Resources

Videos

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & the Farm Midwives, 2012, directed by Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore. (DVD)

“Breast Crawl by UNICEF” http://www.breastcrawl.org/video.shtml A must see!

Breastfeeding: the Why-to, How-to, Can-do Videos—Vida Health communications. www.vida-health.com

The Business of Being Born with Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake. (DVD) (See also More Business of Being Born, the continuation of the series.)

“Christian Dads Experience What It Feels Like to Give Birth”—One for your partner! (YouTube)

Doula—about Loretha Weisinger’s work with teens. (Netflix)

Doula: A Documentary—produced in 2012 by Childbirth Collective in Minneapolis and Emily Rumsey. http://www.emilyrumsey.com

“The Dramatic Struggle for Life”—very amazing footage from Bali. (YouTube)

Everybody Loves . . . Babies by Thomas Balmes. (DVD)

“Extraordinary Breastfeeding” A five-part online video series, these videos give real food for thought! (YouTube)

Guerrilla Midwife—Follow CNN Hero of the Year Ibu Robin Lim into the trenches of her work from Bali, where hemorrhage after childbirth is a leading cause of death, into the Tsunami disaster zone in Aceh, where her battle is fought with only one weapon, love. (Online video)

“Thalasso Bain Bebe par Sonia Rochel”—Baby bath by Brazilian midwife Sonia Rochel (YouTube)

Twin Vertex Birth—the birth of the author’s twins at The Farm in 1982, with Ina May Gaskin. (DVD)

Internet Resources

AskDrSears.com—valuable advice on breastfeeding and parenting (my personal favorite)

Breastfeeding Resource Pages—La Leche League International.

www.llli.org/nb.html

Caroline Flint, U.K. Midwife website: http://carolineflintmidwife.tumblr.com/

DONA International website: information on doula training, certification and Doula magazine. http://www.dona.org

Ina May Gaskin’s homepage: http://inamay.com/

The Newman Breastfeeding Clinic, the Centre for Breastfeeding

Education, and the Centre for Breastfeeding Studies:

http://www.nbci.ca You can call them for help anytime, too: 416-498-0002. A connection to an amazing group in Canada with seemingly endless information—all excellent.

Ongoing blog: callthedoula.blogspot.com

Books

Attatchment Parenting: Instinctive care for your baby and young child, by Katie Allison Granju

Babies, Breastfeeding and Bonding, by Ina May Gaskin

Baby-Led Breasetfeeding, by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett

Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta, by Ina May Gaskin

The Birth Partner—Revised 4th Ed.: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions, by Penny Simkin

The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman Through Childbirth, by Penny Simpkin

Birth—Through Children’s Eyes, by Penny Simkin

Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing: How Ecological Breastfeeding Spaces Babies, by Sheila Kippley

The Breastfeeding Answer Book, by the La Leche League International

Breastfeeding Matters: What We Need to Know About Infant Feeding, Maureen Kathryn Minchin

Comfort Measures for Childbirth, by Penny Simkin

The Continuum Concept: In search of happiness lost, by Jean Liedloff

Do Birth: A gentle guide to labour and childbirth, by Carolyn Flint

Hold Your Premie, by Jill and Dr. Nils Bergman

Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding,by Ina May Gaskin

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin

The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia, by Penny Simkin

Medications and Mothers’ Milk, 14th ed., by Thomas W. Hale

Mothering the New Mother, by Sally Placksin

The NAPSAC Directory of Alternative Birth Services and Consumer Guide, by Penny Simkin

Natural Health after Birth, by Aviva Jill Romm

The Nursing Mother’s Herbal, by Sheila Humphrey

Parenting Without Borders: Surprising Lessons Parents Around the World Can Teach Us, by Christine Gross-Loh

The Politics of Breastfeeding, by Gabrielle Palmer

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn, by Penny Simkin

Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening, by Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder

The Simple Guide to Having a Baby, by Penny Simkin

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures, by Anne Fadiman

Spiritual Midwifery, by Ina May Gaskin

The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding, by Dana Raphael

Testing Baby: The Transformation of Newborn Screening, Parenting, and Policymaking, by Rachel Grob

The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers: The Most Comprehensive, by Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman

When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women, by Penny Simkin

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, by La Leche League International

Waiting With Gabriel: A Story of Cherishing a Baby’s Brief Life, by Amy Kuebelbeck

Products

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“Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.”

~Robin Lim