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Birth Circle Bylaws

Educational Library

Available at Birth Circle Meetings

Thank you very much to the Athens Foundation for their grant to purchase these resources for sharing!

Contact Brandi Holloway at 592-5875

Books

• A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth (2 copies)

• The Baby Book, Dr. Sears (2 copies)

• After the Baby’s Birth: A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women, Robin Lim (2 copies)

• Giving Birth: A Journey into the World of Mothers and Midwives, Catherine Taylor (2 copies)

• Birthing From Within, Pam England (2 copies)

• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin (2 copies)

• Lamaze International’s Guide to Normal Birth

• Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper (this is a book/DVD combo)

• What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section 2004, Maternity Center Association

• The Politics of Birth, Sheila Kitzinger

• Your Amazing Newborn, Klaus and Klaus

• Creating Your Birth Plan: A Definitive Guide to a Safe and Empowering Birth, Marsden Wagner

• When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women, Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus

• How to Raise a Healthy Child Inspite of Your Doctor

• Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn

• Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin

• Immaculate Deception, Suzanne Arms

• Best Feeding

Videos

• Comfort Measures for Labor and Birth, Penny Simkin

Audio CDs

• Pregnancy Relaxation

• Relax for Childbirth

DVDs

• Tried and True, A Collection of Labor Techniques

• Giving Birth and Being Born

• The Stages of Labor, 2^nd Edition, A Visual Guide

• I Watched My Brother Being Born (with Book) Including Children at Birth

• Home Birth: The Spirit, The Science, and The Mother

• Psalm and Zoya, The Unassisted Homebirth of Our Twins

• Born in Water, A Sacred Journey

• The Happiest Baby on the Block, Dr. Harvey Karp

• Born in the USA

• Birth as We Know It

Additional Helpful Pregnancy/Birth
Books and Web Sites

Several participants and educational speakers of The Birth Circle have found these resources to be especially helpful. They describe a variety of strategies for pregnancy, childbirth, and early childcare, and The Birth Circle does not advocate for or against any particular option. As an expectant or new mother or partner, you have the best perspective on making the best decision for your family based on your specific goals and constraints.

Please note - The Little Professor in uptown Athens will give up to a 10% discount on many of the books listed below to Birth Circle participants - just mention the Birth Circle discount.

PREGNANCY AND BIRTHING

• The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger
  
• Having a Baby, Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth, Peggy O'Mara, Wendy Ponte, Jackie Facciolo
  
• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin
  
• Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Penny Simkin

Also useful:  

• A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth, Enkin, Keirse, Neilson, Crowther, Duley, Hodnett, Hofmeyer
• Mothering Magazinee, www.mothering.com 1-800-981-8116
  

Helpful Web sites:

• www.childbirthconnection.org
• www.motherfriendly.org
• www.ican-online.org
  
• www.vbac.com
• www.acog.com
• www.parents.berkeley.edu

EARLY CHILDCARE

• The Baby Book, William Sears, Martha Sears
• www.parents.berkeley.edu

BREASTFEEDING

Many of the books on this list describe the techniques and requirements of both breastfeeding and bottle feeding.  In addition, for more detailed information on breastfeeding these resources are helpful:

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, Gwen Gotsch, Judy Torgus
• Best Feeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You, Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher, Suzanne Arms
• www.lalecheleague.org

For one-to-one breastfeeding support, contact Elizabeth Tompkins, a breastfeeding peer counselor for WIC, at 592-5320. 

(Some books also available from La Leche League.)

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