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Supplemental Reading
 

Research and Reports

Childbirth Connection's Evidence-Based Maternity Care Resource Directory:  Includes information on evidenced-based practices, critical appraisal of research, Cochrane reviews, and how to search for and find evidence on topics of interest.

CIMS (Coalition for Improving Maternity Services): The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

Outcomes of care in birth centers. The National Birth Center Study.

Citizens for Midwifery:  What Does Good Maternity Care Look Like?  Handout including three models of care side-by-side:  The Midwives' Model of Care, The Ten Steps to Mother-Friendly Care, and Six Care Practices that Support Normal Birth

NIH Consensus Development Conference on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean:  Final Report, March 2010

Amnesty International:  Deadly delivery: The maternal health care crisis in the USA

"Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America." Kenneth C Johnson, senior epidemiologist, Betty-Anne Daviss, project manager. BMJ 2005;330:1416 (18 June)

  Books

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The Birth Partner - Penny Simkin
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn - Penny Simkin 
Birthing from Within - Pam England
Pushed - Jennifer Block
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth - Ina May Gaskin 
Birth:  The Surprising History of How We Are Born - Tina Cassidy
Deliver This - Marisa Cohen 
Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Tori Weschler
Our Bodies, Ourselves; and Our Bodies, Ourselves:  Pregnancy and Birth - Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Baby Catcher - Peggy Vincent 
Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth - Henci Goer
Gentle Birth Choices - Barbara Harper 
Birth Without Violence- Frederick Leboyer 
Homebirth-Shiela Kitzenger 
                                                                                                            Birth Reborn- Michel Odent 
                                                                                                                Nurturing Your Unborn Child - Thomas Verny and Pamela Weintraub  

 

Websites

Childbirth Connection - Helping Women and Health Professionals Make Informed Maternity Care Decisions
Evidence-Based Birth
Maryland Homebirth Information
International Cesarean Awareness Network
American Pregnancy Association
RH Reality Check's Maternity and Birthing Page
Our Bodies Ourselves - Pregnancy and Birth Page
Science and Sensibility:  A Research Blog About Healthy Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond
The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health 
WomensHealth.gov -- The Federal Government Source for Women's Health Information 
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