Resources
OBGYN Alternatives
Labs
https://directlabs.com/
Fertility Testing
https://modernfertility.com/
Online Pharmacy
https://www.pushhealth.com/
Pregnancy
Insulin resistance during pregnancy
https://midwifethinking.com/2018/03/20/gestational-diabetes-beyond-the-label/
Ultrasound
https://sarahbuckley.com/ultrasound-scans-cause-for-concern/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfaUQCp6L1s
Belly Mapping
https://media2-production.mightynetworks.com/asset/8778710/bellymap-parent-handout.pdf
Genetic Testing in California (routine for the medical model)
https://www.babysfirsttest.org/newborn-screening/states/california
Rh Negative mothers
https://indiebirth.org/answering-questions-rhesus-negative-anti-drhogam/
https://www.sarawickham.com/articles-2/anti-d-exploring-midwifery-knowledge/
“High Risk” Label
https://indiebirth.org/high-risk-homebirth/
Postdates
https://midwiferytoday.com/mt-articles/a-timely-birth/
Fetal Non-Stress Test (NST)
https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/pregnancy-health-wellness/non-stress-test-750/
Alternative to Fetal Non-stress Test
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2037878/
Inductions
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-inducing-labor-for-going-past-your-due-date/
Birth and Baby
Newborn Exam
https://indiebirth.org/whos-touching-baby-thoughts-newborn-exam/
Breech
https://youtu.be/u9C_aLYAQ2s
https://media2-production.mightynetworks.com/asset/9421546/1_Breech_birth_since_the_TBT.pdf
Birth of the Placenta
https://sarahbuckley.com/leaving-well-alone-a-natural-approach-to-the-third-stage-of-labour/
Excerpt from Robin Lim’s “The Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra”
http://www.paintopowerchildbirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/P2P-Placenta-Forgotten-Chakra.pdf
Circumcision
https://www.library.georgetown.edu/showcase/entries/child-circumcision-elephant-hospital
https://www.yourwholebaby.org/types-of-circumcision
Hygiene for intact babies
https://www.yourwholebaby.org/basic-intact-care/
Postpartum
Books
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou
Natural Health after Birth: The Complete Guide to Postpartum Wellness by Aviva Jill Romm
After the Baby's Birth...A Woman's Way to Wellness: A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women by Robin Lim
Miscarriage and Loss
https://stillbirthday.com/your-emotionalspiritual-health/
https://indiebirth.org/the-birthdeath-of-sable-sage/
https://indiebirth.org/pregnancy-after-loss/
“Just as a woman’s heart knows how to pump, her lungs to fill with air, and her hand to pull back from the fire, so too her body knows how to birth.”
-Virginia De Orio