Resource Library

Getting Started

• Course workbook (PDF)

• Self Reflection Exercise: Beliefs About Birthing (PDF)

​Module 1: Foundations

• Embracing the Unknown (PDF)

Module 2: Anatomy & Physiology

• Anatomy of pregnancy (PDF)

• Your Body Throughout Pregnancy Slideshow (Web)

• Belly Mapping (PDF)

Module 3: Labor Process

• Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing (PDF)

Module 4: Coping & Comfort

• Self-Reflection Exercise: Coping (PDF)

• Comfort in Labor (PDF)

• Birth Partner's Checklist of Comfort Measures (PDF)

• Debra Betts - Acupuncture and Acupressure for labor (Web)

Module 5: Breath & Body

• Positions for Labor and Birth (PDF)

Module 7: Decision-Making & Communication 

• BRAIN -Tool for decision-making (PDF)

• Guide for Interviewing Doulas (PDF)

• Choosing a Care Provider (PDF)

• What to ask a Physician (PDF)

• What to ask a Birth Center (PDF)

• What to ask a Midwife (PDF)

• Self-Reflection Exercise: Birth Priorities (PDF)

• Antiracist Birth Preferences Guide (PDF)

• Packing List for Hospital Birth (PDF)

Module 8: Information is Power

• Healthy Birth Your Way: Six Steps to a Safer Birth (PDF)

• Perineal Massage in Pregnancy (PDF)

• Pain Management Preference Scale (PDF)

• The Six Medical Intervention Questions (PDF)

• Communicating with a Caregiver (PDF)

• Creating a Family-Centered Cesarean (PDF)

• Recovering from a Cesarean: Tips on Healing (PDF)

• Things to Know about Preterm Labor (PDF)

• When your Baby is in the NICU (PDF)

• Dealing with Perinatal Loss (PDF)

• Up-to-date Research on Pregnancy and COVID-19 (Web)

Module 10: After the Birth 

• You and Your Newborn: The Relationship Begins (PDF)

• Preparation for Breastfeeding (PDF)

• Position and Latch (PDF)

• Signs that Baby is Getting Enough Milk (PDF)

• Overcoming Nursing Hurdles (PDF)

• Pumping, Storing, and Bottle feeding (PDF)

• Breastfeeding Past the First Six Weeks (PDF)

• Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study (Web)

• Postpartum Depression Self-Assessment (PDF)

• Self-Assessment of Distress After a Difficult Birth (PDF)

​Websites & Apps

• Spinning Babies

Comprehensive information and instruction on encouraging easier birth through optimal fetal positioning 

• ​Plus-Size Birth

Positive resources for plus-size pregnancy support

• Evidence-Based Birth

Unbiased research made accessible for empowered decision-making

• Irth App

The only app where you can find prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric reviews of care from other Black and brown women. The #1 “Yelp-like” platform for the pregnancy and new motherhood journey, made by and for people of color.

• Maia Midwifery

Resources for LGBTQ+ family-building

• Birth Becomes You - Birth Videos

A collection of empowering, professionally produced birth videos in home, birth center, and hospital settings

• ​The Wonder Weeks 

An app that explains your baby's developmental leaps, and shows you how you can support and stimulate your baby’s development.

• Kellymom

An abundance of easily-searchable information about infant feeding and parenting.
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​Podcasts

• Birthful 

• Birth Stories in Color

• The Birth Hour

• The Black Doula

• Doing it at Home

• Homecoming 

• Evidence-Based Birth