RESOURCES — Bramble Birth

Resources

Anti D

Book ‘Anti D Explained’ by Sara Wickham

Birth Physiology

Report - Sarah Buckley

https://nationalpartnership.org/report/hormonal-physiology-of-childbearing/

Blog - Sarah Buckley

https://sarahbuckley.com/pain-in-labour-your-hormones-are-your-helpers-2/

Midwifery Blog - Sara Wickham

https://www.sarawickham.com/topic-resources/tips-for-physiological-birth-of-the-placenta/

Breech

General information, parent education and expert consultation service https://www.breechwithoutborders.org/

Podcast - Birthing Instincts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/338-breech-birth-finally-explained/id1552816683?i=1000637670585

Birth in Literature

Book ‘Cutting for Stone’ by Abraham Verghese

Book ‘The Birth House’by Ami McKay

Birth Politics & Herstory

Book ‘Spiritual Midwifery’ by Ina May Gaskin

Book ‘A Passion for Birth’ by Sheila Kitzinger

Book ‘Birth Reborn’ by Michel Odent

Ebook ‘Herstory ~ Womanifesto’ Jane Hardwicke Collings

https://janehardwickecollings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/herstory_ebook.pdf

Podcast - Birthing Instincts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/325-a-walk-through-history-with-farm-og-midwife-pamela-hunt/id1552816683?i=1000626934374

Fetal Monitoring

Midwifery Blog - Rachel Reed

https://midwifethinking.com/2013/08/14/listening-to-baby-during-labour/

Obstetric Blog - Kirsten Small

https://birthsmalltalk.com/about/

Podcast - Midwives’ Cauldron https://themidwivescauldron.buzzsprout.com/1178486/11878971

General information - Aims https://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/monitoring-your-babys-heartbeat-in-labour

Feeding and Sleeping

General information ”the baby sleep info source for parents who wish to make informed

choices about infant sleep and night-time care.”

https://www.basisonline.org.uk/

Follow on Instagram/Facebook - Lucy Webber Feeding Support - IBCLC

Follow on Instagram/Facebook - Kathryn Stagg - IBCLC twins specialist

Follow on Instagram/Facebook - Lyndsey Hookway

Book ‘Let's Talk About Your New Family's Sleep’ by Lyndsey Hookway

Free online breastfeeding course - La Leche League

https://laleche.org.uk/antenatal-courses/

Food & Nutrition

Book ‘Real Food for Pregnancy’ by Lily Nichols

Book ‘Real Food for Gestational Diabetes’ by Lily Nichols

Group B Strep

Book ‘ Group B Strep Explained’ by Dr Sara Wickham

Human Rights and Rights in Birth

General information and fact sheets https://www.birthrights.org.uk/

Book ‘Am I Allowed?: What Every Woman Should Know BEFORE She Gives Birth’ by Beverley Beech

Book ‘Why Human Rights in Childbirth Matter’ Rebecca Schiller

Induction of labour

Book ‘In Your Own Time’ by Sara Wickham

Book ‘Why Induction Matters’ by Rachel Reed

Midwifery blog - Rachel Reed

https://midwifethinking.com/2019/09/02/big-babies-the-risk-of-care-provider-fear/

Parenting

Book ‘The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read’ Phillipa Perry

Book ‘Because I Said So’ Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Place of Birth

Book ‘Why Home Birth Matters’ Natalie Meddings

Study - Perinatal or neonatal mortality among women who intend at the onset of labour to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital: A systematic review and meta-analyses

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(19)30119-1/fulltext

Study - Maternal outcomes and birth interventions among women who begin labour intending to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital: A systematic review and meta-analyses

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30063-8/fulltext

Study - Birthplace Cohort Study

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/assets/downloads/birthplace/Birthplace-key-findings.pdf

Obstetric Blog - Kirsten Small

https://birthsmalltalk.com/2023/04/05/assessing-the-safety-of-hospital-birth/

Midwifery Blog and studies - Sara Wickham home birth info hub

https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/is_home_birth_safe/

Postnatal

Book ‘Why Postnatal Recovery Matters’ Sophie Messager

Book ‘The First Forty Days. The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother’ Heng Ou

Vaginal Examinations

Midwifery blog - Rachel Reed