Welcome to our Internet Resources Page.
BIPOC Pregnancy and Birth Resources
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance
- Mamatoto Village
- Jennie Joseph
- Uzazi Village
- Black Women Birthing Justice
- Sista Midwife Productions
- Sista Midwife Directory
- Kindred Space LA
- National Association to Advance Black Birth – Black Birthing Bill of Rights
- Evidence Based Birth/Birth Justice
- You’re Black and Pregnant. What Should Your Birth Plan Actually Look Like?
- The Power of a Black Woman’s Birth Plan
- Black Maternal Health Momnibus
- Black Moms Matter Facebook Group
- America is Failing its Black Mothers
- Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
- An In-Depth Look at Why Black Moms Need to Matter More
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities Continue in Pregnancy Related Deaths
- BIPOC Mental Health
- The AMERICAN Dream Film
- Birth In America For Black Mothers – A Documentary “The AMERICAN Dream”
- Mom Congress – Black Learn, Listen and Lift Toolkit
Class 1 Links
Language –
Stay Inside Your Bubble of Peace –
Embracing One System –
How the Mind Works; How Hypnosis Works –
- Do we smell with our EYES? People perceive odours differently if they are labelled with positive or negative words
- Software For Your Mind
- What is the Science Behind Hypnosis
- Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis – Is it Realistic?
- Just How Easy and Comfortable Can Birthing Be?
- How Does it Work?
- Help! I Can’t be Hypnotized
- Brain Imaging Studies Investigate Pain Reduction By Hypnosis
- Psychology: The power of expectations on experience of pain
- You’re getting very curious: Scientists discover how hypnosis actually works
- Hypnosis: Does it Work?
Mindfulness –
Use of Hypnosis in Pregnancy and Birth –
- STUDY – Hypnosis for pain relief in labour and childbirth: a systematic review
- Or the PDF version
- STUDY – efficacy of self-hypnosis learning sessions for elimination of chronic pain
- STUDY – Hypnosis for childbirth: a retrospective comparative analysis of outcomes in one obstetrician’s practice
- STUDY – Hypnosis for pain management during labor and childbirth
- VIDEO – Medical Hypnosis in the News
- STUDY – Hypnosis for Turning Breech Babies
- STUDY – Alternative therapies (hypnosis) for pain management in labor
- VIDEO – Scott Sandland, “What IS Hypnosis?”
- Pain Really Is All In Your Head And Emotion Controls Intensity
- Hypnosis, Meditation, and Relaxation for Pain Treatment
What’s In There? –
- VIDEO – Animated footage of conception to birth ~ TED Talk
- What Your Uterus Does During Labour
- The Myth of the Ageing Placenta
Baby Wise Program/Book Concerns –
- AAP ABSTRACT – “Babywise” advice linked to de-hydration and failure to thrive
- Collection of Articles on Babywise
- Babywise Advice Linked to Dehydration and Failure to Thrive
- STUDY – Styles of Parenting (Attachment and Babywise principles compared)
- My Anxiety Got Worse During My First Pregnancy – Here’s How I Managed It For Baby No. 2
Home-Play –
Class 2 Links
Prenatal Testing –
- First Trimester Prenatal Tests
- Second Trimester Prenatal Tests
- Third Trimester Prenatal Tests
- Prenatal Testing
- More Women Skip Prenatal Test After Learning About Risks
- Prenatal Diagnosis: Amniocentesis and CVS
- The Rh Factor: How It Can Affect Your Pregnancy
Gestational Diabetes –
- Gestational Diabetes and the Glucola Test
- Gestational Diabetes: Please Don’t Drink the “Glucola Without Reading the Label
- A physician’s experience with a false positive test result
- Is Routine Testing For Gestational Diabetes Necessary?
- Gestational Diabetes: beyond the label
- Evidence on: Induction for Gestational Diabetes
- Evidence on: Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes
- Real Food For Gestational Diabetes
Baby Movements –
Epigenetics –
- What is Epigenetics
- Development in the womb: New insight on epigenetic influence on baby
- Nutrition During Pregnancy Impacts Offspring’s Epigenetic Status—Evidence from Human and Animal Studies
Perineal Massage –
- Antenatal perineal massage for reducing perineal trauma
- Antenatal perineal massage benefits in reducing perineal trauma and postpartum morbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- What Is the Evidence for Perineal Massage During Pregnancy to Prevent Tearing?
- Perineal Massage During Pregnancy
Pelvic Floor Health –
Protein and Nutrition Information –
- Pregnancy, Protein, and Promoting Growth
- How Much Protein in Pregnancy
- Protein Requirements of Healthy Pregnant Women During Early and Late Gestation Are Higher Than Current Recommendations
- Real Food For Pregnancy
- Plant Proteins
- How to Dramatically Boost Your Protein Intake
- The 7 Super Foods For Pregnancy
- Essential fatty acids and human brain
- Maternal Diet and Nutrient Requirements in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. An Italian Consensus Document
Eggs –
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy, Protein, and Promoting Growth
- 6 Reasons Why Eggs are the Healthiest Food on the Planet
- How Many Eggs Should You Eat
Supplements –
- How Important Are B Vitamins in Pregnancy?
- Calcium
- Risks of Taking too Much Calcium When Pregnant
- Vitamin D
- Moms-to-be with low vitamin D levels could have more painful labors
- Vitamin D: Study Finds Impaired Fertility
- Vitamin D and the nursing mother
- Maternal Versus Infant Vitamin D Supplementation During Lactation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Folate
- Iron
- How This Little “Fish” is Making Pregnant Mamas Healthier
- The Lucky Iron Fish
- Iron in Food: Effect of Continued Use of Iron Cookware
- Iodine Deficiency Common in Pregnancy, Docs Warn
- Importance of a balanced omega 6/omega 3 ratio for the maintenance of health
- Nutrition in pregnancy: the argument for including a source of choline
- Usual Choline Intakes Are Associated with Egg and Protein Food Consumption in the United States
- Maternal choline intake alters the epigenetic state of fetal cortisol-regulating genes in humans
- Maternal choline supplementation during the third trimester of pregnancy improves infant information processing speed: a randomized, double-blind, controlled feeding study
- Selenium supplementation during pregnancy for improving maternal and newborn outcomes
- Mercury, selenium and fish oils in marine food webs and implications for human health
- THE FETAL ORIGINS OF MEMORY: THE ROLE OF DIETARY CHOLINE IN OPTIMAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
- SEAFOOD FOR VEGANS? A DIVE INTO SEAWEED AND ALGAE
- Low Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase Activity in the Human Placenta Has Important Implications for Fetal Glycine Supply
Artificial Sweeteners –
- How Safe is Splenda?
- What is Stevia
- Artificial Sweeteners Induce Glucose Intolerance by Altering the Gut Microbiota
- Gain weight by “going diet?” Artificial sweeteners and the neurobiology of sugar cravings
- Artificial sweeteners: sugar-free, but at what cost?
Food Safety in Pregnancy –
Soda –
- The Not-So-Sweet Facts About Soda
- 13 Ways That Sugary Soda Is Bad for Your Health
- Diets of Pregnant Women Contain Harmful, Hidden Toxins
Seafood –
- Fatty acids in fish may shield brain from mercury damage
- Benefits of Eating Fish During Pregnancy May Outweigh Mercury Risk
- High fish consumption in pregnancy tied to brain benefits for kids
- Is it safe to eat sushi during pregnancy?
- Maternal seafood consumption in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood (ALSPAC study): an observational cohort study
- SEAFOOD FOR VEGANS? A DIVE INTO SEAWEED AND ALGAE
Toxins –
- Diets of Pregnant Women Contain Harmful, Hidden Toxins
- Cat parasite linked to mental illness, schizophrenia
- Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy – Do I Need To Get Rid Of My Cat?
- Puberty Before Age 10: A New ‘Normal’?
- Your Guide to a Pregnancy-Safe Skin Care Routine
- Personal care product use and urinary phthalate metabolite and paraben concentrations during pregnancy among women from a fertility clinic
- Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Phenols: Concentrations in Amniotic Fluid and Variability in Urinary Concentrations during Pregnancy
- Aluminum exposure and toxicity in neonates: A practical guide to halt aluminum overload in the prenatal and perinatal periods
- Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6–12 Years of Age in Mexico
- Exposure to Mercury and Aluminum in Early Life: Developmental Vulnerability as a Modifying Factor in Neurologic and Immunologic Effects
- Human exposure to aluminium
- Aluminium toxicosis: a review of toxic actions and effects
- Prenatal Exposure to Aluminum and Status of Selected Essential Trace Elements in Rural South African Women at Delivery
- Dietary methanol and autism
- Environmental Working Group
Alcohol –
- Fetal brain function in response to maternal alcohol consumption: Early evidence of damage
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Caffeine –
- Moderate Caffeine Consumption During Pregnancy
- Caffeine Linked to Low Birth Weight Babies
- Caffeine in Pregnancy
MSG –
Smoking & Vaping–
- Smoking And Pregnancy – 8 Myths Busted
- Quit Smoking Hypnosis
- Nicotine exposure during and after pregnancy can cause hearing problems in children
- Smoke-Free Me
- Smoking during pregnancy doubles the risk of sudden unexpected infant death, study warns
- Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases risk of ADHD among offspring up to 3-fold
- Is vaping during pregnancy OK?
- How safe are electronic cigarettes?
- Use of Electronic Vapor Products Before, During, and After Pregnancy Among Women with a Recent Live Birth
- Nicotine and other potentially harmful compounds in “nicotine‐free” e‐cigarette liquids
- E-Cigarette Use During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding FAQs
Medications/Marijuana –
- Prescription painkillers, widely used by childbearing age women, double birth defects risk
- Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to low birthweight and intensive care
- OTC Medication Use in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Marijuana for morning sickness? It’s not great for baby’s brain
- Headaches in Pregnancy: Is Tylenol Safe?
- What you Need to Know About Marijuana Use and Pregnancy
- Pregnancy and Marijuana: What You Should Know
Ultrasound –
- Avoid Fetal “Keepsake” Images, Heartbeat Monitors
- Ultrasound Imaging
- Human Studies Condemn Ultrasound
- Ultrasound Scans – Cause For Concern
- Natural Childbirth IIA: Is Ultrasound Necessary & Effective in Pregnancy?
- Natural Childbirth IIB: Ultrasound Not as Safe as Commonly Thought
- Assessment of the Accuracy of Multiple Sonographic Fetal Weight Estimation Formulas
- Ultrasound Risks and Benefits
- Obstetrical ultrasound: can the fetus hear the wave and feel the heat?
- Benefits and risks of ultrasound in pregnancy
Sleep Positions –
- Why Are Pregnant Women Told to Sleep on Their Left Side?
- Stillbirth threefold increase when sleeping on back in pregnancy
- Sleeping Positions During Pregnancy
Exercise –
- Posture
- Squatting
- You Still Don’t Know Squat
- Preparation – The Miles Circuit
- The Miles Circuit
- 5 Best Exercises in Pregnancy
- Daily Activities
- I’m Birth Ball CRAZY !!!!!! Ways to use the birth ball during pregnancy , birth and after …
- Exercise During the Childbearing Year
Personal Grooming –
Optimal Cord Clamping –
- Cord Management of the Term Newborn
- Video – Cord Clamping and Your Birth Plan
- Common Objections to Delayed Cord Clamping – What’s The Evidence Say?
- Video – Delayed Cord Clamping – Grand Rounds
- Delayed Cord Clamping Should be Standard Practice in Obstetrics
- An Update on Delayed Cord Clamping, and Thoughts on Internet Expertise
- Effect of Delayed Versus Early Umbilical Cord Clamping Status at 4 Months
- Late vs Early Clamping of the Umbilical Cord in Full-term Neonates
- Historical perspectives on umbilical cord clamping and neonatal transition
- Magic Umbilical Cords
- BBC article: “Early cord clamping may harm baby”
- Is it time to change the way babies are held immediately after birth?
- Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping May Benefit Children Years Later
- Delayed Cord Clamping And Jaundice – What You Need To Know | BellyBelly
- Is Holding a Newborn in the Introitus Position After Delivery Necessary?
- Effect of gravity on volume of placental transfusion: a multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial
- Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth
The Placenta –
- The Amazing Placenta
- Placenta plays pivotal ‘umpire’ role to influence pregnancy outcomes
- The Myth of the Ageing Placenta
- Cholestasis of Pregnancy – Important Facts About Cholestasis
- What is Linea Nigra? Will it Ever Go Away?
- What is PUPPS (or “Pregnancy Rash”)?
- Placenta Encapsulation
Class 3 Links
Homebirth/Birth Center Safety –
- New Studies Confirm Safety of Home Birth With Midwives in the U.S.
- Home Birth: Why This Doctor Would Still Choose One
- Why are Medical Professionals who Deliver Babies in Hospitals Choosing to have their Own Babies at Home?
- 10 reasons to have your baby at a birth center
- Hospitals Carry Their Own Risks
- Low-risk pregnant women urged to avoid hospital births
- Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America
- New Evidence Confirms Birth Centers Provide Top-Notch Care
- Midwives Say Birthing Centers Could Cut C-Section Rates and Save Billions
- Outcomes of Care in Birth Centers: Demonstration of a Durable Model
- 5 Reasons Birth Centers Have Met Their Moment
- Natural childbirth I: is home birth more dangerous than hospital birth?
- Dueling Statistics: Is Out-of-Hospital Birth Safe?
- Home births not linked to increased risk of complications
- Planned Home Birth
Midwifery Model of Care –
- Midwifery Model
- What is a Midwife?
- Benefits of Midwifery Care Video
- Expecting? The Process of Creating a Physiological Birth
- New Research on the Safety of Using Midwives for Low-Risk Deliveries
- Midwifery Benefits? Improved Outcomes For Moms Who See Midwives, Review Finds
- A Midwifery Model of Care for Childbearing Women at High Risk:
- Genuine Caring in Caring for the Genuine
- Perinatal and Maternal Outcomes by Planned Place of Birth for Healthy Women with Low Risk Pregnancies: The Birthplace in England National Prospective Cohort Study
- Home Birth After Hospital Birth: Women’s Choices and Reflections
- Call the Midwife
- The Way We Talk About Midwifery Care Matters
- Why Are We Asking Doctors if Women Should Have Midwives?
- Midwives Rock: Confessions of an OB/GYN Physician
- List of 47 Questions to Ask a Midwife During an Interview (with printable)
Physiologic/Normal Birth –
- Research Summaries for Normal Birth
- Undisturbed birth
- The Most Scientific Birth Is Often the Least Technological Birth
- Natural childbirth III: why undisturbed birth?
- Why Baby’s Birth Experience Matters – 5 Things You Need To Know
- The Cascade Of Intervention – What You Need To Know
- ACOG: Hands-Off Approach for Low-Risk Pregnancies
- Do provider birth attitudes influence cesarean delivery rate: a cross-sectional study
- What Your Uterus Does During Labor
Evidence Based Practice –
- Scientific Evidence Underlying the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Practice Bulletins
- I didn’t realize the pressure to have a C-section until I was about to deliver
- Twelve Signs You Can Trust Your Care
- The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services: Evidence Basis for the Ten Steps of Mother-Friendly Care
- What is Evidence-based Maternity Care?
- When doing nothing makes the most sense and is the least risky option
- 9 Changes We Must Make To Increase Vaginal Birth Rates
- Elective Induction at 40 Weeks? “Decision-Based Evidence Making” Strikes Again
- Top Ten Signs Your Doctor Is Planning To Perform An Unnecessary Cesarean Section On You
- How Using Our Power as Consumers Could Change Maternity Care Forever
- Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth
- 8 Red Flags That You Are With The Wrong Provider?
- State of Maternity Care
- What is Patient Centered Maternity Care
- Do provider birth attitudes influence cesarean delivery rate: a cross-sectional study
- New ACOG Recommendations You Should Bring with You to Your Next Prenatal Visit
- Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth
Informed Consent –
- Right to Informed Consent
- Right to Refuse Medical Treatment
- You’re Not Allowed to Not Allow Me
- Ob-Gyns Address Refusal of Medically Recommended Treatment During Pregnancy
- ACOG to Obstetricians: Respect Women’s Choice
- Making Informed Decisions
- Being Admitted to the Hospital or Signing Consent Forms is NOT “Implied Consent”
- Refusal of Medically Recommended Treatment During Pregnancy
Leaving AMA –
- Does leaving against medical advice stick patients with a bill?
- Financial Responsibility of Hospitalized Patients Who Left Against Medical Advice: Medical Urban Legend?
Group B Strep –
- Group B Strep and Pregnancy
- Group B Strep: what you need to know
- Group B Strep in Pregnancy: Evidence for Antibiotics and Alternatives
- Vaginal chlorhexidine during labour to prevent early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection
- Safety and Impact of Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Interventions for Improving Neonatal Health in Developing Countries
- Group B Strep (GBS) in Pregnancy: What’s a Mom to Do?
- Intrapartum antibiotics for GBS prophylaxis alter colonization patterns in the early infant gut microbiome of low risk infants
Vaginal/Cervical Exams –
- Internal Exam In Pregnancy and Labor – Are They Necessary?
- The purple line as a measure of labor progress: a longitudinal study
- Dilation – How to Check Without Checking
- Vaginal examinations: a symptom of a cervical-centric birth culture
- Pelvic Exams Near Term: Benefit or Risk? Talking to Mothers About Informed Consent and Refusal
- Alternative Methods of Checking Dilation {The Purple Line and More}
- Why the Cervix Is More Amazing Than You Realized
- The Red/Purple Line: An Alternate Method For Assessing Cervical Dilation Using Visual Cues
- Study – Cervical Dilation on Admission in Term Spontaneous Labor and Maternal and Newborn Outcomes.
- How Your Cervix Dilates and Why it’s unpredictable
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- Understanding and assessing labor progress
Sweeping/Stripping Membranes –
- Membrane Sweep – 6 Facts To Consider Before Having One
- The Evidence on Membrane Sweeping
- Antepartum Membrane Stripping in GBS Carriers, Is It Safe? (The STRIP-G Study)
- Membrane sweeping for induction of labour
- Membrane Sweeping for Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section and its Outcome -A Comparative Study
- Membrane sweeping for induction of labour
Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) –
- Maternal hydration therapy improves the quantity of amniotic fluid and the pregnancy outcome in third-trimester isolated oligohydramnios: a controlled randomized institutional trial
- What is the Evidence for Induction for Low Amniotic Fluid in a Healthy Pregnancy?
- Amniotic fluid volume: When and how to take action
- Effects of maternal left lateral position and rest on amniotic fluid index: a prospective clinical study
- What is the Evidence for Induction for Low Fluid at Term in a Healthy Pregnancy?
- Is oligohydramnios more common during the summer season?
- Low Amniotic Fluid Levels: Oligohydramnios
Induction –
- What is the Evidence for Induction for Low Amniotic Fluid in a Healthy Pregnancy?
- Carrying Pregnancy to 39 Weeks: Is It Worth It? Yes!
- “Choosing Wisely” in maternity care: ACOG and AAFP urge women to question elective deliveries
- What is the Evidence for Induction for Low Fluid at Term in a Healthy Pregnancy?
- Mechanical methods for induction of labour
- 5 Q&A About Inducing Labor From Our CEO
- Elective Induction at 40 Weeks? “Decision-Based Evidence Making” Strikes Again
- Natural Inductions & Possible Complications
- Non-Medically Indicated Induction and Augmentation of Labor
- Evidence on Inducing Labor for going past your Due Date
- What is the Evidence for Inducing Labor if Your Water Breaks at Term?
- Why All Inductions Are Not The Same – 5 Induction Methods
- Tips for Dealing with Holiday Induction Pressure
- Induction of Labour: balancing risks
- Do Babies Really Need To Be Induced To Ensure They Are Born?
- Amniotic fluid volume: When and how to take action
- Evidence on: Induction for Gestational Diabetes
- Induction: a step by step guide
- Post-Dates Induction of Labour: balancing risks
- The ARRIVE Trial (A Randomized Trial of Induction Versus Expectant Management)
- What is the Evidence for Induction or C-section for a Big Baby?
- Ultrasound at Term Overestimates Macrosomia
- Big Babies – The Curse of (mis) Diagnosing a Macrosomic Infant Part.1 & 2
- Big Babies – Birthing a Macrosomic Infant – Part 2
- Induction of labour at or near the end of pregnancy for babies suspected of being very large (macrosomia)Labor and Delivery Experiences of Mothers with Suspected Large Babies
- When a Big Baby Isn’t So Big
- Perceptions of fetal size influence interventions in pregnancy, study finds
- The Myth of the “BIG BABY”
- Assessment of the Accuracy of Multiple Sonographic Fetal Weight Estimation Formulas
- Big Babies: the risk of care provider fear
Cytotec –
- Prescribing off-label: It’s gotten out of control
- The Freedom to Birth—the Use of Cytotec to Induce Labor: A Non-Evidence-Based Intervention
- FDA Warning on Cytotec
- Searle’s Letter to Obstetricians and ACOG’s Response
- Cytotec Induction and Off-Label Use
- Oral misoprostol for induction of labour
- Oral or Vaginal Misoprostol for Labor Induction and Cesarean Delivery Risk
- Oral Misoprostol Tied to More C-Sections vs Vaginal Misoprostol
- Induction of Labor: The Misoprostol Controversy
Pitocin –
- Pitocin is not Oxytocin
- Intramuscular Versus Intravenous Oxytocin for Reducing Blood Loss after Vaginal Birth
- Study Finds Adverse Effects of Pitocin in Newborns
- Natural childbirth VI: Pitocin side effects and risks
- Synthetic Oxytocin: Looking Beyond the Benefits
- Does Synthetic Oxytocin Lower Mothers’ Risk of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety? A Review of a Recent Study by Kroll-Desrosiers et al
- Evidence on: Pitocin® During the Third Stage of Labor
- Synthetic Oxytocin (Pitocin, Syntocinon): Unpacking the myths and side-effects
- Leaving Well Alone: A Natural Approach to the Third Stage of labour
Nitrous Oxide –
- Laughing gas making a comeback for women giving birth
- Laughing Gas Gives Women Another Option To Manage Labor Pain
- Safety and Utility of Nitrous Oxide for Labor Analgesia
Epidural –
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of the Epidural
- Epidurals: Real Risks for Mother and Baby
- Does Epidural Analgesia Increase Rate of Cesarean Section?
- Epidural: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
- Epidural Anesthesia: Important Facts that will Help You Take Charge of Your Birth
- New Research: Direct Correlation Between Labor Pain Medications and Breastfeeding
- Natural childbirth V: epidural side effects and risks
- New Study Finds Epidurals and Other Birth Interventions Increase Risk of Postpartum Depression and Decrease Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates
- Epidural During Labour – Everything You Need To Know
- Epidural analgesia in labour and neonatal respiratory distress: a case-control study.
- Delivery Room Painkiller Tied to Newborns’ Infections
Electronic Fetal Monitoring –
- ACOG Practice Bulletin – Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
- Evidence-Based Fetal Monitoring
- Test Leads to Needless C-Sections
- External and Internal Heart Rate Monitoring of the Fetus
- Why do doctors and patients insist on using electronic fetal monitoring?
- Why do doctors cling to continuous fetal heart monitoring?
- Monitoring Your Baby’s Heartbeat During Labor
- The Risks and Benefits of Internal Monitors in Laboring Patients
- Fetal Monitoring: External and Internal Monitoring
IUPC (Intrauterine Pressure Catheter) –
- Internal vs. External Registration of Contractions During Induced or Augmented Labor
- Intrauterine Pressure Catheter Placement
IV’s, Fluid and Food Intake During Birthing Time –
- Evidence on: Eating and Drinking During Labor
- Restricting oral fluid and food intake during labour
- Oral Intake During Labor: A Review of the Evidence
- Most healthy women would benefit from light meal during labor
- Evidence on: IV Fluids During Labor
- Newborn Weight Loss and IV Fluids in Labor
- Maternal IV fluids linked to newborns’ weight loss
Episiotomy –
- Episiotomy
- Episiotomy: When it’s needed, when it’s not
- When Is an Episiotomy Needed?
- ACOG: New Recommendations on Obstetric Lacerations
- Changes in Episiotomy Practice: Evidence-based Medicine in Action
Doulas –
- Community doulas can be big help for mother-baby relationships
- What is a Doula and Why are they so Beneficial?
- Continuous support for women during childbirth
- The Evidence for Doulas
- WHO Recommends Doulas Attend all Births
- What is a Hypno-Doula?
- Find a Hypnobabies-trained Hypno-Doula to help make your birth journey more joyous!
- Should You Hire a Postpartum Doula
Class 4 Links
Guess Dates –
- Estimating the Estimated Due Date
- Let the Baby Decide – The Case Against Inducing Labor
- A Timely Birth
- The Length of Uncomplicated Human Gestation
- What to Expect After Your Due Date
- ACOG/SMFM: Replace Phrase ‘Term Pregnancy’ With 4 Categories
- The Effect of Late Pregnancy Consumption of Date Fruit on Labour and Delivery
- Come OUT Baby
- Can Eating Dates Shorten Labor?
- Friedman’s Curve – How It’s Used During Labour
- Estimated Due Dates And The Myth Of The 40 Week Pregnancy
- Methods for Estimating the Due Date
- THE DUE DATE
- Length of human pregnancy and contributors to its natural variation
- The Evidence on: Due Dates
Mucus Plug –
- Mucus Plug
- Losing Your Mucus Plug During Pregnancy
- Mucus Plug – Interesting Facts About Losing The Mucus Plug
- Mucus Plug | How To Tell If It’s The Plug Or Discharge
Engagement –
- Dropping: why it means nothing
- What does it mean when your baby’s head is engaged?
- Baby Engaged | Meaning, Symptoms And When It Happens
How Birthing Time Begins –
Rupture of Membranes –
- Management of Ruptured Membranes at Term
- Antibiotics for PROM Near Term Have No Benefit
- What is the Evidence for Inducing Labor if Your Water Breaks at Term?
- What is the real risk of infection after waters break
- When Research is Flawed: Should Labor Be Induced Immediately with Term Prelabor Rupture of Membranes?
- Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes: impatience and risk
Arriving At Your Birth Place –
Environment –
- Do Not Disturb: The Importance of Privacy in Labor
- Saying No to Unwanted Birth Support People
- Why Peace and Quiet is so Important in Early Birthing
- How Many People Should Watch you Give Birth? The Crowdbirthing Conundrum
- Siblings at Birth
- Should Your Mother Be At The Birth? 7 Things You Need To Consider
Dilation –
- Dilation – How to Check Without Checking
- The purple line as a measure of labor progress: a longitudinal study
- Vaginal examinations: a symptom of a cervical-centric birth culture
- Internal Exam In Pregnancy and Labor – Are They Necessary?
- Pelvic Exams Near Term: Benefit or Risk? Talking to Mothers About Informed Consent and Refusal
- Alternative Methods of Checking Dilation {The Purple Line and More}
- Study – Cervical Dilation on Admission in Term Spontaneous Labor and Maternal and Newborn Outcomes.
- Cervical Scar Tissue – What You Need To Know Before Giving Birth
- How Your Cervix Dilates and Why it’s unpredictable
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- Understanding and assessing labor progress
- What Your Uterus Does During Labor
Positions –
- Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labor
- The 3 Principles in Labor
- Laboring on the Loo … it Works
- Better Birthing Through Alignment: Optimal Labor Positioning
- Mothers’ position during the first stage of labour
- I’m Birth Ball CRAZY !!!!!! Ways to use the birth ball during pregnancy , birth and after …
Waterbirth –
- Experience With Waterbirths: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of 9 Years With Almost 4,000 Waterbirths
- Waterbirths: a comparative study. A prospective study on more than 2,000 waterbirths
- Evidence on the Safety of Water Birth
- Waterbirth with Barbara Harper
- Research Review: Waterbirth Continues to be an Appropriate Option for Low-Risk Families
Microbirth/Microbiome –
- Microbirth: Why ‘Seeding Baby’s Microbiome’ Needs to Be on Every Birth Plan
- “Seeding” The Newborn’s Microbiome – Can We Do It? Should We Be Doing It?
- Human Milk and Saliva Synergize to Shape the Infant Oral Microbiome
- A Mix of Baby Saliva and Breastmilk Helps Regulate the Developing Microbiome
- Breast milk & babies’ saliva shape oral microbiome
- Breastmilk-Saliva Interactions Boost Innate Immunity by Regulating the Oral Microbiome in Early Infancy
Optimal Positioning –
- Activities for Fetal Positioning – Abdominal Release
- Activities for Fetal Positioning – Side Lying Release
- Daily Activities
- In Celebration of the OP Baby
Breech –
- C-section not best option for breech birth
- Turn Your Breech Baby
- External Version for Breech After Prior Cesarean
- The efficacy and safety of external cephalic version after a previous caesarean delivery
- 10 Ways to Turn Your Breech Baby
Class 5 Links
1 CM an Hour –
- Friedman’s Curve and Failure to Progress
- Preparation – The Miles Circuit
- The Miles Circuit
- Laboring on the Loo … it Works
- Birth by The Numbers
- The purple line as a measure of labor progress: a longitudinal study
- Can Eating Dates Shorten Labor?
Positions –
- Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour
- The 3 Principles in Labor
- Laboring on the Loo … it Works
- Better Birthing Through Alignment: Optimal Labor Positioning
- Stand and deliver – upright births best for mum and bub
- I’m Birth Ball CRAZY !!!!!! Ways to use the birth ball during pregnancy , birth and after …
- Understanding and Assessing Labor Progress
Self Directed Pushing –
- What is the Evidence for Pushing Positions?
- Spontaneous Pushing in Upright or Gravity-Neutral Positions
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- Purple Pushing: Just Say No
Meconium –
Welcoming Baby/Bonding –
- New Dads: How to Bond With Your Baby
- The Birth Pause
- A Comparison of Skin-to-Skin Contact and Radiant Heaters in Promoting Neonatal Thermoregulation
- The First Hour After Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages
- The Importance of Skin to Skin Contact
- Premature infants benefit from adult talk, study shows
- How a newborn baby sees you
- 9 Magical Birth Instincts That Will Amaze You
- Why Baby’s Birth Experience Matters – 5 Things You Need To Know
- What A New Baby Expects – From Birth to Going Home
- The Magical Hour
Optimal Cord Clamping –
- Cord Management of the Term Newborn
- Video – Cord Clamping and Your Birth Plan
- Common Objections to Delayed Cord Clamping – What’s The Evidence Say?
- Video – Delayed Cord Clamping – Grand Rounds
- Delayed Cord Clamping Should be Standard Practice in Obstetrics
- An Update on Delayed Cord Clamping, and Thoughts on Internet Expertise
- Effect of Delayed Versus Early Umbilical Cord Clamping Status at 4 Months
- Late vs Early Clamping of the Umbilical Cord in Full-term Neonates
- Historical perspectives on umbilical cord clamping and neonatal transition
- Magic Umbilical Cords
- BBC article: “Early cord clamping may harm baby”
- Is it time to change the way babies are held immediately after birth?
- Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping May Benefit Children Years Later
- Delayed Cord Clamping And Jaundice – What You Need To Know | BellyBelly
- Is Holding a Newborn in the Introitus Position After Delivery Necessary?
- Effect of gravity on volume of placental transfusion: a multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial
- Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth
The 3rd Stage –
- Leaving Well Alone Third Stage of Labor
- The Amazing Placenta
- An actively managed placental birth might be the best option for most women (if they have an induction or augmentation)
Care Providers –
Dad’s Perspective –
- Hypno-Dad Kevin’s Version of Violet’s Birth
- Tips For Dads On How To Be Involved During Pregnancy
- Farrah’s Hypnobabies Birth Story – From her Dad’s Perspective
- We Asked Dads What They Really Think of Attachment Parenting
- Skin-to-skin contact by fathers and the impact on infant and paternal outcomes: an integrative review
- Father-infant skin-to-skin benefits babies, fathers and mothers (international)
Cesarean Section –
- Video: The Truth about C-Sections
- The Physical Impact of Cesareans
- Emotional Impact of Cesareans
- Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital
- Birth by the Numbers: Myth and Reality Concerning US Cesareans
- Caesarean Deliveries Vary Widely, Study Finds
- Doctors Urge Patience, And Longer Labor, To Reduce C-Sections
- Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery
- A Hypnobabies C-Section
- Cesarean Birth Preparation
- Family-centered cesarean: The future of C-sections
- The natural caesarean: a woman-centred technique
- Gentle’ C-section turns birth surgery into labor of love
- Vaginal Births Safer Than Cesarean, CDC Report Reaffirms
- Natural childbirth VII: c-section risks and complications
- Top Ten Signs Your Doctor Is Planning To Perform An Unnecessary Cesarean Section On You
- Dueling Cesarean Statistics: What Should the Cesarean Rate Be? – Henci Goer Compares Recent Studies
- Sample Cesarean Plan
- Writing a Family-Centered Cesarean Birth Plan
- “No one can force you to have a cesarean” is false
- The cesarean epidemic: Are we too quick to cut?
- More Complication Risks With C-Section Than Vaginal Delivery
- Enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery
VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) –
- Video: An Unnecessary Cut?
- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: New Insights
- ACOG issues less restrictive VBAC guidelines
- Interview with Dr. Fischbein: An Inside Look at Hospitals and VBAC Bans
- Nurses Help Mom to Achieve Her Hypnobabies VBA2C!
- Want a VBAC? Ask your care provider these questions
- 13 Myths About VBAC
- VBAC Primer
- VBAC Success Track
- The VBAC Education Project
- VBAC: making a mountain out of a molehill
Class 6 Links
Postpartum Care –
- 5 Reasons Why Your Birth Can Affect Your Baby and Your Parenting
- Comfort and Calm for the New Mother
- 4 Ways My ‘Paternity Leave’ Shaped Me As a Father and Strengthened My Family
- The Postpartum Couple
- After Your Baby Comes
- The Continuum from Baby Blues to Postpartum Depression
- Should You Hire a Postpartum Doula
- A Joyous Time—The 4th Trimester
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
- Postpartum Support International
- Postpartum depression
- Becoming Us
Bathing –
- 6 Reasons to Delay Baby’s First Bath
- Delayed Newborn First Bath and Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding rates rise if newborn’s bath delayed, Cleveland Clinic study finds
- Baby bath basics: A parent’s guide
- Swaddle Immersion Bathing
Vernix Caseosa –
- UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF VERNIX CASEOSA
- Benefits of the Vernix Caseosa During Pregnancy and Delivery
- Rub It In: Making the Case for the Benefits of Vernix Caseosa
Breastfeeding –
- Colostrum: A Natural Gut Healer!
- The Newborn’s Stomach
- Biological Nurturing: The Laid-back Breastfeeding Revolution
- How do I position my baby to breastfeed?
- Could a laid-back approach to breastfeeding help your baby latch on?
- Some Ins and Outs of Laid-Back Breastfeeding
- Biological Nurturing
- Facilitating Autonomous Infant Hand Use During Breastfeeding
- Baby 28 hrs old, Baby-Led Mother-Guided Latching
- Baby 28 Hours Old Assisted Latching
- Really good drinking
- Breastfeeding videos from Dr. Jack Newman
- Breastfeeding Positions for Newborns
- Breastfeeding and Caffeine
- Look at the Baby, Not the Scale
- Your Guide to Breastfeeding
- 11 Foods That Improve Breastmilk Supply
- Blokes, Boobs & Breastfeeding – Dads, Your Support Is Crucial
- Too-early Solid Food Could Lead to Problems for Babies
- New Research: Direct Correlation Between Labor Pain Medications and Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Resources Le Leche League International
- Alcohol and Breastfeeding
- 5 Health Benefits Of Probiotics During Breastfeeding
- The Dangerous Game of the Feeding Interval Obsession
- Some Ins and Outs of Laid-Back Breastfeeding
- A Positive Guide to Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Success
- The More I Learn About Breast Milk, the More Amazed I Am
- My Baby Wants To Breastfeed All Night – Is It Normal?
- Breastfeeding A Jaundiced Baby – Everything You Need To Know
- Early Support Vital for Success in Breastfeeding
- Another Breastfeeding Benefit: Preparing Baby’s Belly for Solid Food
- Moms who Choose to Breastfeed Older Babies Motivated by Health, Nutrition Benefits
- Vitamin D and the Nursing Mother
- Thrush & the Breastfeeding Family
- Baby Led Weaning: Introducing Foods to Your Child
- Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice
- Many Moms May Have Been Taught to Breastfeed Incorrectly: Surprising New Research
- How much expressed milk will my baby need?
- For the Caregiver of a Breastfed Baby
- Natural Breastfeeding Video
- Babies, Breasts and Body Mods: What You Need to Know
- The Association Between Common Labor Drugs and Suckling When Skin-to-Skin During the First Hour After Birth
- Primary Care Interventions to Support Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Myths
- Radiologic Procedures While Breastfeeding
- Sugars in mother’s milk help shape baby’s microbiome and ward off infection
- How much expressed milk will my baby need?
- Pumping Breast Milk Changes Its Microbiome
- Breastfeeding rates rise if newborn’s bath delayed, Cleveland Clinic study finds
- The Breastfeeding Companion – Breastfeeding tips & advice for struggling mothers
- Baby Won’t Latch
- Defrosting Breast Milk: What You Need to Know About Thawing and Storing Breast Milk
- Does Tongue Tie Cause Breastfeeding Problems?
- Human Milk and Saliva Synergize to Shape the Infant Oral Microbiome
- A Mix of Baby Saliva and Breastmilk Helps Regulate the Developing Microbiome
- Breast milk & babies’ saliva shape oral microbiome
- Breastmilk-Saliva Interactions Boost Innate Immunity by Regulating the Oral Microbiome in Early Infancy
- Nipple Shield – 6 Important Questions About Nipple Shields
- Maternal Versus Infant Vitamin D Supplementation During Lactation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Newborn Weight Loss and IV Fluids in Labor
- Maternal IV fluids linked to newborns’ weight loss
Formula Feeding –
- Formula Feeding FAQ’s
- Formula Feeding – Getting Started
- Infant formula: Your questions answered
- Formula Feeding 101
- Choosing Baby Formula – 5 Facts to Help You Decide
- Goat Milk Formula Could Benefit Infant Gut Health
Colic/Gas/Reflux –
- Acupressure for Colic
- The Cause and Treatment of Newborn, Infant and Baby Colic
- The Cause and Treatment of Infant, Newborn and Baby Gas Problems
- The Great Baby Reflux Epidemic (or not….)
- Acid-reducing medications sharply raise risk of C. difficile bacteria infection in kids
- How Often Should a Baby Poop? And Other Important Questions…
- Is grunting baby syndrome a real thing?
- Reflux… details for parents who want to understand what their doctor was talking about.
Vitamin K –
Eye Ointment –
- Is Erythromycin Eye Ointment Always Necessary for Newborns?
- Ditch The Eye Goop: Why This Unnecessary Law May Be Repealed
Newborn Screening –
Vaccines –
- Vaccine Excipient & Media Summary Excipients Included in U.S.Vaccines, by Vaccine
- Vaccination
- Vaccination Information by Jay Gordon, MD
- The Vaccine Safety Myth
- Hepatitis B Vaccine – Is it Safe for Your Newborn?
- Combining Childhood Vaccines at One Visit Is Not Safe
- Combining Multiple Childhood Vaccines Not Safe, According to Article in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
Circumcision –
- Time for U.S. Parents to Reconsider the Acceptability of Infant Male Circumcision
- Extreme trauma from male circumcision causes damage to areas of brain
- What Is A Brit Shalom? A Covenant Without Cutting
- Rabbis, Cantors, And Other Jewish Leaders Perform New Type Of Welcoming Rituals
- Evidence and Ethics on: Circumcision
- Ask The Expert: A Doctor Speaks Against Circumcision
Parenting –
- Studies on Parenting Styles
- How Attachment Parenting Produces Independent Kids
- Everyday Attachment
- 4 Ways My ‘Paternity Leave’ Shaped Me As a Father and Strengthened My Family
- Attachment Parenting
- The eight stages of early parenthood
- Why a mother doesn’t want to be touched
- What It Means for a Mom to Feel ‘Touched Out’ and How to Cope
- Puberty Before Age 10: A New ‘Normal’?
- Our Position on Position
- The Great Baby Reflux Epidemic
- Acid-reducing medications sharply raise risk of C. difficile bacteria infection in kids
- Haven’t Switched to Cloth Diapers? Here’s Some Motivation
- What A New Baby Expects – From Birth to Going Home
- Controlled Crying, Cortisol, and Attachment: A Critical Look
- Your Newborn Baby—What’s Normal?
- We Asked Dads What They Really Think of Attachment Parenting
- Skin-to-skin contact by fathers and the impact on infant and paternal outcomes: an integrative review
- Pediatric Experts Find Aromatherapy Effective for Promoting Infant Healing, NAS Recovery
- Nine Reasons Not to Carry Your Baby Facing Out
Sleep –
- Toddler Sleepy Time
- Peaceful Sleep Now For All
- Co-Sleeping: Making it Safe
- Safe Cosleeping Guidelines
- Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone
- 13 Ways to Cope with Newborn Sleep Deprivation
- Co-Sleeping
- Swaddling May Increase SIDS Risk
- Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory // University of Notre Dame
Preparing Dogs –
- Preparing ahead with the entire family
- How to get Your Dog Ready for the Baby
- Preparing Your Dog for a New Baby
- Is it Safe to Sleep with your Dog and Newborn Baby in the Same Room?
- Introduce Your Dog To Your Baby
- Prepping Your Pet for Your New Baby
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