resources to support you from fertility to postpartum to well woman health
Books
Please consider purchasing books from your local, independent bookstore.
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering – Dr. Sarah Buckley
Give Birth Like a Feminist – Milli Hill
The Positive Birth Book – Milli Hill
Expecting Better – Emily Oster
Nine Golden Months – Heng Ou
The First Forty Days – Heng Ou
Pushed – Jennifer Block
The Birth Partner – Penny Simkin
Linea Negra – Jazmina Barrera Velazquez
Orgasmic Birth – Debra Pascali-Bonaro and Elizabeth Davis
The Natural Pregnancy Book – Aviva Romm
Mindful Birthing- Nancy Bardacke, CNM
Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Julia Chinyere Oparah and Alicia D. Bonaparte
Podcasts
The Great Birth Rebellion
Birthful
Birthing Instincts
The Birth Hour
The Longest Shortest Time
Move your DNA
The Savvy Black Birther
Birth Karen’s
Doing It At Home
Informed Pregnancy Podcast
Outspoken Voices
Empowered Birth
Homecoming
Birth stories in color
Center for Indigenous Midwifery Zoomcast
Nutrition
Birthful
Birthing Instincts
The Birth Hour
The Longest Shortest Time
Move your DNA
The Savvy Black Birther
Birth Karen’s
Doing It At Home
Informed Pregnancy Podcast
Outspoken Voices
Empowered Birth
Homecoming
Birth stories in color
Center for Indigenous Midwifery Zoomcast
Fertility / Conception
The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth — Stephanie Brill
Awakening Fertility — Heng Ou
Feeding
Websites
Nutritious Movement — Physical education
Positive Birth Company
Evidence Based Birth
Spinning Babies
Sista midwife productions — Find a black doula/midwife
Mama natural — Education
Functional Maternity
Trans/Queer Friendly Childbirth Class
Trans/Queer Birth Evidence-Based Education
The Educated Birth — Intersectional reproductive health
Apps
Mindfulness
Expect the Bump
Positive Pregnancy
Calm Childbirth Hypnobirthing
Posisi
Ovia
Sprout Pregnancy
Full Term Contraction Timer
Cronometer