Childbirth ABCs (Resources)

Childbirth ABCs

Articles Lessons from a Homebirth Practice by John Stevenson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Preventing Complications with Nutrition by Amy V. Haas, BCCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Butcher's Dozen by Nancy Wainer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Better Birth By Kara Douglass Thom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oxytocin Level Predicts Mother-Child Bond http://spinningbabies.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACOG: Out of Touch with Needs of Childbearing Families Trade Union claims out-of-hospital birth is “trendy;”tries to play the “bad mother” card. (PDF)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fish Can't See Water by Dr. Marsden Wagner, MD, MSPH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is Labor Like? by Jane Weideman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drugs in Labor: What Effects Do They Have 20 Years Hence? by Beverley Lawrence Beech ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alliance for the Improvement of Maternity Services (AIMS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Epidurals Cause Physical Problems for Babies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Epidurals - Dead from the Waist Down ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Epidural - Pros, Cons of Epidural Use ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Medical Risks of Epidural Anesthesia During Childbirth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Epidurals for Labor Pain

Salli Gonzalez, LM, CPM

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Books

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way

Susan McCutcheson-Rosegg

Offers an easy to read format and photos, artwork with labor and birth positions, as well as exercise, nutrition and excellent reasons to choose natural childbirth and how to get it.

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Pregnancy & Childbirth Secrets

Gail J. Dahl

Gives insight on new research into to the effects of drugs, and ways to achieve natural childbirth.

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Spiritual Midwifery

Ina May Gaskin

Written by the pioneer of the homebirth movement in the United States, this book offers a grassroots approach to birth – much the way our great, great grandmothers may have done it.

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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

Ina May Gaskin

Much like the previous book, but written in 90’s vernacular. This goes into the medical interventions common in hospitals today and reasons you might want to avoid them.

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Childbirth Without Fear

Michel Odent & Grantly Dick-Read

A newer version of a book that Robert Bradley, MD (founder of the Bradley Method), used to base his technique. The emphasis is on the fact that women can give birth safely and naturally.

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The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth

Henci Goer

This researcher breaks down the various birthing interventions and gives both sides of the spectrum.

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Gentle Birth Choices

Barbara Harper, RN

Written by a nurse, doula/midwife, the founder of Waterbirth International, this author gives all the reasons to choose natural childbirth, the different ways to get it, and a brief history of how medical birth has become paramount in today’s society.

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Primal Health

Michel Odent

This book was written by the pioneer for natural childbirth and one of the first to introduce water birth. This book goes into the importance of bonding and the baby's first contact with the outside world and the impact on life-long health.

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