Birth Resources

Favorite books, podcasts, films, etc related to pregnancy, postpartum, and women’s health.

 

BOOKS

BIRTH PREP BOOKS

The Birth Partner – Penny Simkin

Birthing From Within – Pam England

Ina May Gaskin’s Guide To Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin

Spiritual Midwifery – Ina May Gaskin

POSTPARTUM PREP BOOKS

The Fourth Trimester – Kimberly Ann Johnson

The First 40 Days – Heng Ou

 

FITNESS (PRENATAL/POSTPARTUM/PELVIC FLOOR) BOOKS

The Yoga Birth Method – Dorothy Guerra

 

BREASTFEEDING BOOKS

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding – La Leche League International

 

OTHER TOPICS BOOKS

Hypnobirthing: the Mongan Method – Marie Mongan

Yoga Anatomy – Leslie Kaminoff

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses – Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English

 

MEMOIR / PROSE

A ghost in the throat, Doireann Ni Ghriofa

The Nursery, Szilvia Molnar

 

BIRTH/POSTPARTUM/MOTHERHOOD PODCASTS

The Birth Hour (Birth Stories!)

-          I told my birth story on one:

Evidence Based Birth: Lots of unbiased evidence-based information.

 

INFORMATIVE WEBSITES / LINKS

Evidence Based Birth

Spinning Babies

The Miles Circuit

La Leche League International   

 

Breastfeeding Positions, Latch, and Positioning

Paced Bottle Feeding

Cosleeping – Safe Sleep Seven

 

FILMS

Documentaries:

The Business of Being Born

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives

Studio Films:

Tully

 

YOUTUBE

Built to Birth by Bridget Teyler

 

FITNESS

Whole Heart Space

Pregnancy and Postpartum TV