Unassisted Birth
Further Resources
Our Book Owners’ Website
Our Book Owners’ Website contains all the handouts, videos, and bonuses that come with the book. See your book for the direct link to sign up.
Pregnancy Newsletter – week by week
The Brave New Pregnancy Newsletter – bravenewbirth.com/pregnancy – this is the only week-by-week pregnancy newsletter that helps you prepare for a freebirth, hold the vision for an autonomous birth of any kind in any setting, and experience an undisturbed pregnancy.
Birth Pods (local + online)
Start a Birth Pod (a monthly self-directed prenatal group) in your town. Learn how at bravenewbirth.com/birthpods. You can also join our Virtual Birth Pod, a monthly online group prenatal and q+a, when you sign up for our course, below. Last, we offer Private Birth Pod (1:1 monthly prenatal support) to a few families at a time – visit the above link for more info on that.
Courses and Classes
Birth + Postpartum Education for Parents, These Are My Hours - thesearemyhours.com/childbirth-education
Freebirth Society Courses - freebirthsocietycourses.com
Hypnobirthing Class - us.hypnobirthing.com
Birthing from Within – birthingfromwithin.com
SpinningBabies – spinningbabies.com
Karen Strange’s Neonatal Resuscitation – karenstrange.com
Holistic Doula Program, The Matrona – thematrona.com
MamaNatural Birth Course - mamanaturalbirth.com
Podcasts
Birthful Podcast – birthful.com
Natural Birth and Baby Care Podcast – naturalbirthandbabycare.com
Freebirth Society Podcast – freebirthsociety.com
Taking Back Birth Podcast – indiebirth.com
Birth Supplies
Brave New Birth’s Amazon Wishlist – bravenewbirth.com/wishlist
In His Hands – inhishands.com
Precious Arrows – preciousarrows.com – see birth supplies + midwifery supplies
Cascade – 1cascade.com – see birthing supplies + pregnancy birth and beyond
Films
These Are My Hours – documentary of an undisturbed birth – thesearemyhours.com
The Business of Being Born – dissects hospital birth vs. homebirth – thebusinessof.life
1986, The Act – exploring vax vs. non-vax – 7thchakrafilms.com
Books
Birthing from Within: An Extra-ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, Pam England and Rob Horowitz
Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth, Grantly Dick-Read
Emergency Childbirth: A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Emergency Childbirth: A Manual, Gregory James White
Go Diaper Free: A simple handbook for elimination communication, Andrea Olson
HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method Book (4th Edition), Mary Mongan
Hygeia: A Woman’s Herbal, Jeanine Parvatti
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin
Special Delivery: The Choices are Yours, Rahima Baldwin
Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin
The First 8 Days of Being a Mom: How to take care of you as well as your newborn!, Gea Meijering
The Nature of Birth and Breastfeeding, Michel Odent
The Tiny Potty Training Book: A simple guide for non-coercive potty training, Andrea Olson
Unassisted Childbirth, Laura Shanley
Unassisted Homebirth: an Act of Love, Lynne M Griesemer
Women Giving Birth, Saskiavan Rees, Beatris Smulders, Astrid Limburg
Wise Woman’s Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Susan Weed
Journal Articles
Ecstatic Birth: The Hormonal Blueprint of Labor, Mothering Magazine, Sarah Buckley
Giving Birth “In Place”: A Guide to Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, Deanne Williams
Posterior Labor: A Pain in the Back. Midwifery Today, Valerie el Halta
The Normal Second Stage of Labour: A Plea for Reform in Its Conduct (December 1957), BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetric sand Gynaecology, Constance Beynon M.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin),
The purple line as a measure of labour progress: a longitudinal study: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Ashley Shepherd, helen Cheyne, Susan Kennedy, Colette McIntosh, Maggie Styles & Catherine Niven