Pregnancy, birth and parenting resources

Information and inspiration:

- Elizabeth Davis
- SpinningBabies.com - an excellent resource on optimal fetal positioning
- Yoga Garden
- Cochrane Collaboration - independent review of evidence-based medicine

Find a midwife:

- CA Association of Midwives
- Bay Area Homebirth Collective

Suggested reading:

- Informed Consent Questions, DONA International
- Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin
- Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, by Pam England
- The Doula Book, by Kennel and Klaus
- The Happiest Baby on the Block, by Dr. Harvey Karp
- The Nursing Mother's Companion, by Kathleen Huggins
- The Birth Partner, by Penny Simkin

Suggested viewing:

- Reducing Infant Mortality, by Debbie Takikawa and Hana Peace Works
- Birth Day, by Naoli Vinaver Lopez
- 20/20 feature story: Orgasmic Birth
- The Business of Being Born, by Ricki Lake
- What Babies Want, narrated by Noah Wyle, by Debbie Takikawa
- The Happiest Baby on the Block, by Dr. Harvey Karp

Suggested listening:

- HypnoBirthing CD: Mongan Method

Pregnancy and parenting organizations:

- Natural Resources - Pregnancy, Childbirth and Early Parenting Center, San Francisco, CA
- Birth Ways - Pregnancy, Childbirth and Early Parenting Education, Oakland, CA
- Blossom Birth - South Bay pregnancy, birth, and parenting resources
- La Leche League - breastfeeding advocacy and support
- Mother's Milk Bank - donate breast milk
- San Francisco Doula Group - find a birth or postpartum doula
- East Bay Doula Circle - find a birth or postpartum doula
- Bay Area Birth Association - find a birth professional
- DONA International - find a doula
- Postpartum Support International

 

 

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