PREGNANCY + Birth Websites and handouts
Evidence Based Birth
Childbirth Connection
Aviva Romm MD Pregnancy and Birth Articles
Natural Remedies for Common Discomforts in Pregnancy by Molly Geisler
Transition to Parenthood
The Penny Simkin Channel for videos about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
Food Justice, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice
Aftershock (Documentary Film)
Food & Land Sovereignty Resource List for COVID-19 (Compiled by Soul Fire Farm, Black Farmer Fund, and Northeast Farmers of Color)
National Black Food and Justice Alliance
Seeds of Native Health
Mothers 2 Mothers Postpartum Justice Project
Soul Fire Farm
Black Women Birthing Justice
Article: What is killing America’s Black Infants?
MILK BANK AND DONOR MILK
Holistic Health and Wellbeing
BOOKs
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Penny Simkin
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou
The Informed Parent: A Science Based Resource for Your Child's First Four Years
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Transformed By Birth by Britta Bushnell
Movies and Videos
Why Not Home?
Birth in the Squatting Position
Birth Day
Microbirth
The Business of Being Born
Research and studies supporting safety of out of hospital birth
Midwife-led Continuity Models Versus Other Models of Care for Childbearing Women
Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States
New Studies Confirm Safety of Home Birth With Midwives in the U.S.
Appendix: Birth Can Safely Take Place at Home and in Birthing Centers
Low-risk births just as safe at home as in hospital: McMaster study
Meta-analysis of the safety of home birth
Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America
Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician
Homebirth: An Annotated Guide to the Literature
Outcomes associated with planned place of birth among women with low-risk pregnancies
information on the benefits of birth doulas
Cochrane Review on Continuous Support for Women During Childbirth
DONA International's Benefits of a Doula