Useful addresses and links to complement Nicky Wesson's Home Birth.
Acupuncture
The British Acupuncture Council
63 Jeddo Road, London, W12 9HQ, Tel 020 8735 0400
www.acupuncture.org.uk
Register of acupuncturists.
AcuMedic
101-105 Camden High Street, London NW1 7JN, Tel 020 7388 5783
www.acumedic.com
Shop selling books about acupuncture, moxa, needles, etc.
Clinic 7 days a week, by appointment only.
Bach flower remedies
The Dr Edward Bach Centre
Mount Vernon, Bakers Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxon, OX10 0PZ, UK
Tel 01491 834678
www.bachcentre.com
Chiropractic
British Chiropractic Association
59 Castle Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7SN , Tel 0118 950 5950
Provides list of qualified chiropractors.
www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk
Homeopathy
British Homeopathy Association
Hahnemann House, 29 Park Street West, Luton LU1 3BE, Tel 0870 444 3950
www.trusthomeopathy.org
Will
supply a list of medically qualified doctors who are also qualified in
homeopathy and pharmacists stocking homeopathic medicines.
The Society of Homeopaths
11 Brookfield, Duncan Close, Moulton Park, Northampton NN3 6WL,
Tel 0845 450 6611
www.homeopathy-soh.org
Will supply a list of registered homeopaths.
Complementary Medicine
Foundation for Integrated Health
33-41 Dallington Street, London EC1V 0BB, Tel 020 3119 3100
www.fih.org.uk
The Research Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
www.rccm.org.uk
Institute of Complementary Medicine
ICM PO Box 194, London SE16 7QZ, Tel 020 7237 5165
www.i-c-m.org.uk
Provides a list of practitioners.
Hypnotherapy
British Hypnotherapy Association
67 Upper Berkeley Street, LondonW1H 7QX, Tel 020 7723 4443
www.hypnotherapy-association.org
British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis
28 Dale Park Gardens, Cookridge, Leeds LS16 7PT, Tel 07000 560309
www.bsmdh.org
Reflexology
The Association of Reflexologists
5 Fore Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1HX, T 0870 5673320
www.aor.org.uk
Search for practitioners.
Medical Herbalism
National Institute of Medical Herbalists
Elm House, 54 Mary Arches Street, Exeter EX4 3BA, Tel 01392 426022
www.nimh.org.uk
For a list of practitioners.
The College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy
Oak Glade, 9 Hythe Close, Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 6LQ, Tel 01323 484353
www.phytotherapists.org
Osteopathy
General Osteopathic Council
176 Tower Bridge Road, London, SE1 3LU, Tel 020 7357 6655
www.osteopathy.org.uk
List of registered osteopaths.
Craniosacral Therapy Association
Monomark House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX
Tel 07000 784 735
www.craniosacral.co.uk
Women’s Health
Womens-health.co.uk
www.womens-health.co.uk
General Health
Action on Pre-Eclampsia (APEC)
84-88 Pinner Road, Harrow HA1 4HZ, Tel 020 8863 3271
www.apec.org.uk
Action for Sick Children
36 Jacksons Edge Road, Disley, Stockport, SK12 2JL, Tel 0800 0744519
www.actionforsickchildren.org
Active Birth Centre
25 Bickerton Road London N19 5JT, Tel 020 7281 6760
www.activebirthcentre.com
AIMS – Association for the Improvement in Maternity Services
5 Ann’s Court, Grove Road, Surbiton, KT6 4BE
Telephone 0870 765 1433
www.aims.org.uk
Antenatal Results and Choices
73 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4PN, Tel 020 7631 0285
www.arc-uk.org
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
PO Box 207, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7YT, Tel 0870 401 7711
www.abm.me.uk
Association for Postnatal Illness
145 Dawes Road, Fulham, London SW6 7EB, Tel 020 7386 0868
www.apni.org
Association of Radical Midwives
16 Wytham Street, Oxford OX1 4SU, Tel 01865 248159
www.radmid.demon.co.uk
Caesarean.org.uk
Caesarean and VBAC information including home birth after caesarean.
www.caesarean.org.uk
Cry-sis
BM Cry-sis, London WC1N 3XX, 08451 228 669
www.cry-sis.org.uk
Help with crying babies.
Down’s Syndrome Association
Langdon Down Centre, 2a Langdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS. Tel 0845 230 0372
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk
Foresight – Association for the Promotion of Preconceptual Care
178 Hawthorn Road, West Bognor, PO21 2UY, Tel 01243 868001
www.foresight-preconception.org.uk
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
Artillery House, 11-19 Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT
Helpline: 020 7233 2090, General: 020 7222 8001
www.sids.org.uk
Gingerbread – the organisation for lone parent families
307 Borough High Street, London SE1 1JH, Tel 020 7403 9500
www.gingerbread.org.uk
Homebirth.org.uk
Homebirth reference site with much information and many links.
www.homebirth.org.uk
Independent Midwives Association
89 Green Lane, Farncombe GU7 3TB, Tel 01483 425833
www.independentmidwives.org.uk
La Leche League (Great Britain)
PO Box 29, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7NP, Tel 0845 456 1855
www.laleche.org.uk
Breastfeeding advice.
London Hazards Centre
Hampstead Town Hall Centre, 213 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP, Tel 020 7794 5999
www.lhc.org.uk
Advice on occupational hazards in pregnancy.
MAMA – The Meet-a-mum Association
54 Lillington Road, Radstock, BA3 3NR, Tel 0845 120 3746
www.mama.co.uk
MIDIRS – Midwives Information and Resource Service
9 Elmdale Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SL, Tel 0800 581 009
www.midirs.org
The Miscarriage Association
c/o Clayton Hospital, Northgate, Wakefield, WF1 3JS, Tel 01924 200799
www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
NCT (National Childbirth Trust)
Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace, London W3 6NH, Tel 0870 770 3236
www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com
National Child Minding Association
Royal Court, 81 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 1TG, Tel 0845 880 0044
www.ncma.org.uk
National Council for One Parent Families
255 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2LX, Tel 020 7428 5400
www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
National Association for Mental Illness
Tel 0845 7660163
www.mind.org.uk
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF, Tel 01865 289700
www.npeu.ox.ac.uk
Royal College of Midwives
15 Mansfield Street London W1G 9NH 020 7312 3535
www.rcm.org.uk
Sands - Stillbirth and Neonatal Deaths Society
28 Portland Place, London W1B 1LY, Tel 020 7436 5881
www.uk-sands.org
VBAC Information and Support (Vaginal Birth after Caesarean)
c/o Caroline Spear, 50 Whiteways, North Bersted, Bognor Regis, PO22 9AS, Tel 01243 868440
Women’s Environmental Network
PO Box 30626 London E1 1TZ, Tel 020 7481 9004
www.wen.org.uk
Working Families
1-3 Berry Street, London EC1V 0AA, Tel 020 7253 7243
www.workingfamilies.org.uk
work-life balance organisation
Suppliers of herbs and essential oils
G. Baldwin and Co
171/173 Walworth Road, London, SE17 1RW, Tel 020 7703 5550
www.baldwins.co.uk
Neal’s Yard Remedies
Peacemarsh, Gillingham, SP8 4EU, Tel 01747 834 600
www.nealsyardremedies.com
Homeopathic suppliers
Ainsworths
36 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 8UF, Tel 020 7935 5330
www.ainsworths.com
Galen Homeopathics
Llewell Mill, West Stafford, Dorchester, DT2 8AN, Tel 01305 263996
Helios Homoeopathic Pharmacy
89-97 Camden Rd, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2QR, Tel 01892 537254
www.helios.co.uk
A. Nelson and Co Ltd
Broadheath House, 83 Parkside, Wimbledon, London SW19 5LP, Tel 020 8780 4200
www.nelsonshomoeopathy.co.uk
Weleda (UK) Ltd
Heanor Road, Ilkeston DE7 8DR, Tel 0115 944 8200
www.weleda.co.uk
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