Reading Resources

Books:

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• Ina May’s Guide to Natural Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

 

• Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin

 

• Birthing From Within by Pam England

 

• Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally by Janet Balaskas

 

• Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond by Nancy Bardacke

 

• Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block

 

• Childbirth Without Fear by Grantly Dick-Read

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• The Thinking Women’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

 

• Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper

 

• The Nursing Mother’s Companian by Huggins & Lawrence

 

• The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger

 

• The VBAC Companion by Diana Korte

 

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International

 

• HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method by Marie Mongan

 

• Breastfeeding Answer Book by Nancy Mohrbacher

 

• The Ultimate Breastefeeding Book of Answers by Jack Newman, MD and Teresa Pitman

 

• Permission to Mother by Denise Plunger

 

• Cut, Stapled, and Mended: When One Woman Reclaimed Her Body and Gave Birth on Her Own Terms After Cesarean by Roanna Rosewood

 

• Sit Up and Take Notice! by Pauline Scott

 

• The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

 

• Pregnancy, Childbirth and The Newborn by Penny Simkin

 

• Optimal Foetal Positioning by Jean Sutton and Pauline Scott

 

• Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH

 

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Diane Wiessinger

 

• The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two by Sears

 

 

Articles:

 

• Closing the Theory-Practice Gap: Intrapartum Midwifery Management of Planned Homebirths (2007)

 

• Evidence Based Birth:  www.evidencebasedbirth.com

 

• Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America (2005)

 

• Research Review: Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States (2014)

 

• Using Fear in Pregnancy to Reduce Pain in Labor

 

 

 

Websites:

 

 

Midwifery, Pregnancy & Childbirth

 

 

• American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology:  www.acog.org

 

• American Pregnancy Association:  www.americanpregnancy.com

 

• Birthing Naturally:  www.birthingnaturally.net

 

• Childbirth Connection:  www.childbirthconnection.org

 

• Choices In Childbirth:  www.choicesinchildbirth.org

 

• Citizens for Midwifery:  www.cfmidwifery.org

 

• DONA International:  www.dona.com

 

• HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method:  www.hypnobirthing.com

 

• International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN): www.ican-online.org

 

• Improving Birth: www.improvingbirth.org

 

• Lamaze International:  www.lamaze.org

 

• Mothers Naturally:  www.mothersnaturally.org

 

• One World Birth:  www.oneworldbirth.net

 

• Spinning Babies:  www.spinningbabies.com

 

• The Birth Survey: www.thebirthsurvey.org

 

• VBAC Facts: www.vbacfacts.com

 

• Volusia County Birth Network:  www.vcbn.homestead.com

 

• Waterbirth International: www.waterbirth.org

 

 

Babies, Breastfeeding & Parenting

 

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• Ask Dr. Sears:  www.askdrsears.com

 

• Attachment Parenting:  www.attachmentparenting.org

 

• International Chiropractic Pediatric Association: http://icpa4kids.com

 

• Dr. Jack Newman:  www.breastfeedingonline.com

 

• Kelly Mom:  www.kellymom.com

 

• Mothering Magazine:  www.mothering.com