Resources

Online resources

 

Pregnancy & Birth:

• https://www.nct.org.uk/ Pregnancy, labour and birth, postnatal info,

• https://www.aims.org.uk/ Induction, Birth rights, Caesarean birth, Vaginal examinations, etc,

• https://www.sarawickham.com/ Induction, Birth rights, Vitamin K, Group Strep B, Anti D, Plus Size,

• https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/ Preparing for labour and birth, pain relief, types of births etc,

• https://www.birthrights.org.uk/ Birth rights info,

• Saving babies' lives - Charity for Babies | Tommy's (tommys.org) Pregnancy and birth information

• Dr Rachel Reed | evidence-based birth information (midwifethinking.com) Pregnancy and birth information

 

Postnatal:

• https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/ Safer baby sleep

• https://www.nct.org.uk/ Baby care, postnatal info,

• Understanding Your Newborn's Sleep - How to Improve Your 0-3 month old Baby's Sleep. (youtube.com) Sarah Ockwell-Smith- understanding Newborn Sleep

 

Infant Feeding:

• https://abm.me.uk/ Association of breastfeeding mothers (ABM)

• https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/ Breastfeeding information

• https://www.firststepsnutrition.org/ Infant milks info, early years feeding,

• https://kellymom.com/ Infant feeding information

• https://www.laleche.org.uk/ Le leche league

• https://www.nhs.uk/start4life Info for pregnancy, baby and toddler- feeding, weaning, healthy lifestyles

• https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/ Infant feeding information

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Books

 

Pregnancy & Birth:

• AIMS – ‘Giving Birth to Your Placenta’, ‘Safety In Childbirth’, ‘Giving Birth to Your Baby’, ‘Induction of Labour’, ‘Resolution After Birth’, ‘Your Rights in Pregnancy & Birth’, ‘Gestational Diabetes’

• Dr Sarah Buckley – ‘Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering’

• Dani Diosi – ‘Hypnobirthing: Breathing in Short Pants’

• Ina May Gaskin – ‘The Guide to Childbirth’

• Kicki Hansard – ‘The Secrets of Childbirth’

• Milli Hill - ‘The positive Birth Book’, ‘Give Birth Like a Feminist’

• Dr Rachel Reed - ‘Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: Weaving Ancient Wisdom with Modern knowledge’

• Penny Simkin – ‘The Birth Partner’

• Dr Sara Wickham – ‘In Your Own Time’, ‘Plus Size Pregnancy’, ‘What’s Right For Me’, ‘Anti-D Explained’, ‘Inducing Labour’, Group B Strep Explained’, ‘Vitamin K’, ‘Birthing Your Placenta’

• Why Birth Matters Series (Pinter & Martin) - Range of books with topic including, Induction, Caesarean, single parents, mixed feeding, tongue-tie, infant reflux, formula feeding, postnatal recover, Birth Trauma, Babywearing, home birth, Breastfeeding, postnatal depression,

 

Postnatal Health, Feeding, Parenting:​

• Amy Brown – 'Let’s Talk About the First Year of Parenting', 'The Positive Breastfeeding Book'

• Anna Mathur – ‘The Little Book of Calm for New Mothers’, ‘Mind Over Mother’

• Lily Nichols – 'Real Food For Pregnancy, Real Food for Gestational Diabetes'

• Sarah Ockwell-Smith – ‘Beginnings’, ‘How to be a Calm Parent’, ‘The Gentle Sleep Book’, ‘The Gentle Potty Training Book’, ‘Between’,

• ​Heng Ou – 'The First Forty Days- The Essential Art of Nourishing a New Mother'

• Philippa Perry – ‘The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and your children will be glad you did)’

• Lucy Rudd – 'Mixed Up: Combination feeding by choice or necessity'

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Podcasts​

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• The Better Birth Podcast - Erin Fung

• The Birth_Ed Podcast - Megan Rossiter

• Evidence Based Birth - Rebecca Dekker

• The Midwifes Cauldron - Dr Rachel Reed, Katie James

• Motherkind -Zoe Blaskey

• The Neurodivergent Birth Podcast - Victoria White, Sam Shepherd

• The Therapy Edit - Anna Mathur

• The ultimate Birth Partner Podcast -Sallyann Beresford