Useful resources
Websites
- http://www.aims.org.uk/ Association for improvements in the maternity services
- http://www.birthrights.org.uk/ Protecting human rights in childbirth
- http://www.sarawickham.com/ Midwife-teacher-author-researcher
- http://midwifethinking.com/ Rachel Reed – mother, independent midwife, lecturer and birth nerd
- http://evidencebasedbirth.com/
- http://homebirthersandhopefuls.com/
- http://thebirthhub.co.uk/ mother, doula, educator, breastfeeding counsellor
- http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/
- http://tellmeagoodbirthstory.com/
- http://www.indiebirth.com/
- http://birthingawareness.com/ midwife, Mark Harris (birthing for blokes)
- https://www.cochranelibrary.com/
- https://www.acog.org/
- https://www.lamaze.org/
- http://bicyclehealth.com/blog/opioid-use-disorder-pregnancy
- https://www.nvisioncenters.com/education/pregnancy/
Books
Ina May Gaskin: * Guide to Childbirth, Spiritual Midwifery & Birth Matters
* if I had to choose my favourite book for pregnant woman, it would be this one…
Michel Odent: The Oxytocin Factor/Birth & Breastfeeding/The Caesarean
Mark Harris: Men, Love & Birth – for husbands/partners
Kate Evans – Bump/Food of Love
Pam England: Birthing from Within
Janet Balaskas: New Active Birth & The Waterbirth Book
Sarah Buckley: Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering
Grantly Dick Read: Childbirth without Fear (specifically the ‘fear=tension=pain’ cycle)
Helen Churchill & Wendy Savage – Vaginal Birth After Caesarean
Milli Hill: Water Birth
Sheila Kitzinger – anything by her!
Sarah Schmid – Freebirth: self-directed pregnancy & birth
Toni Harman & Alex Wakeford – The Microbiome Effect
Pinter & Martin: Why it Matters series – essential evidence-based guides to pregnancy, birth and parenting
Heng Ou – The First Forty Days: the essential art of nourishing the new Mother
