Interesting Reading & Viewing
Documentaries you might enjoy
The Business of Being Born (YouTube)
Laboring Under an Illusion (rent from Amazon)
Microbirth (Amazon PrimeVideo)
From Conception to Birth (Discovery Channel)
Birthing from Within
Useful Sites
MANA, Midwifes Association of North America
NARM, North American Registry of midwives
Studies regarding the safety of home birth:
Millibank Report: Evidence Based Maternity Care (milibank.org)
The Safety of Home Birth, www.cfmidwifery.org/pdf/safety.pdf
Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009
Perinatal mortality and morbidity up to 28 days after birth among 743 070 low-risk planned home and hospital births: a cohort study based on three merged national perinatal databases.
BJOG. 2015 Apr;122(5):720-8. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13084. Epub 2014 Sep 10.
Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America
BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1416 (Published 16 June 2005)Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:1416
Interesting Reading
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
The Natural Pregnancy Book by Aviva Jill Romm
Heart and Hands by Elizabeth Davis
Hypnobirthing by Marie F. Mongan
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
The Waterbirth Book by Janet Balaskas
Birth Reborn by Michael Odent
Birth Without Violence by Frederick LeBoyer
Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May Gaskin
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League
A Practical Guide to Breastfeeding by Jan Riodam
Herbal Healing for Woman by Rosemary Gladstar
The Way of Herbs by Michael Tierra
Wise Woman’s Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susan S. Weed
Real Food, What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
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