Birth Roots
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)
Online magazines
http://www.mothering.com/
http://www.junomagazine.com/
click here for you free copy, using this code UDC351177
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-deirected 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
Further reading:
Sheena Byrom & Soo Downe - Ther Roar Behind The Silence
Michel Odent - Childbirth and the Future of Homeo Sapiens/Do We Need Midwives
Veronika Sophia Robinson - The Birthkeepers
Robin Lim - Placenta the Forgotten Chakra/The Geometry of Splitting Souls
Jackie Singer - Birthrites
Other
The Business of Being Born: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvljyvU_ZGE
Freedom for Birth: http://www.freedomforbirth.com/
Orgasmic Birth: http://www.orgasmicbirth.com/
Microbirth: http://microbirth.com/
A Probiotic Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgFr4AwIFZM
Birth Story: https://watch.birthstorymovie.com/
