Northwest Hospital & Medical Center encourages prospective parents to learn
as much as possible about pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. The following
sites offer valuable information and resources. Keep in mind that no information
should replace your doctor’s advice or medical treatment.
| Northwest Hospital Resources: |
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Childbirth Education Classes |
206-789-0883 |
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Northwest Medical Supply (Breastpumps, Supplies) |
206-368-1196 |
| Seattle Area Resources: |
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Birth Certificate Information |
360-236-4300 |
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Car Seat Information |
800-BUCKL-UP |
| Crisis Line ( 24-hour help for emotional
problems) |
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King County |
206-461-3222 |
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Snohomish County |
425-258-4357 |
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Depression After Delivery |
206-283-9278 |
| Day Care Referral Line |
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King County |
206-329-5544 |
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Snohomish County |
425-258-4213 |
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Dept. of Human Resources Child Care Financial Aid |
206-386-1050 |
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Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Washington State
|
800-322-2588 |
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Listening Mothers Support Group |
206-521-8093 |
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Washington Poison Center |
800-732-6985 |
| Women, Infants and Children Nutrition
Program (WIC) |
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King County |
206-296-4786 |
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Snohomish County |
425-252-6491 |
| Suggested Reading: |
| Brazelton, Touch Points: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral
Development, 1993 |
| Brazelton. Infants and Mothers: Differences in Development,
1983 |
| Brazelton. Toddlers and Parents : A Declaration of Independence,
1989 |
| Brazelton. Earliest Relationship: Parents, Infants, and the
Drama of Early Attachment, 1991 |
| Brazelton. Going to the Doctor, 1996 |
| Brazelton. In Support of Families, 1988 |
| Brazelton, Nugent. Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (Clinics
in Developmental Medicine, No 137) |
| Sammons, Brazelton. The Self-Calmed Baby, 1991 |
| Brazelton. To Listen to a Child : Understanding the Normal
Problems of Growing Up, 1992 |
| Brazelton. Working and Caring, 1992 |
| Brazelton. Families : Crisis and Caring, 1989 |
| Kobayashi, Brazelton. The Growing Child in Family and Society
: An Interdisciplinary Study in Parent-Infant Bonding, 1984 |
| Brazelton, Greenspan. The Irreducible Needs of Children: What
Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish, 2000 |
| Brazelton. On Becoming a Family : The Growth of Attachment,
1982 |
| Barnard, Brazelton. Touch : The Foundation of Experience (Clinical
Infant Reports, No 4), 1990 |
| Brazelton. What Every Baby Knows, 1987 |
| Golinkoff, Pasek. How Babies Talk: The Magic and Mystery of
Language in the First Three Years of Life, 1999 |
| Eisenberg, Murkoff & Hathaway. What to Expect When You're
Expecting, 1991 |
| Eisenberg, Murkoff & Hathaway. What to Expect the First
Year, 1989 |
| Hazen. Seattle Baby Resource Guide, 1998 |
| Huggins. The Nursing Mother's Companion, 1991 |
| Nelsen. Positive Discipline, 1981 |
| Simkin, Whalley & Keppler. Pregnancy Childbirth, and the
Newborn, A Complete Guide for Expectant Parents, 2001 |
