Birth With Confidence

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Links

Doulas

www.calgarychildbirth.com

Homebirth

http://www.homebirth.org.uk/

Waterbirth

www.waterbirth.org

Delayed Cord Cutting

http://www.labouroflove.org/birth/delayed-cord-cutting/

Herbs for Childbirth

http://www.motherlove.com/faq_usefulherbs.php

 

Books

Birth Doulas

  • Klaus, Kennell, & Klaus, The Doula Book
  • Rachel Gurevich, The Doula Advantage
  • Simkin, The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman through Childbirth

Birth

  • Kitzinger, The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Sears, The Birth Book
  • Simkin, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn
  • Harper, Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions About Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, Hospital Births
  • Gaskin, Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
  • Peterson, An Easier Childbirth: A Mother's Guide for Birthing Normally
  • Goer, The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth

Post Partum Doulas

  • Eagan, The New Mother
  • Placksin, Mothering the New Mother
  • Wolf, Misconceptions
  • Kitzinger, The Year After Childbirth
  • Kitzinger, Ourselves as Mothers
  • Kelleher, Nurturing The Family:The Guide For Postpartum Doulas
  • Pascali-Bonaro, Nurturing Beginnings

The Newborn

  • Klaus and Klaus, Your Amazing Newborn
  • Brazelton, Touchpoints
  • Chamberlain, The Mind of Your Newborn Baby
  • Heller, The Vital Touch
  • Field, Infancy
  • Sears, The Baby Book
  • Kitzinger, The Year After Childbirth

Breastfeeding

  • Newman, The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers
  • La Leche League, The Breastfeeding Answer Book
  • Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding
  • Morbacher and Kendall-Tackett, Breastfeeding Made Simple

Family Building, Touch and Attachment

  • Kennell and Klaus, Bonding
  • Sears, Becoming a Father
  • Thevin, The Family Bed
  • Heinowitz, Fathering Right From the Start

Infant Care

  • Simkin, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn
  • Douglas, The Mother of All Baby Books

Postpartum Mood Disorders

  • Sebastian, Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
  • Kleiman, The Postpartum Husband
  • Kleiman, This Isn’t What I Expected
  • Honikman, I’m Listening
  • Kendall-Tackett, Depression in New Mothers

Multiples

  • Noble, Having Twins and More
  • Malstrom, The Art of Parenting Twins
  • Rothbart, Multiple Blessings
  • Kerkhoff Gromada, Mothering Multiples

The Mother’s Changing Body

  • Noble, Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year

Breasfeeding

  • Mohrbacher, Stock, & Newton, The Breastfeeding Answer Book 3rd Edition
  • Newman & Pitman, The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers (Available in the US)
  • Newman & Pitman, Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding revised (Available in Canada)
  • Huggins & Lawrence, The Nursing Mother’s Companion 4th Edition