Our Products
The Center sells products that are referenced in our educational programs as being particularly helpful to expectant and new parents or the doulas and other caregivers attending them. Our primary intent is to make readily available, at competitive prices, items that may be otherwise difficult to find in the commercial marketplace. Rather than overwhelming you with an abundance of choices, we have selected a few quality items. As 2008 unfolds, we expect to increase our retail offerings. Come visit us often! And also, feel free to let us know if there is something in particular that you are seeking.
All items can be either mail ordered or purchased on site at the Center. Shipping is billed at cost.
Wholesale discounts up to 40 percent are available on educational materials published by the Center for the Childbearing Year. To obtain the wholesale discount, you must place a minimum order of 6 copies of any one item. Wholesalers pay shipping and handling costs.
Cookbook
Whole Family Recipes — For the Childbearing Year & Beyond
Edited by Patty Brennan, 2007
$15.95
From many kitchens to yours . . .
Whole Family Recipes–For the Childbearing Year & Beyond is more than a cookbook. While being a guide to nutritious and delicious meals the whole family will enjoy, it highlights foods that are especially needed by pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and their growing children. Taking a non-dogmatic and down-to-earth tone, the book focuses on incorporating vitamin- and mineral-rich foods and good quality fats into the diet. It playfully encourages parents to experiment with “new” foods as they transition to healthier food choices. In addition to yummy recipes, the book contains numerous tips for parents and a collection of essays devoted to nutrition during the childbearing year, including a unique piece on “The Birth Marathon–Food & Drink for Labor & Birth.” The cookbook is a community effort. Contributors include midwives, doulas, moms, and dads, with illustrations by children. Makes a great gift for those moms, doulas, and midwives in your life!
Wholesale discounts available for orders of six or more books.
Guide to Homeopathic Remedies for the Birth Bag
Fourth Revised Edition, 2005
Written by Patty Brennan
$12
This compact booklet is designed to provide a practical, quick, clinical reference guide that birth attendants can easily slip into their birth bags. Seventy-five key remedies are briefly summarized for their applications in midwifery practice or self care. Prenatal problems, complications arising during labor and birth, and postpartum complaints of both mom and baby are covered. The 4th edition features an expanded therapeutic applications or repertory section designed to facilitate expedient choice of a remedy during labor. Written by a midwife for midwives, mothers, and anyone who works with pregnant, birthing, or breastfeeding moms and their babies.
Wholesale discounts available for orders of six or more booklets.
Vaccine Choices Sourcepack
Vaccine Choices, Homeopathic Alternatives & Parental Rights
Written and compiled by Patty Brennan
2nd Edition Revised, 2008
$20
Find everything you need to know about the vaccination issue in a single, clear, and concise package designed to assist you in making an informed decision for the health of your family.
- The sourcepack is designed to help consumers of health care obtain informed consent to childhood vaccinations or exercise their right to informed refusal of vaccines.
- Emphasis is placed on the prevention of adverse vaccine reactions.
- Homeopathy is presented as a method of preventing and treating acute and chronic vaccine reactions, and as a means of protection from illness after exposure or during epidemics.
- Remedies are detailed which historically have proven useful in limiting the course and severity of these diseases once contracted.
- Excellent materials on enhancing the immune system naturally are featured (a good idea regardless of your choice).
- Resources are included for understanding and obtaining your legal right to waivers and how to exercise your rights.
- Favorite resources on various aspects of the vaccine controversy are outlined.
The following topics are also covered in the sourcepack:
- Antibiotics: How Do They Harm Our Children?
- Stimulating a Weakened Immune System
- Food & Herbal Sources of Important Immune System Nutrients
- Questions & Answers About Vaccination Safety & Laws for Daycare Providers
- Family Winter Health Tea Recipe
Additional materials included:
- Current government-recommended vaccine schedules and alternate schedules
- Sample Immunization Waiver Forms for Michigan
Wholesale discounts on orders of six or more sourcepacks are available.
Herbs for the Childbearing Year
All herbs are organic or wildcrafted.
Pregnancy Tea
Nettles, $4.50 per 1/4 pound
Red Raspberry leaves, $5.50 per 1/4 pound
Spearmint leaves, $2.75 per 1/8 pound
Postpartum Herbal Baths
Each bag makes one healing bath and contains a pre-mixed batch of organic calendula flowers, comfrey leaves, and lavender. $3.00 each
Learn about the Postpartum Herbal Baths.
Birth Balls
$25
This 65cm green exercise or “birth” ball comes with its own pump. Birth balls encourage rhythmic movement in labor and can be used to support the laboring mother in a variety of positions. Infants enjoy being bounced on the balls as a comfort measure (better than a rocking chair!) and toddlers love to play with them. Makes a great gift for the pregnant woman, doula, or midwife in your life!
How to Order
VISA and Mastercard accepted by phone, (734-663-1523)
or
Send a check or money order to:
Center for the Childbearing Year
722 Brooks St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
- Whole Family Recipes, $15.95 plus $5 S&H
- Vaccine Sourcepack, $20 plus $6 S&H
- Guide to Homeopathic Remedies, $12 plus $3 S&H
For multiple copies of the above, shipping and handling costs will be billed.
Outside of the U.S., please add $2 to designated S&H fee and send a money order in U.S. funds only.
Distributor discounts are available for orders of six or more of the Cookbook, Vaccine Sourcepack, or Birth Bag Guide only. Inquiries welcome. Wholesale orders receive a 40 percent discount off the retail price and are billed shipping at cost.