Links to Recommended Websites:

• ACNM www.midwife.org
• Oregon Chapter of ACNM www.oregonmidwives.org
• Northwest Perinatal Associates www.whallc.com/perinatal
• Center for Disease Control www.cdc.gov
• Pregnancy & Birth www.pregnancy.about.com
• Pregnancy.org www.pregnancy.org
• Pregnancy and Parenting for Today’s Mom www.parenting.ivillage.com
• Pregnancy and Childbirth Information www.childbirth.org
• Pregnancy week-by-week www.pregnancyguideonline.com
• Baby Center www.babycenter.com
• Discovery Health Channel http://health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy

We strongly recommend that you take prenatal classes. Classes really help you to know what to expect in labor, to give you ideas on different coping strategies and helps your partner learn strategies to help you.

Silverton Hospital offers both evening and weekend classes that focus on techniques to help you cope with labor as well as the options available at the Family Birth Center.  To register, call 503-873-1668. Hay clases en español cada 3 meses, tambien!

We can also give you information on other approaches to childbirth preparation such as "Birthing From within", Bradley, & hypnotherapy.


Silverton Hospital Tours

The Silverton Hospital's Family Birth Center holds a tour every Sunday afternoon at 3 pm. You do not need a reservation. Meet in the main lobby of the birth center at 3 pm


Hospital Packing Checklist

Click here to read the Hospital Packing Checklist (17kb PDF)



We have a lending library with a selection of books on pregnancy, parenting and newborn care.

CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION

• A Good Birth a Safe Birth by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer
• Preparation for Birth: The Complete Guide to the Lamaze Method by Beverly Savage Diana Simkin
• An Easier Childbirth by Gayle Peterson
• Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
• Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon Rosegg
• Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
• Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby! by Andrea Frank Henkart
• Birthing From Within by Pam England, CNM
• Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Revised) by Sheila Kitzinger
• Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Simkin, Whalley and Keppler
• The birth Partner by Penny Simkin

BREASTFEEDING

• The Nursing Mother’s Companion by Kathleen Huggins

VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESARIAN

• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean by Elizabeth Kaufmann
• The VBAC Companion by Diana Korte

PREGNANCY

• Excited, Exhausted, Expecting: The Emotional Life of Mothers to Be by Arlene Modica Matthews
• Yoga for Pregnancy by F.B. Freedman
• Pregnancy Day by Day by Sheila Kitzinger
• New Natural Pregnancy: Practical wellbeing from conception to birth by Janet Balaskas
• Mamamoto: A Celebration of Birth by Carroll Dunham and the Body Shop Team
• Miraculous World of Your Unborn Baby by Nikki Bradford

HEALTHY PREGNANCY/NUTRITION

• Eating Expectantly by Bridget Swinne
• Your Vegetarian Pregnancy: A Month-By-Month Guide to Health and Nutrtion by Holly Roberts
• Morning Sickness Companion by Elizabeth Kaledin

FATHERHOOD

• The Guy’s Guide to SurvivingPregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Life by Michael Crider
• The Joy of Fatherhood: The first Twelve Months by Marcus J Goldman

POSTPARTUM HANDBOOKS

• After the Baby's Birth by Robin Lim
• Mothering the New Mother by Sally Placksin
• Post-Pregnancy Handbook by Brown and Struck
• Year After Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
• Your Amazing Newborn by Dr. Klaus and Klaus
• Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Laura Davis & Janis Keyser

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

• This isn't what I expected by Karen Kleiman, MSW & Valerie Raskin, MD
• Depression After Childbirth by Katharina Dalton and Wendy Holton

PMS

• Taking Back the Month: A Personalized Solution for Managing PMS and Enhansing Your Health
• PMS Premenstrual Syndrome Self Help Book by Susan Lark