References
Websites
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, http://www.bfmed.org/Default.aspx
Baby-Friendly USA, http://babyfriendlyusa.org
World Health Organization (WHO), http://www.who.int
ConsumerLab.com, http://www.consumerlab.com
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, http://naturaldatabase.therapeuticresearch.com/home.aspx?cs=&s=ND
Other web modules that may be relevant:
Folic Acid
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Folic Acid Homepage, http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/index.html
Vitamin D
Vitamin D Council, http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/?s=research+pregnancy&submit=Submit
Pesticides
Shopper's Guide to pesticides (adapted from www.foodnews.org/EWG-shoppers-guide-download-final.pdf)
Mercury
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advice/
Natural Resources Defense Council, http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/protect.asp (contains downloadable pdf pocketcard)
American Pregnancy Association, http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/fishmercury.htm
Articles/Chapters/Books
Antenatal Care
Routine care for the healthy pregnant woman. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, March 2008.
Integrative Medicine Approach
Evans JM. The WHOLE PREGNANCY HANDBOOK.
Field, T, PhD. Pregnancy and Labor Alternative Therapy research. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. Sep/Oct 2008. Vol. 14, Iss. 5; pg. 28
Gaudet, Tracy. The Integrative Approach to Pregnancy, chapter in Rakel: Integrative Medicine, 2nd edition.
Orr, James and Garry. Exercise participation before and during pregnancy among low income, urban, black women: The Baltimore preterm birth study. Ethn Dis. 2006:16(4): 909-913.
Duncombe et al. Vigorous exercise and birth outcomes in a sample of recreational exercisers: a prospective study across pregnancy. Aust NZJ Obstet gynaecol. 2006; 46(4):288-292.
Larsson and Lindqvist. Low impact exercise during pregnancy: A study of safety. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2005; 84(1):34-38.
Bastani et al. A RCT of the effects of applied relaxation training on reducing anxiety and perceived stress in pregnant women. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005; 50(4):271-276.
Teixeira et al. The effects of acute relaxation on indices of anxiety during pregnancy. J Psychsom Obstet Gynaecol. 2005; 26(4): 271-276.
Nickel et al. Pregnant women with bronchial asthma benefit from progressive muscle relaxation: a randomized, prospective, controlled trial. Psychother psychosom. 2006; 75(4): 237-243.
Mottershead. Hypnosis: Removing the labour from birth. pract Midwife. 2006; 9(3):26-27, 29.
Cyna et al. Antenatal self hypnosis for labour and childbirth: a pilot study. Anaesth intensive Care. 2006;34(4):464-469.
Mehl-Medrona. Hypnosis to facilitate uncomplicated birth. Am J Clin Hypn. 2004; 46)4):299-312.
Atanackovic G. Navioz Y, Moretti ME, Koren G. The safety of higher than standard dose of doxyiamine-pyridoxine (Diclectin) for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. J Clin Pharmacol. 2001;41(8):842-845.
Anderson and Johnson 2005.
Borrelli F, Capasso R, Aviello G, Pittler MH, Izzo AA. Effectiveness and safety of ginger in the treatment of pregnancy induced nausea and vomiting. Obstet Gynecol 2005;105(4):849-856.
Bourre, J-M, Dietary omega-3 fatty acids for women, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 61(2-3):105-12, 2007 Feb-Apr.
Br J Nutr. 2008 Nov 19:1-9.
Butte, Nancy F. Nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding for the term infant during the first six months of life / Nancy F. Butte, Mardia G. Lopez-Alarcon, Cutberto Garza. Head, KA. Altern Med Rev. 2008 Sep; 13(3):227-44.
Hoddinott, Tappin and Wright; Breast feeding, Clinical review, BMJ April 2008, Vol 336: 881-887. Keister, Roberts and Werner. Strategies for breastfeeding success. Am Fam Physician. 2008: 78(2): 225-232.
Acupuncture/Acupressure
Acupuncture. NIH consesnus statement online 15 (5): 1-34 (Nov 3-5, 1997)
Fugh-Berman, A. Acupressure for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Alt Ther Women's Health. 1999; 1 (2): 9-1
Helmreich, Shiao and Dune. Meta analysis of acustimulation effects on nausea and vomiting in pregnant women. Explore (NY) 2006; 2(5): 412-421
Smith, Crowther and Beilby. Acupuncture to treat nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy: a randomized controlled tria. Brith 2002; 29(1):1-9
Hadders-Algra et al, Prenatal and early postnatal fatty acid status and neurodevelopmental outcome. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 35 Suppl 1:S28-34, 2007.
Hosli et al, Role of omega-3 fatty acids and multivitamins in gestation. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 35 Suppl 1:S19-24, 2007.
McGregor and French, Optimizing Perinatal and Maternal Nutrition: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Folic Acid. pp19-23, The Female Patient, supplement, June 2008.
Williams, C et al and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC) Study team. Stereoacuity at age 3.5y in children born full term is asociated with prenatal and postnatal dietary factors: a report from a population based cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr 73:2 (Feb 2001), 316-322.
Pennick and Young, Interventions for preventing and treating pelvic and back pain in pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007 Apr 18:(2): CD0011.
Smith et al, Complementary and alternative therapies for pain management in labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008 Issue.
Scott et al. A comparison of intermittent and continuous support during labor: a meta-analysis. Am J Obs Gyn 180 (5):1054-9, 1999.
Klaus and Kennell. The doula: an essential ingredient of childbirth rediscovered. Acta Paediatr. 86 (10):1034-6, 1997.
Beckmann and Garrett. Antenatal perineal massage for reducing perineal trauma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006; 25(1):CD00512.
Avery MD, Burket BA. 1986. Effect of perineal massage on the incidence of episiotomy and perineal laceration in a nurse-midwifery service. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery 31 (3): 128-134.
Avery MD, Van Arsdale L. 1987. Perineal massage: Effect on the incidence of episiotomy and laceration in a nulliparous population. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery 32 (3):181-184.
Knapp W. 1982. On massage therapy. In F Kottke, G Stillwell & J Lehmann (eds.) Krusen's Handbook of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (3rd ed., pp. 386-388). Philadelphia: WB Saunders.
Lee JM, Smith JR, Philipp BL, Chen TC, Mathieu J, Holick MF. Vitamin D deficiency in a healthy group of mothers and newborn infants. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Jan;46(1):42-4.
Bodnar LM, Simhan HN, Powers RW, Frank MP, Cooperstein E, Roberts JM. High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in black and white pregnant women residing in the northern United States and their neonates. J Nutr. 2007 Feb;137(2):447-52.
Dijkstra SH, van Beek A, Janssen JW, de Vleeschouwer LH, Huysman WA, van den Akker EL. High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in newborns of high-risk mothers. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007 Apr 25.
Merewood A, Mehta SD, Chen TC, Bauchner H, Holick MF. Association between vitamin D deficiency and primary cesarean section. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Mar;94(3):940-5.
Bodnar LM, Catov JM, Simhan HN, Holick MF, Powers RW, Roberts JM. Maternal vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of preeclampsia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Sep;92(9):3517-22.
Zhang C, Qiu C, Hu FB, David RM, van Dam RM, Bralley A, Williams MA. Maternal plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and the risk for gestational diabetes mellitus. PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3753.
Bodnar LM, Krohn MA, Simhan HN. Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis in the First Trimester of Pregnancy. J Nutr. 2009 Apr 8.
Cannell JJ, Vieth R, Willett W, Zasloff M, Hathcock JN, White JH, Tanumihardjo SA, Larson-Meyer DE, Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Lamberg-Allardt CJ, Lappe JM, Norman AW, Zittermann A, Whiting SJ, Grant WB, Hollis BW, Giovannucci E. Cod liver oil, vitamin A toxicity, frequent respiratory infections, and the vitamin D deficiency epidemic. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2008 Nov;117(11):864-70.
McGrath J. Does 'imprinting' with low prenatal vitamin D contribute to the risk of various adult disorders? Med Hypotheses. 2001 Mar;56(3):367-71.
Kinney DK, Teixeira P, Hsu D, Napoleon SC, Crowley DJ, Miller A, Hyman W, Huang E. Relation of schizophrenia prevalence to latitude, climate, fish consumption, infant mortality, and skin color: a role for prenatal vitamin d deficiency and infections? Schizophr Bull. 2009 May;35(3):582-95.
Drews CD, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Decoufle P, Murphy CC. Variation in the influence of selected sociodemographic risk factors for mental retardation. Am J Public Health 1995;85(3):329-34.
Karatekin G, Kaya A, Saliholu O, Balci H, Nuholu A. Association of subclinical vitamin D deficiency in newborns with acute lower respiratory infection and their mothers. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 Apr;63(4):473-7.
Walker VP, Modlin RL. The Vitamin D Connection to Pediatric Infections and Immune Function. Pediatr Res. 2009 Jan 28.
Scholl TO, Chen X. Vitamin D intake during pregnancy: association with maternal characteristics and infant birth weight. Early Hum Dev. 2009 Apr;85(4):231-4.
Stene LC, Ulriksen J, Magnus P, Joner G. Use of cod liver oil during pregnancy associated with lower risk of Type I diabetes in the offspring. Diabetologia. 2000 Sep;43(9):1093-8.
Fleischman AR, Rosen JF, Nathenson G. 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol for early neonatal hypocalcemia. Occurrence in premature newborns. Am J Dis Child. 1978 Oct;132(10):973-7.
Maiya S, Sullivan I, Allgrove J, Yates R, Malone M, Brain C, Archer N, Mok Q, Daubeney P, Tulloh R, Burch M. Hypocalcaemia and vitamin D deficiency: an important, but preventable, cause of life-threatening infant heart failure. Heart. 2008 May;94(5):581-4.
U-M Residency Educational Module - Manual Medicine: https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fammed-modules/integrative-medicine/manual-medicine