I’m often asked for referrals to birth podcasts, blogs and resources by new parents, friends and colleagues. The following people, books, pages and podcasts are people that I admire or have found helpful throughout my journey as a parent and Midwife.
Please note: I am not affiliated with and do not receive any compensation for listing any of the following links. The following people’s opinions may or may not reflect my own on any given matter. As always, use your own judgement and critical thinking abilities while consuming media of any kind.
Birthworkers
Midwife Thinking (Rachel Reed)
The Matrona (Whapio Bartlett)
Shafia Monroe
Powerhouse Birth
Feminist Midwife
The Midwife Is In
Rise Up Midwife (China Tolliver)
These Are My Hours
Self Learning
The Beautiful Cervix Project (Instructions for finding, observing and understanding the cervix)
Herbalists & Integrative Practitioners
Natural MD Radio (Dr. Aviva Romm)
Herbal Medicine For Women (Dr. Aviva Romm)
Birth Rights, Politics, Advocacy & Activism
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction (Loretta J. Ross & Rickie Sollinger)
Birthing Outside The System: The Canary In The Coal Mine (Eds. Dahlen; Bashi Kumar-Hazard & Schmied)
The Roar Behind The Silence (Eds. Sheena Byrom & Soo Downe)
Pregnancy & Power (Rickie Solinger)
Birth Work As Care Work (Alana Apfel)
Birth Stories
In The Spirit Of Homebirth (Ed. Bronwyn Preece)
Birth Photography & Videos
Mindful Mother Doula (Red Deer & Area, Alberta)
Shelby Story Photography (Red Deer & Area, Alberta)
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth
These Are My Hours
Abortion Care
Natural Liberty (The Sage Femme Collective)
IPAS – Health, Access, Rights
Trans / Non-Binary & Queer Birth
Where’s The Mother? – Stories From A Transgender Dad (Trevor MacDonald)
Birth For Every Body
MAIA Midwifery & Fertility
Moss The Doula – Remote Trans & Queer Support
Trans Fertility Co.
Biff And I – Trystan Reese
Trans Masculine Reproduction Guide
Midwifery & Preparing For Birth Books
Birthing From Within (Pam England)
Ancient Map For Modern Birth (Pam England)
Heart Centred Pregnancy Journal (Nikki Shaheed)
Birth As An American Rite of Passage (Robbie Davis-Floyd)
Optimal Care In Childbirth (Henci Goer)
Homebirth Cesarean (Courtney Key Jarecki)
When Survivors Give Birth (Penny Simkin & Phyllis Klaus)
Anti-D In Midwifery (Sara Wickham)
Midwifery For Expectant Parents (Aubre Tompkins)
Holding Space
Holding Space – On Loving, Dying & Letting Go (Amy Wright Glenn)
Birth, Breath & Death (Amy Wright Glenn)
Being With Dying (Joan Halifax)
Nutrition, Nourishment & Favourite Cookbooks
Real Food For Gestational Diabetes (Lily Nichols)
Real Food For Pregnancy (Lily Nichols)
The First 40 Days (Heng Ou)
Outlander Kitchen (Theresa Carle-Sanders)
Five Seasons Of Jam (Lillie O’Brien)
The Nourished Kitchen
Herbal Texts & Books
Botanical Medicine For Women’s Health (Aviva Romm)
The Boreal Herbal (Beverley Gray)
The Natural Pregnancy Book (Aviva Romm)
Natural Health After Birth (Aviva Romm)
Plant Magic: Herbalism In Real Life (Christine Buckley)
Intersectional Feminism, Essays, Critical Gender, Disability & Race Theory
The Body Is Not An Apology (Sonya Renee Taylor)
The Remedy – Queer and Trans Voices On Health & Health Care (Ed. Zena Sharman)
Witches, Witch Hunting & Women (Silvia Fedirici)
Secret Feminist Agenda (Hannah McGregor)
Care Work : Dreaming Disability Justice (Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha)
Mockingjay Midwifery 