Australia

An Australian support site for parents & families of premature babies. You will find useful links to all things for premature babies including clothing stores, support sites, birth stories, galleries, personal blogs, journeys through the NICU & much more.

Birthing Sense has produced a 3x DVD Series that makes sense of your pregnancy, birth and early parenting experience.

Leanne became frustrated with the number of new parents who were unable to attend regular prenatal education sessions, or attended a one-off ante-natal class.

Mother of 2 and a member of Australian Breastfeeding Association for 10years, Leanne has been the primary producer, photographer and editor for a Project that brings all of the professionals to you.

She has gathered informative interviews from independent Midwives, Early Childhood Nurses, Doctors, a Naturopath, Dietician, Physiotherapist, Yoga Instructor, Genetic Counsellor, Massage therapist, Veterinary assistant and Parents to offer their suggestions about Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting over 3 DVDs to give new parents the opportunity to have a birth class in their own home, in their own time, and with as many support people as they choose- and to revisit the education as many times as they feel they need to.

Through the sale of the Birthing Sense Birth Education Series, Leanne has had a vision to help support you through ABA, as well as many of the young fistula women in third world countries.

A great site with lots of information on being a Dad. Very much focused on stay-at-home Dads, but the information on there is relevant to any Dad.

Relatively new, but building up resources and members quickly.

They also have forums and blogs for stay-at-home Dads.

This is a community and support site, for people interested in going the cloth nappy route, or those stay-at-home parents involved in cloth nappy businesses.

"Everything you need to know about modern cloth nappies in Australia and New Zealand. Oz Cloth Nappies is an established community site, offering comprehensive information, support and advocacy for parents, work-at-home nappy business owners, and others"

An Australian baby directory - a comprehensive listing of Australian baby resources. They also have a forum, a baby name section and an articles section - although many of the articles seem related to advertisers products.

A little heavy on the advertising, but a good directory for Aussie parents!

A terrific blog written by a dad to his son as a series of letters. Very well written and very touching. Good to see a Dad letting his feelings show!

The author, Bruce Robinson is an interesting guy. A medical doctor, a teacher, a football coach amongst many other things, with a family. He has some good insights into making time to be a Dad with a very busy lifestyle, in his book "Fathering from the Fast Lane"

"Cloth Diapers, Birth Videos and Natural Baby Products."

These guys seem to have a pretty good range of quality baby products. The focus is on natural organic products, which is never a bad option! They have some good videos - the "Being Dad" one is not bad... although the beer ads get to be a bit much! They even have a range of "Fathers to B" focused products.

A great DVD from a "blokes" perspective of pregnancy and the early days of being a Dad. Funny, informative... and hopefully they've removed all the beer ads from it by now!

A good gift for Dads-to-be.

"They say necessity is the mother of invention, but for Troy Jones, filmmaker, necessity was the father of Being Dad – The Birth DVD. About to become a dad for the first time, and way behind in his reading, film crew in tow, Troy teamed up with Australia’s leading obstetrician, some financial planning mates, a nappy changing expert, a male nurse and 60 dads around Australia to uncover the mysteries of pregnancy and birth. The resulting DVD, a ground breaking, hilarious and emotional documentary film has been lauded by critics and commentators alike."

"Whatever sort of Mum you are, you are a Real Mum. We're fun, funny and just a little bit naughty!"

Real mums is a fun Australian based site with a good links directory, and a good blog by Mad Cow. Definitely a site for Mums rather than Dads, but a good one to point your partner to.

Their shop has some great fun gift ideas for your child's Mum...