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links and resources

American College of Nurse Midwives

Association For Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health

Birthing The Future

Birthworks

Childbirth Connection

Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association

Choices in Childbirth

Citizens for Midwifery

Coalition For Improving Maternity Services

Doulas of North America

Dr. Davis-Floyd

Dr. Jack Newman

Dr. Sears

Henci Goer

Hypnobabies

Hypnobirthing

International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)

International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)

Ina May Gaskin

La Leche League

Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)

Midwifery Today

Mothering Magazine

Penny Simkin

Sheila Kitzinger

Spinning Babies

Book List

  • Birth As an American Rite of Passage, by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, University of California Press, 1992.
  • Birth In The USA How A Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed To Put Women and Children First, by Marsden Wagner, M.D., M.S., University of California Press, 2006.
  • Birthing From Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, by Pam England and Rob Horowitz, Partera Press, 1998.
  • Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year: A Guide To Health and Comfort Before and After Your Baby is Born, 3rd Revised Edition, by Elizabeth Noble, Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
  • Gentle Birth Choices. A Guide to Making Informed Decisions About: Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, Hospital Birth, by Barbara Harper, RN, Healing Arts Press, 1994.
  • Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method: A Natural Approach to a Safe, Easier, More Comfortable Birthing (3rd Edition) by Marie F. Mongan, Health Communications, 2005.
  • Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic & Birth, by Suzanne Arms, Celestial Arts, 1994.
  • Ina May's Guide To Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin, Bantam, 2003.
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide, by Penny Simkin, Meadowbrook Press, 2001.
  • The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Revised), Sheila Kitzinger, Knopf, 1996.
  • The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, by Henci Goer, Perigee Book, 1999.
  • The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers: The Most Comprehensive Problem-Solution Guide to Breastfeeding from the Foremost Expert in North America, by Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman, Prima Publishing, 2000.
  • Water Birth. A Midwife's Perspective, by Susanna Napierala, Bergin and Garvey, 1994.

  • Children's Books

  • Baby On The Way by William Sears, Little Brown & Co., 2001.
  • We Have A Baby by Cathryn Falwell, Clarion Books, 1999.
  • Welcome With Love by Julie Vivas, Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2000.

Video List

  • "Giving Birth: Challenges & Choices". 1998 Suzanne Arms. Birthing The Future, P. O. Box 830, Durango, CO 81302, (877) BIRTHING. www.BirthingTheFuture.com
  • Born In The USA by Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider, Patchworks Films, 663 7th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94118, 415-387-5912,
    www.patchworksfilms.net
  • Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper, RN, Healing Arts Press, 2005,
    www.gentlebirthchoices.org
  • The Business of Being Born by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, Barranca Productions, 2007,
    www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com

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