Book Recommendations*
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
https://www.amazon.com/Ina-Mays-Guide-Childbirth-Gaskin/dp/0553381156
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Pregnancy-Childbirth-Revised/dp/0375710477
Pushed by Jennifer Block
https://www.amazon.com/Pushed-Painful-Childbirth-Modern-Maternity/dp/0738211664/ref=asc_df_0738211664/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=266076169372&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10638291360737346229&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9021750&hvtargid=pla-448836445806&psc=1
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
https://www.amazon.com/Birth-Partner-Completely-Revised-Updated/dp/1558328807
The Doula Book by Klaus, Kennel & Klaus
https://www.amazon.com/Doula-Book-Companion-Healthier-Lawrence/dp/0738215066/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+doula+book&qid=1563741198&s=books&sr=1-1
Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
https://www.amazon.com/Active-Birth-Approach-Giving-Naturally/dp/1558320385/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=active+birth&qid=1563741303&s=books&sr=1-2
The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears
https://www.amazon.com/Vaccine-Book-Decision-Parenting-Library/dp/0316180521/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZO63BZXYN9&keywords=the+vaccine+book&qid=1563741325&s=books&sprefix=the+vaccine+%2Cstripbooks%2C156&sr=1-1
The Attachment Parenting Book by Dr. Sears
https://www.amazon.com/Attachment-Parenting-Book-Commonsense-Understanding/dp/0316778095/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1ZYBHK8FK1XWZ&keywords=attachment+parenting+book&qid=1563741344&s=books&sprefix=attachement+parent%2Cstripbooks%2C179&sr=1-3
The First Forty Days by Heng Ou
https://www.amazon.com/Attachment-Parenting-Book-Commonsense-Understanding/dp/0316778095/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1ZYBHK8FK1XWZ&keywords=attachment+parenting+book&qid=1563741344&s=books&sprefix=attachement+parent%2Cstripbooks%2C179&sr=1-3
Breastfeeding
HIV and Breastfeeding; 11/5/09
http://www.drmomma.org/2009/11/hiv-and-breastfeeding-fear.html
La Leche League
http://www.llli.org/
Cesarean
Hospital Ratings
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/doctors-hospitals/hospital-ratings.htm
Co-Sleeping
Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone; 12/2008
http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/12/21/cosleeping-and-biological-imperatives-why-human-babies-do-not-and-should-not-sleep-alone/
Fathers biologically attuned to their children when sleeping nearby, research reveals
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120907165259.htm
Infant bed-sharing practices and associated risk factors among births and infant deaths in Alaska.; 07/2009-
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19618789
Parent-Infant Sleep Lab of Durham University
https://www.dur.ac.uk/sleep.lab/
Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab Articles and Essays
http://cosleeping.nd.edu/articles-and-presentations/articles-and-essays/
Scientific Benefits of Co-Sleeping
http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/health-concerns/sleep-problems/scientific-benefits-co-sleeping?doing_wp_cron=1390992300.5489690303802490234375
Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding
http://cosleeping.nd.edu/assets/31970/
Diet and Exercise
Diastasis Recti
http://diastasisrehab.com/
The Brewer Pregnancy Diet
www.drbrewerpregnancydiet.com/
www.blueribbonbaby.org/
Family Planning & The Female Body
Beautiful Cervix Project
http://www.beautifulcervix.com/
Fertility Awareness: Natural Family Planning (NFP)
http://americanpregnancy.org/preventingpregnancy/fertilityawarenessNFP.html
The Menstrual Cycle
http://www.womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/before-you-get-pregnant/menstrual-cycle.html
Family Planning Cost Calculators
http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/helpful-advice/family-planning-tools.php
Fear of Labor/Birth
Reducing fear of birth in U.S. culture: Ina May Gaskin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S9LO1Vb54yk
General Fact Based Websites
Cochrane Report
Evidence Based Birth
http://evidencebasedbirth.com/
ACOG website
Science & Sensibility
https://www.scienceandsensibility.org
Spinning Babies
NCBI
Gestational Diabetes (Mellitus)
A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Treatment for Mild Gestational Diabetes; 10/1/09
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0902430
Diabetes in Pregnancy -
http://diabetes-pregnancy.ca/
Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes: The NIH Consensus Conference; 3/4/13
http://www.evidencebasedbirth.com/diagnosing-gestational-diabetes-the-nih-consensus-conference-day-1/
Effect of Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Pregnancy Outcomes; 6/16/05
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa042973#t=articleResults
Gestational Diabetes
http://www.drbrewerpregnancydiet.com/id33.html
Gestational Diabetes ARCHIVE
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/gestdiab.html
Gestational Diabetes and the Glucola Test; 6/14/12
http://www.evidencebasedbirth.com/gestational-diabetes-and-the-glucola-test/
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Screening Recommendations; 1/14/14
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf13/gdm/gdmfinalrs.htm
Group B Strep
Group B Strep in Pregnancy: Evidence for Antibiotics and Alternatives; 4/2013
http://evidencebasedbirth.com/groupbstrep/
Home Birth
Home Births Up By 20 Percent: Is It Something You Should Consider?; 7/5/11
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/home-births-up-by-20_n_890547.html
New Evidence Confirms Birth Centers Provide Top-Notch Care; 1/31/13
http://www.birthcenters.org/research
Hormones
Michel Odent on "love cocktails" in birth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEmuUrdMGU&mid=56
Infant Sleep
Cry It Out: The Potential Dangers of Leaving Your Baby to Cry
http://drbenkim.com/articles-attachment-parenting.html
Baby sleep patterns: A guide for the science-minded
http://www.parentingscience.com/baby-sleep-patterns.html
Labor Progress
The purple line as a measure of labor progress: a longitudinal study: 5/20/10
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/10/54?mid=55
The Red/Purple Line: An Alternate Method For Assessing Cervical Dilation Using Visual Cues; 10/9/12
http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=5547
Parenting
Birth and it’s Relation to Parenting; 11/4/12
http://sarahockwell-smith.com/2012/11/04/5-reasons-why-your-birth-can-affect-your-baby-and-your-parenting/
Choosing Not to Have More Children
http://sarahbessey.com/learning-live-ache/
Unicef's Early Childhood Documentary
https://www.videocamp.com/en/movies/o-comeco-da-vida/
Pitocin in Labor
Study Finds Adverse Effects of Pitocin in Newborns; 5/7/13
http://www.acog.org/About_ACOG/News_Room/News_Releases/2013/Study_Finds_Adverse_Effects_of_Pitocin_in_Newborns
Positions for Labor
Mile Circuit-Positioning Baby
http://sharonmuza.com/resources/miles-circuit-positioning-baby/
Natural (Normal) Childbirth
Yale researcher finds natural childbirth activates protein related to brain development; 8/31/12
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20120831/yale-researcher-finds-natural-childbirth-activates-protein-related-to-brain-development?mobredir=false
Variations
The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth; 1/22/11
http://midwifethinking.com/2011/01/22/the-anterior-cervical-lip-how-to-ruin-a-perfectly-good-birth/
Ultrasound
American Institute Of Ultrasound In Medicine Official Statements
http://www.aium.org/resources/statements.aspx
Clinical and patient estimation of fetal weight vs. ultrasound estimation; 03/2009
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11933683
Issues in Pregnancy Dating: Revisiting the Evidence; 2009
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703501_3
Routine doppler ultrasound in pregnancy; 2007
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796262
Sensitivity of routine ultrasound screening of pregnancies in the Eurofetus database; 06/1998
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9668704
Safety Assurance in Obstetrical Ultrasound; 4/1/09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390856/
Ultrasound for fetal assessment in early pregnancy; 2000
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796174
Ultrasound Scans: Cause for Concern; 11/2002
http://www.motherandchildhealth.com/Prenatal/sarah/ultrasound.html
WHO Ultrasound for fetal assessment in early pregnancy; 09/2011
http://apps.who.int/rhl/pregnancy_childbirth/fetal_disorders/prenatal_diagnosis/cd007058_belizanjm_com/en/
VBAC (and HBAC)
Homebirth after Cesarean: The Myth and the Reality; 2008
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/homebirthaftercesarean.asp
International Cesarean Awareness Network
http://www.ican-online.org/
VBAC or Repeat C-Section
http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10210
VBAC: What ACOG Really Says
http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/2014/01/02/vbac-what-acog-really-says/
Videos Homebirth after Cesarean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9v7JcSb8tk
Waterbirth
http://www.waterbirthsolutions.com/
http://www.waterbirth.org
Here is a list of helpful resources that are considered current & evidence based. Please feel free to reach out to us if there is specific information you would like on these topics or if there is anything else we can help you navigate by finding good fact & data based websites or materials.
