. 4 Box 646
Marble Hill, MO 63764 

or E-mail us at: napsac@clas.net
Include: Name, Mailing Address, and Credit Card number. 

You may also call: (573) 238-2010
9:00 A.M.­ - 5:00 P.M. CST

Citizens for Midwifery - Comprehensive Midwives ~ Midwife Resource
Welcome to Citizens for Midwifery!
Citizens for Midwifery – the only national consumer-based group
promoting the Midwives Model of Care!
CfM works to provide information and resources that promote the local midwife,
as well as midwives and midwifery care across the country!

*I found lots of helpful information on what midwifery IS, what’s the difference between a Certified Nurse Midwife and a Lay Midwife or Direct Entry Midwife, what is legal in my state, where to find a midwife, etc. 

(from their FAQ)

“What is a Birth Center?
Safe and Sensitive Care
People: Parents and professionals creating family-centered care.
Place: Caring, warm and homelike setting where you are supported and respected as well as safe and secure.
Program of Care: Balancing the human touch and technology to give you the time and attention you need before, during and after the birth.
Part of the Health Care System: Complete network of maternity and women’s health services covered by major health insurance plans.
Practice of Midwifery: Provided by any qualified provider who practices a wellness and holistic approach to pregnancy, birth, and women’s health care.”

Excellent resource for birth centers, listed state by state.

http://www.birthcenters.org/