There is so much information available on birth, so where to start?
Below is our carefully selected recommendations.
MOVIES TO HELP YOU MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOME BIRTH
Why Not Home
The Business of Being Born
BOOKS TO PREPARE SIBLINGS
Hello Baby - Jenni Overend
Our Water Baby - Amy Maclean and Jan Nesbitt
Mama Talk About When Max was Born - Toni Olson
BOOKS TO READ IN PREGNANCY
Transformed by Birth - Britta Bushnell
Like a Mother - Angela Garbes
The Baby Catcher - Peggy Vincent
Spiritual Midwifery - Ina May Gaskin
The Red Tent - Anita Diamant (FICTION)
USEFUL POSTPARTUM RESOURCES
Books/podcasts on baby sleeping by James McKenna
- Safe Infant Sleep
- Sleeping With Your Baby
- Podcast episode on Infant Sleep
Book on nourishment
The First Forty Days - Heng Ou
Helpful breastfeeding videos
- Different techniques
- Naturalbreastfeeding.com
- Hand expression video
Good place to start for any breastfeeding issues
- Kellymom
THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW
Information on VBAC’s.
(Vaginal birth after C-section)
Critical information on Premature Cord Clamping
How to give comforting touch in labor (for partners)
Elimination Communication and going diaper-free
MIDWIFERY RESOURCES
(more suitable for birth workers)