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Educate Yourself about Birth!

links
British Medical Journal Study on the safety of Home Birth 2005
Midwifery Today Article, Technology in Birth
Parents Share Information About Homebirth
Home Birth Reference Site
For a Natural Birth, There's No Place Like Home
Birth, and the Origins of Violence
Marsden Wagner, and the Active Management of Labor
Waterbirth International Website
Unassisted Childbirth
The Safety of Homebirth, 23 abstracts
Summary of Critical Points from "Safety of Alternative Approaches to Childbirth" by Peter F. Schlenza
HomeBirth, What are the Issues? Sara Wickham
Synopsis of The Official Medical Plan to Eliminate the Midwife
Outcomes of intended home births in nurse-midwifery practice: a prospective descriptive study.
Midwives on Missions of Service Research on the Safety of Homebirth (PDF)
What Women Aren't Told About Childbirth
Waning Interest in Childbirth Education
Labor Pain

find a doula or CBE in CO:
http://www.welcomebaby.com/resources/CO.htm

Favorite Books
A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth by Murray Enkin
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Peggy  Simkin. P.T., Janet Whalley, R.N., B.S.N., and Ann Keppler R.N., M.N.
Birthing From Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy by Elizabeth Somer, M.N., R.D.
Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susan S. Weed
Emergency Childbirth by Gregory J. White, M.D.
The Pregnancy Book By William Sears
The Birth Book by William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N.
The VBAC Companion by Diana Korte
Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper, R.N.
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon
Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Immaculate Deception, Suzanne Arms
Birth at Home by Sheila Kitzinger
The Cultural Warping of Childbirth by Doris Haire
The Home Birth Book by Charlotte and Fred Ward
Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
Pushed by Jennifer Block
The Birth Partner by Penny Simpkin
Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer
Birth Reborn by Michael Odent
Special Delivery by Rahima Baldwin Dancy
Birth at Home by Sheila Kitzinger
Heart and Hands by Elizabeth Davis
Birth as an American Rite of Passage Robbie Davis Floyd