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 Resources

BOOKS

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  • BIRTH REBORN: What Childbirth Should Be -by Michel Odent

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  • BIRTH AND BREASTFEEDING: Rediscovering the Needs of Women during Pregnancy and Childbirth by-Michel Odent

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  • THE THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE TO A BETTER BIRTH  -by Henci Goeer

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  • BORN IN THE USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First -by Marsden Wagner

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  • NATURAL CHILDBIRTH THE BRADLEY WAY -by Susan McCutcheon

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  • CHILDBIRTH WITHOUT FEAR: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth -by Grantly Dick-Read

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  • INA MAY'S GUIDE TO CHILDBIRTH -by Ina May Gaskin

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  • THE BIRTH PARTNER -by Penny Simpkin

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  • SILENT KNIFE: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) -by Nancy Wainer Cohen

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  • THE COMPLETE BOOK OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH -by Sheila Kitzinger

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  • HOMEBIRTH: The Essential Guide to Giving Birth Outside The Hospital by- Sheila Kitzinger

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  • GENTLE BIRTH CHOICES -by Barbara Harper

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  • THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING - La Leche League International

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  • INA MAY'S GUIDE TO BREASTFEEDING -by Ina May Gaskin

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DVDs

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  • Born In America- available on youtube

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  • The Business of Being Born

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  • Mama Sherpas

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  • Organic Birth

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“Stories teach us in ways we can remember. They teach us that each woman responds to birth in her unique way and how very wide-ranging that way can be. Sometimes they teach us about silly practices once widely held that were finally discarded. They teach us the occasional difference between accepted medical knowledge and the real bodily experiences that women have - including those that are never reported in medical textbooks nor admitted as possibilities in the medical world. They also demonstrate the mind/body connection in a way that medical studies cannot. Birth stories told by women who were active participants in giving birth often express a good deal of practical wisdom, inspiration, and information for other women. Positive stories shared by women who have had wonderful childbirth experiences are an irreplaceable way to transmit knowledge of a woman's true capacities in pregnancy and birth.” 
― Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

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