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Inspired Birth & Baby
~Student Database~

Laying the Foundation for Your Best Pregnancy & Birth

Natural Childbirth Overview

• Guiding Principles
• The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
• Healthy Birth Your Way Video Series
• 10 Natural Childbirth Myths
• What Women Aren't Told about Childbirth
• Ecstatic Birth

Holistic Prenatal Care

• Choosing a Caregiver
• Your Holistic Prenatal Care Dream Team

Pregnancy Nutrition

• Nourish the Future: Pregnancy Nutrition Overview
• Nourish the Future Webinar: Nutrition and Food for Healthy Pregnancy
• Ancient Dietary Wisdom for Tomorrow's Children
• Weston Price Diet for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers
• How to Cook Whole Food from Scratch- and Keep Your Day Job!
• Natural Sea Salt Versus Table Salt, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Hidden Names for MSG

Natural Pregnancy

• Yale Study Links Prenatal Ultrasound to Brain Damage
• Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy: A Critical Assessment (abstract only)
• How to Avoid the Top 10 Most Common Toxins
• Optimal Fetal Positioning: 3 Pregnancy Principles
• What Babies Learn Before They're Born

Birth Choices & Planning

Birth Place

• Your Options for Choosing a Place of Birth
• Best Evidence for Choosing A Place of Birth
• Comparing Choices in Childbirth Settings
• Bringing Homebirth into the Hospital
• Can You Have Your First Baby at Home?
• Off Her Back
• What to Reject When You're Expecting: An article by Consumer Reports

Birth Plans

• Guide to Writing a Birth Plan
• Sample Birth Plans
• They Saw It All (Article about having siblings at the birth)
• Supplemental Birth Plan for Family-Centered Cesarean

Giving Birth

Especially for Dads

• Labor Union: The Story of a Bradley Dad
• The Other Side of the Glass (view preview draft of film)
• Doulas: Support for Dads

Labor Support & Comfort Techniques

• Waterbirth
• Birth Doula FAQs
• Tracking Your Tigers: Effects of Fear on Labor
• Using Self-Inquiry for Letting Go of Fears

Variations, Complications & Interventions

• Cascade of Intervention in Childbirth
• The Myth of a Vaginal Exam
• Problems and Hazards of Induction of Labor
• Saying "No" to Induction
• Let the Baby Decide: The Case Against Inducing Labor
• The Surprising Lack of Evidence for Postdate Birth Induction
• Premature Rupture of Membranes
• Artificial Rupture of the Membranes (Amniotomy)
• Informed Decision Making, Informed Consent or Refusal
• Conversations at the Hospital
• 3 Questions You Need to Ask About Any Birth Intervention
• Treating Group B Strep: Are Antibiotics Necessary?
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: A Primer for Success

Natural Newborn Care

Newborn Routines & Interventions

• Routine Newborn Baby Care Procedures
• Cord Blood – Why Delaying Cord Clamping Benefits Your Baby
• New study on stem cells in cord suggest delayed cord clamping after birth
• Vitamin K- An Alternative Perspective
• Midwife Informed Consent for Vitamin K
• AAP Position on Circumcision
• The Circumcision Decision
• 10 Reasons NOT to Cirucumcise Your Son
• Why the Newborn Bath Should Wait

Breastfeeding

• Benefits of Breastfeeding
• Baby Crawling to Breast After Birth
• Online Breastfeeding Videos
• Timeline of a Breastfed Baby

Natural Parenting

• What Attachment Parenting Is- The 7 Baby B's
• "If you hold that baby all the time..." and other articles about birth & babies
• The Importance of the In-Arms Phase
• Who Wants to Sleep Alone?
• Sleeping with Your Baby
• What to Feed Your Baby
• Growing Wise Kids: Nourishing a Growing Baby
• Dr. Suess for Nursing Moms
• Foreskin Care for Intact Babies

The 4th Trimester

Postpartum Care

• Postpartum Plan

Baby Blues and PPD

• Perinatal Mood Disorders Fact Sheet
• Postpartum Depression Self-Assessment

Grief and Loss

• Charlotte's Grace (Stillbirth story)

Resources

• Local & Online Resource Guide