Suggested Links
State laws about vaccination htttp://www.909shot.com
Suggested Reading
~ Women's Health
Woman: An Intimate Geography Natalie Angier
Blood and Roses Judy Gahn
Our Bodies, Ourselves (all of them!) Boston Women's Health Collective
Ancient Healing for Modern Women Xiaolan Zhao
Fertility Signals Merryl Winstein
Taking Charge of Your Fertility Toni Weschler
~ Pregnancy & Childbirth
Lying-In, A History of Childbirth in America Richard W. Wertz & Dorothy C. Wertz
Born in the USA Marsden Wagner
Pushed Jennifer Block
Misconceptions Naomi Wolf
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth Henci Goer
Gentle Birth Choices Barbara Harper
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering Sarah J. Buckley
Birth Without Violence Frederick Leboyer
Instinctive Birthing Val Clarke
Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Mind Over Labor Carl Jones
Calm Birth Robert Bruce Newman
Spiritual Midwifery & Ina May's Guide to Childbirth Ina May Gaskin
Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power
of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Gurmuk Kaur Khalsa
Active Birth & Yoga for Pregnancy Janet Balaskas
Essential Excercises for the Childbearing Elizabeth Noble
The Woman's Comfort Book in Pregnancy Jennifer Louden
Silent Knife Nancy Wainer Cohen
Open Season Nancy Wainer Cohen
Birthing From Within Pam England & Rob Horowitz
Birth Reborn Michel Odent
The Birth Partner Penny Simkin
The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs,
Nutrition and Other Holistic Choices Aviva Jill Romm
Sit Up and Take Notice Pauline Scott
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year Susan Weed
~ Postpartum & Breastfeeding
After the Baby's Birth: A Woman's Way to Wellness:
A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women Robin Lim
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding LaLeche League International
The Nursing Mother's Companion Kathleen Huggins
~ Early Childhood
Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents Randall Neustaedter
Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Baby's First Year Miranda Castro
Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants Dana Ullman
Dr. Paula's Housecalls to Your Newborn Paula Elbirt
The Baby Book William and Martha Sears
The Magical Child Joseph Chilton Pearce
You are Your Child's First Teacher (Early Years) Rahima Baldwin
Natural Childhood: The First Practical and Holistic Guide
for Parents of the Developing John Thomson
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards & Punishments
to Love and Reason Alfie Kohn
Suggested Films
Birth Day
Birth As We Know It
Born in Water: A Sacred Journey
The Business of Being Born
Epic Women- DVD Slideshow
Bonded Begginings: Creating an Extrodinary Family
What Babies Want
Orgasmic Birth
reducinginfantmortality
Being Born is Important
Being born is important
You who have stood at the bedposts
and seen a mother on her high harvest day,
the day of the most golden of harvest moons
for her
You who have seen the new wet child
Dried behind the ears,
Swaddled in soft fresh garments,
pursing its lips and seeing a groping mouth
toward nipples where the white milk is ready
You who have seen this love's payday
of wild toiling and sweet agonizing.
You know being born is important
You know that nothing else was ever so
important to you.
You understand that the payday of love is so
old,
so involved, so traced with the circles of the
moon,
So cunning with the secrets of the salts of
the blood,
It must be older than the moon, older than
the salt.
Carl Sandburg
