RESOURCES:

 

Reading

 

Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation - England and Rob Horowitz

Energetic Pregnancy - Elizabeth Davis

Heart and Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth - Elizabeth Davis

Having Faith: An Ecologist Journey to Motherhood - Susan Steingraber

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth -Ina May Gaskin

Spiritual Midwifery - Ina May Gaskin

The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth - Stephanie Brill

When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women - Penny Simkin & Phyllis H. Klaus

Waiting in the Wings - Cherrie Moraga

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Memoir of Early Motherhood - Lousie Erdrich

The Vaccine Book - Robert Sears

 

VBAC Resources

 

ICAN of Southern Vermont

 

ICAN of Western Mass

 

ICAN Hospital Policy Information

 

 

Online Resources

 

Holistic Stages of Labor

 

Citizens for Midwifery

 

Asking the Wrong Question in the Home Birth Debate

 

Vermont Midwives Association

 

New Hampshire Midwives Association

 

 

Studies

 

2013 Cochrane Review reports improved outcomes and high maternal satisfaction rate with midwifery care

 

2012 Cochrane Review comparing planed home birth to planned hospital birth suggests planned home birth “can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complications.”

 

2011 United Nations Population Fund Report

State of the World’s Midwifery 2011, Delivering Health, Saving Lives

 

2009 Study comparing outcomes of planned home births and planned hospital births

 

2005 Prospective cohort study on planned home birth versus planned hospital birth