Labour & Birth

When Labour Starts 

A Guide to Labour & Birth

 

Labour Support

Doulas

The Evidence on Having a Doula 

Doulas for Aboriginal Families Program 

Perla Doula Co

Sound Birth Services

 

Choice of Birthplace

I Want a Healthy Vaginal Birth

Campbell River Hospital (video tour)

Home or Hospital? (TED Talk)

Choosing Home Birth (video) 

Place of Birth Handbook

Statement on Home Birth

Home Birth Safety

Waterbirth: The Evidence 

Tips for setting up a birth pool

Home Birth Supply List

BCCNM Home Birth Consent Form

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Choices After a Cesarean Birth

My Next Birth

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) 

Thinking about VBAC Decision Tool

Ideas for the Best Cesarean Possible 

 

Breech

External Cephalic Version for Breech 

Spinning Babies

Moxibustion (video) 

I Have a Butt-down Baby

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Pain Management

Comfort in Labour 

Pain vs Suffering (video) 

Pain & Med Preferences in Childbirth 

Pain Management in Labour 

TENS

Epidurals 

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Birth Videos 

Ceci Jane 

Mothering

Morag Hastings

Apple Blossom Families 

Ted Talk Playlist for Expecting a Child 

The Spirit of Birth - Aboriginal Documentary

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Podcasts

Evidence Based Birth

She Found Motherhood

Making Mama Well

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Books

The Birth Partner (Penny Simkin)

A is for Advice (llana Stranger-Ross)

Birthing From Within (Pam England)

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth (Ina May Gaskin)

In the Spirit of Homebirth (Bronwym Preece)

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