Birth and Health Resources
Skin-to-Skin Contact Is Analgesic in Healthy Newborns Larry Gray, MD; Lisa Watt, BA; and Elliott M. Blass, PhD*‡http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/105/1/e14 PEDIATRICS Vol. 105 No. 1 January 2000 1- 6
It's my Birthday, give me a hug! Skin-to-Skin Contact for You and Your Baby
Massachussets Breastfeeding Coalition 254 Conant Road,Weston, MA 02493
www.massbfc.org | © 2005 MBC and Alison Stuebe
Skin to Skin Care with the Father after Cesarean Birth and its Effects on Newborn Crying and Prefeeding Behavior. Erlandsson, K, RNM; Dsilna, A, RN, Fagerberg, I, RNT, PhD, Christensson, K, RNM, PhD (2007). Birth, Vol 34 No. 2, June 2007
Link to American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) http://www.birthcenters.org/Link to Comission For Accrediation of Birth Centers (CABC) http://www.birthcenteraccreditation.org/Birth Center Studies:
Safety of the Stockholm Birth Center study: a critical review. Fahy K, Colyvas K, Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) ISSN: 0730-7659, 2005 Jun; Vol. 32 (2), pp. 145-50; PMID: 15918872Birth Options:
Home birth, birth center, or hospital birth: how to help your clients choose. Raymond T; International Journal of Childbirth Education, 1992 May; 7 (2): 9-10 (journal article) ISSN: 0887-8625 CINAHL AN: 1993154503Investigating women's preferences for intrapartum care: home versus hospital births. Longworth L; Ratcliffe J; Boulton M; Health & Social Care in the Community, 2001 Nov; 9 (6): 404-13 ISSN: 0966-0410 PMID: 11846820 CINAHL AN: 2002046230
Does a pregnant woman's intended place of birth influence her attitudes toward and occurrence of obstetric interventions? Van der Hulst LAM; Van Teijlingen ER; Bonsel GJ; Eskes M; Bleker OP; Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 2004 Mar; 31 (1): 28-33 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 0730-7659 PMID: 15015990 CINAHL AN: 2004133851
Transfer from home to hospital: what is its effect on the experience of childbirth? Wiegers TA; van der Zee J; Keirse MJN; Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 1998 Mar; 25 (1): 19-24 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 0730-7659 PMID: 9534501 CINAHL AN: 1998033071 (discusses the result finding that "contrary to expectations, unplanned transfer from a planned home birth to hospital has little influence on the experience of childbirth (BIRTH 25:1, March 1998)
BreastfeedingLink to Toxnet: site where you can look up any medication to see the safety/research on breastfeeding, http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT
- Link to Otis: Pregnancy resource website: medications and precautions: http://www.otispregnancy.org/otis-fact-sheets-s13037
- Gaskin, I.M. (2002). Spiritual Midwifery. Summertown, TN:Book Publishing Company
- Gaskin, I.M., and Defranco, A. (2011). Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta. Seven Stories Press.
- Simpkin, P. (2008) The Birth Partner: A complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas and Companions. Harvard Common Press.
- Goer, H. (1999) The Thinking Women's Guide To A Better Birth. Berkley Pub Group.
- Harper, B. (2005) Gentle Birth Choices. Healing Arts Press.
- Block, J. (2005) Pushed: The Painful Truth About Modern Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care. De Capo, Lifelong.
- Bradley, R.A. (2008) Husband Coached Childbirth: The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth. Random House Publishing Group.
- Pregnancy resource site: University of Texas:http://www.infantrisk.com/category/hot-topics
- Alexander Tsiaris has created a model of birth apparently derived from images of spiral CT and 4D US during a delivery. It's amazing to see that they are actually like the cardinal movements of labor.
- http://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized.html
- Hypnobirthing Childbirth Class: Michelle Voigt, Certified hypnotherapist, Certified HypnoBirthing Educator. (406) 240-1750
- Hypnobabies Childbirth Class: Helen Burke Certified hypnotherapist. (406) 381-4137
- Lotus Childbirth Education (406) 251-4821
http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/birth_spacing05/en/
Homebirth
Homebirth..in Spain! Midwifery Matters, 2008 Summer (117): 16-7 (journal article) ISSN: 0961-1479 CINAHL AN: 2009938761
Homebirth - A Father's experience. Stretton C; Midwifery Matters, 2006 Summer (109): 21 (journal article - anecdote) ISSN: 0961-1479 CINAHL AN: 2009221577
What influences women in Athens to choose home birth? Kontoyannis M; Katsetos C; British Journal of Midwifery, 2008 Jan; 16 (1): 44-8 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 0969-4900 CINAHL AN: 2009801852
Birth, simply. Gibbons M; Journal of Perinatal Education, 2006 Summer; 15 (3): 3-5 (journal article - anecdote) ISSN: 1058-1243 PMID: 17541454 CINAHL AN: 2009509208
Home birth: the wave of the future? Lothian JA; Journal of Perinatal Education, 2006 Summer; 15 (3): 43-6 (journal article - questions and answers) ISSN: 1058-1243 PMID: 17541459 CINAHL AN: 2009509217
Maternal factors and the probability of a planned home birth.
S. Anthony,a S.E. Buitendijk,a P.M. Offerhaus,b P. van Dommelen,c K.M. van der Pal-de BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, June 2005, Vol. 112, pp. 748–753
Dutch Women's Perception of Childbirth in the Netherlands
Taralyn R. Johnson, MSN, RN, Lynn Clark Callister, PhD, RN, FAAN, Donna S. Freeborn, MSN, FNP, CNM, Renea L. Beckstrand, PhD, RN, CCRN, and Katinka Huender, Dutch Midwife Vol. 32 | No. 3 May/June 2007 pages 170-177
Healthy Pregnancy
Nutrition for healthy pregnancy outcomes. Vause T, Martz P, Richard F, Gramlich L, Applied Physiology, Nutrition, And Metabolism = Physiologie Appliquée, Nutrition Et Métabolisme [Appl Physiol Nutr Metab], ISSN: 1715-5312, 2006 Feb; Vol. 31 (1), pp. 12-20; PMID: 16604137
Database: MEDLINE
Infant nutrition: building health from the womb to weaning. Blincoe AJ; British Journal of Midwifery, 2006 Jun; 14 (6): 361-2, 364 (journal article - tables/charts) ISSN: 0969-4900 CINAHL AN: 2009211723
Database: CINAHL with Full Text
Ten tips for a healthy pregnancy from Lamaze International.
GENESIS, 2005 (4): 6 (journal article) CINAHL AN: 2009232058
Birth outcomes after prenatal exposure to antidepressant medication. Victoria Hendrick, MD,a Lynne M. Smith, MD,b Rita Suri, MD,a Sun Hwang, MS,c ,Desiree Haynes, MA,a and Lori Altshuler, MDc Los Angeles, Calif Volume 188, Number 3 Hendrick et al 813 Am J Obstet Gynecol
International policies for achieving safe motherhood: women's lives in the balance. Thompson JB; Health Care for Women International, 2005 Jun-Jul; 26 (6): 472-83 (journal article) ISSN: 0739-9332 PMID: 16020015 CINAHL AN: 2009004033