
Pregnancy Birth & Postpartum Resources
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Podcasts
- Australian Birth Story
- Birthing Instincts *
- Birth Time
- Evidence Based Birth
- Homebirth Stories Australia
- Pregnancy Birth and Beyond
- Rebirthed
- The Great Birth Rebellion *
- The SHE BIRTHS podcast
- The Midwives Cauldron *
- The VBAC Link
- Welcome to the womb
- You, me and HG (good for women with Hyperemesis)
- Pop Culture Parenting (General parenting podcast)
*Highly recommended
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Books
Catherine Bell:
- The Birth Map
Dr Sarah Buckley:
- Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering
Rhea Dempsey:
- Birth with Confidence
- Beyond the Birth Plan
Ina May Gaskin:
- Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth
Jane Hardwicke Collins
- Ten Moons
Sheila Kitzinger:
- The complete book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
Lily Nicholls:
- Real food for Pregnancy
- Real food for Gestational Diabetes
- Real food for Fertility
Yolande Norris-Clark
- Portal
Heng Ou:
- The first 40 days
Dr Rachel Reed:
- Reclaiming Childbirth- A rite of passage
- Induction Matters
Juju Sundin:
- Birth Skills
Dr Sara Wickham:
- In Your Own Time
- GBS Explained
- Anti D Explained
- Vitamin K explained
- Birthing your placenta
- Plus size Pregnancy
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Websites
Evidence on Vitamin K, Post-Dates pregnancy, GBS, Anti D, Plus Size Pregnancy and many other topics
Evidence on shoulder dystocia, meconium liquor, prolonged rupture of membranes, amniotic fluid, cervical lips and so much more
Evidence and information on all things oxytocin, including pregnancy, birth and parenting
A fabulous resource that examines the evidence around a huge number of pregnancy and birth related topics, and breaks it down into very easy-to-understand information sheets, blogs and podcasts
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/
Evidence on foetal heart rate monitoring
Free antenatal education and pregnancy and postpartum exercise courses
Nutrition in pregnancy
https://lilynicholsrdn.com/blog/
Active labour and birth
Balancing exercises, optimal maternal & foetal positioning and active birth exercises
https://www.spinningbabies.com/
Maternal positions for pelvic floor relief and to assist birthing positions
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Breastfeeding & Post-Birth Websites
https://physicianguidetobreastfeeding.org/
https://www.bfmed.org/protocols
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/
https://www.milkearlyparentingsupport.com/
https://www.milkybusiness.com/aboutmilkybusiness (Handout bundle in goodie bag)
https://namelessme.wordpress.com/
https://www.rch.org.au/home/ (Excellent resource, especially as your kids start to pick up bugs)
http://www.purplecrying.info/ Infant crying
https://possumsonline.com/ Infant sleep