Resources
Herbal Resources
• Wish Garden Herbals. Resource for all things herbal, pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding.
• Mountain Meadow Herbs. Herbs for the childbearing years and beyond.
• Herb Lore. Organic herbal products for fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, lactation, and optimum health.
• Pregnancy Tea. Pre-made mix, click here. Recipe to make your own, click here.
Home Birth Resources
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Study on Midwifery Care
• Aviva Romm & her amazing books on living, pregnancy and beyond!
• Home Birth: The Medical Literature on the Safety of Home Birth, James Hughes, Ph.D. Home Birth Research: Citations from the medical literature that generally demonstrate the safety of home births.
• Outcomes of Planned Home Births with Certified Professional Midwives: Large Prospective Study in North America, by Kenneth C. Johnson, senior epidemiologist; Betty-Anne Daviss, project manager, BMJ 2005;330:1416 (June 2005).
• Miles Circuit: Used to help move baby into optimal positioning during pregnancy and labor.
• Preventing Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding: An evidence-based study on vitamin K from Midwifery Matters.
• Oral Vitamin K Drops: These are the oral Vitamin K drops we recommend.
• Protecting Your Baby’s Microbiome From the Start. Great article by Aviva Romm, M.D.
• The Glucose Challenge (GCT): Learn the differences in glucose testing and how that can affect your results.
• Evidence Based Birth: Putting current, evidence based information into the hands of communities so they can make empowered choices.
• GBS Screening Standards of Care and the Impacts on Early-Onset GBS Disease. Latest study on GBS (Group B Streptococcus). Helpful summary on last page.
Additional Resources
• La Leche League of Washington. A world without barriers to experiencing the love and wisdom found in the breastfeeding relationship.
• Lactation Consultant. Elizabeth Maloney , Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Spokane, WA.
• ICAN - The International Cesarean Awareness Network is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by reducing preventable cesareans through education, supporting cesarean recovery, and advocating for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).
• Circumcision. A thought-provoking presentation by Ryan McAllister, Ph.D. from Georgetown University called “The Elephant in the Room.”
• Deep Latch Technique for Breastfeeding, A step-by-step video with tips on "How to Use the Deep Latch Technique" from Corky Harvey, RN, MS, IBCLC a lactation consultant.
• Passage's Birth Tub: One-time, personal use birth tub. The midwives of Passages Midwifery believe that cost should not prohibit any family from experiencing waterbirth.