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

 

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 

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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