EXTERNAL LISTINGS

Joyous Birth is an Australian based homebirth network. Joyous Birth is a nation-wide group of consumers and birth professionals united in a love of birth and are supportive of women’s right to access evidence based midwifery care. This website has a list of articles specifically relating to pregnancy and birth as well as a comprehensive collection of information on a range of other parenting topics. Joyous Birth also contains the Australian Doula and Birth Attendant Directory. You can chat to other parents on the Joyous Birth forum here. Check out THIS article by Sarah Eaton titled The Personal is Political...for everyone but me. One feminist's struggle to support her sister�. 

Purebirth Australia

This website offers women a comprehensive collection of information relating to unassisted pregnancy and childbirth. Purebirth Australia came about to support women in their birth choices and their quest for alternative sources of information. Purebirth has a great section on preparing for childbirth as well as information regarding practices such as lotus birth and placentophagia.

Sarah J Buckley

Sarah J Buckley is a New Zealand born GP, now residing in Australia. Sarah encourages parents to be fully informed as well as listening to our hearts and intuition. She has written a book titled Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering and has a range of articles relating to gentle parenting on her website. 

Mothering

This American based website contains a range of information relating to attachment parenting, otherwise known as natural parenting or gentle parenting. Mothering offers visitors a selection of articles relating to pregnancy and birth as well as a range of other topics. 

Henci Goer

Henci Goer is an award-winning medical writer and internationally known speaker and is the author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. Her previous book, Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities, is a highly-acclaimed resource for childbirth professionals. An independent scholar, she is an acknowledged expert on evidence-based maternity care. Goer has written consumer education pamphlets and numerous articles for magazines as diverse as Reader's Digest and the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing. Henci has compiled a comprehensive list of articles relating to a range of pregnancy and birth topics. The information contained on this woman's website is information that many women never hear about from their care provider during pregnancy and birth. 

Homebirth UK

This website contains information regarding the theory of Optimum Foetal Positioning. Optimum Foetal Positioning is a theory developed by a midwife (Jean Sutton) and an antenatal teacher (Pauline Scott) who found that the mother's position and movement could influence the way her baby lay in the womb in the final weeks of pregnancy. Many difficult labours result from 'malpresentation', where the baby's position makes it hard for the head to move through the pelvis, so changing the way the baby lies could make birth easier for mother and child.

Belly Casting

This website contains detailed instructions on how to create your own pregnancy belly cast. It also has some wonderful pictures of belly casts that have been lovingly and artistically decorated.