Resources

BOOKS:

Childbirth Education

Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper, RN

Birthing From Within, Pam England, CNM, MA & Rob Horowitz, PhD

Heart and Hands: A Midwife’s guide to Pregnancy and Birth, Elizabeth Davis

Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide To A Safe, Satisfying, And Pleasurable Birth Experience, Elizabeth Davis & Debra Pascali-Bonaro

Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin

The Pregnancy Book, William Sears, MD & Martha Sears, RN

The Birth Book, William Sears, MD & Martha Sears, RN

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way, Susan McCutcheon, Erick Ingraham, Peter Rosegg, Robin Y. Burningham

Husband-Coached Childbirth, Robert A. Bradley

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth, Grantly Dick-Read

Birth Without Violence, Frederick Leboyer, MD

Homebirth, Sheila Kitzinger

Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method: A natural approach to a safe, easier, more comfortable birthing, Marie F. Mongan

Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally, Janet Balaskas

The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth, Henci Goer

The Alexander Technique Birth Book, A Guide to Better Pregnancy, Natural Birth and Parenthood, Ilana Machover and Angela & Jonathan Drake, forward by actors Sinead Cusack and Jeremy Irons

Cesarean Birth

Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC), Nancy Wainer Cohen

The VBAC Companion: The Expectant Mother’s Guide to Vaginal Birth after Cesarean, Diana Korte

DON’T CUT ME AGAIN! True Stories About Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC), Booklocker.com, Inc.

Artemis Speaks: VBAC Stories and Natural Childbirth Information, Nan Koehler

Breastfeeding

Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding, Ina May Gaskin

The Breastfeeding Book, William Sears, MD & Martha Sears, RN

Placenta

Placenta: The Gift of Life, Cornelia Enning

Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra, Robin Lim

The Natural Healing Power of the Placenta, Jennifer West

 

VIDEOS:

The Business of Being Born, Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein

Birth As We Know It, Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova

Orgasmic Birth: The Best Kept Secret, Elizabeth Davis & Debra Pascali-Bonaro

Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper, RN

Birth Without Violence, Frederick Leboyer, MD

Pregnant in America, Steve Buonaugurio

Birth Into Being: The Russian Waterbirth Experience, Barbara Harper

 

MAGAZINES:

Midwifery Today

Mothering Magazine

The Mother

The Compleat Mother

 

WEBSITES:

Childbirth Education

Birthing From Within www.birthingfromwithin.com

Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth www.bradleybirth.com

Childbirth International www.childbirthinternational.com

HypnoBirthing www.hypnobirthing.com

International Childbirth Education Association www.icea.org

Lamaze International www.lamaze.org

Ina May Gaskin www.inamay.com

Waterbirth International www.waterbirth.org

Doula

DONA International www.dona.org

CAPPA: Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association www.cappa.net

Midwifery

Midwifery Today www.midwiferytoday.com

Midwives Alliance of North America www.mana.org

Cesarean Birth

VBAC www.vbac.com

International Cesarean Awareness Network www.ican-online.org

Postpartum

Postpartum Support International www.postpartum.net

Breastfeeding

La Leche League International www.llli.org

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action www.waba.org.my

Dr. Jack Newman/NBCI www.drjacknewman.com

Parenting

Mothering Magazine www.mothering.com

The Mother Magazine www.themothermagazine.co.uk

Father To Be International www.fatherstobe.org

The Compleat Mother www.compleatmother.com

Attachment Parenting International www.attachmentparenting.org

Natural Child Project www.naturalchild.org

Natural Parenting Tips www.naturalparentingtips.com

Teach Through Love www.teach-through-love.com

Homeopathy

Hyland’s Homeapathy / Natural Homeopathic Remedies www.hylands.com

Boiron Homeopathic Medicines www.boironusa.com

Baby Wearing

The BabyWearer www.thebabywearer.com

Sleepy Wrap www.sleepywrap.com

Boba Baby Carrier www.bobababycarrier.com

Placenta

Avoid the Baby Blues http://avoidthebabyblues.weebly.com

Placenta Pills http://www.placentapillsdirectory.blogspot.com/

Placenta Services Directory http://www.newrootsbirth.ca/placenta-services/placenta-services-directory

Independent Placenta Encapsulation Network www.placentanetwork.com