Recommended Websites, Books, Documentary's/Movies for Pregnancy and Parenting

Resource List

Websites for Pregnancy, Labour & Birth

• Hypnobirthing Australia website - Great collection of Birth Stories, Birth Videos, Latest Articles and Evidence, Blog Posts, Shop to download additional hypnobirthing and self-hypnosis MP3 practice tracks.

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network – pregnancy and birth information.

• Spinning Babies - Spinning Babies is a globally recognised organisation for optimal position of babies for birth. Integrating art and science of birth to give mothers a smoother birthing experience by using balance, gravity and movement of a woman’s anatomy to bring baby to an ideal position.

• Also check out Spinning Babies Daily Exercises for pregnancy.

• World Health Organisation new pregnancy guidelines.

• Pregnancy - SA Health – government information and guidelines on pregnancy topics.

• SA Prenatal Practice Guidelines

Postnatal & Parenting websites

• Child and Youth Health – practical health information for parents and carers.

• Raising Children Network – The Australia Parenting Website.

• Pinky McKay – Breastfeeding expert, Lactation Consultant, gentle parenting advocate and author of multiple best selling breastfeeding and parenting books.

• Safe Sleeping SIDS and Kids.

• Beyond Blue – information for new and expectant parents, covering everything from bonding with your baby to spotting the signs of anxiety and depression.

• PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia. PANDA National Helpline call 1300 726 306.

Breastfeeding Websites & Supports

• The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA).

• The Milk Meg - Breastfeeding Expert and Lactation Consultant.

• The Breastfeeding Companion - a website created to help mothers with their breastfeeding problems. Free video based website covering 85 breastfeeding related topics.

Useful Books to read

• The Little Book of Hypnobirthing by Melissa Spilsted (included for Hypnobirthing Australia™ course participants)

• Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Dr. Sarah J. Buckley, MD

• A Modern Women’s Guide to A Natural Empowering Birth by Katrina Zaslavsky

• Childbirth without Fear by Grantly Dick-Read

• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

• Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin

• Birth Reborn by Michel Odent

• Stork Talk: Delivering Strategies for Your Ideal Birth by Cheryl Sheriff

• It’s Your Birth…Right? By Cherie Pasion

• A Labour of Love by Gabrielle Targett

• The Hypnobirthing Book by Katharine Graves

• Babies Remember Birth by Dr. David Chamberlain

• The Happiest Baby on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp

• Birth Skills with Sarah Murdoch by Juju Sundin

• Orgasmic Birth by Elizabeth Davis & Debra Pascali-Bonaro

• Parenting by Heart by Pinky McKay

• Sleeping like a Baby by Pinky McKay

• The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley

• The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

• Birth with Confidence: Savvy choices for normal birth by Rhea Dempsey

• What’s Right for Me? Making Decisions in Pregnancy and Birth by Sara Wickham

• Inducing Labour: Making Informed Decisions by Sara Wickham

• Vitamin K and the newborn by Sara Wickham

• Anti-D in midwifery by Sara Wickham

Documentary’s, Movies/DVD’s

• Hypnobirthing Australia™ and Hypnobubs® Youtube Channel.

• The Business of Being Born DVD - you can watch trailer here.

• Microbirth

• Freedom for Birth

• Orgasmic Birth DVD

• What Babies Want

• Born in Water DVD

• Why not Home? Documentary

• ‘Birth As We Know It’ Birth into Being DVD

• Birth Story DVD by Ina May Gaskin & The Farm Midwives

• Birth Day DVD

• The Big Stretch DVD

• Breast is Best DVD

• A Breech in the System DVD

• Lotus Birth DVD

If you have any other resources, books, websites, documentary or movies for pregnancy and parenting you would like to add please leave a comment below or feel free to email me. 

Nikki x