Resource Library for Mindful Birthing Students
Here, you'll find a complete collection of all our course handouts, plus some extras -- as well as links to helpful websites, apps, and podcasts. If there's something you would like me to add to this list, please get in touch!
Getting Started
Module 1: Foundations
Module 2: Anatomy & Physiology
Module 3: Labor Process
Module 4: Coping & Comfort
Module 5: Breath & Body
Module 7: Decision-Making & Communication
Module 8: Information is Power
Module 10: After the Birth
Iowa City Area
Websites and Apps Comprehensive information and instruction on encouraging easier birth through optimal fetal positioning Positive resources for plus-size pregnancy support Unbiased research made accessible for empowered decision-making The only app where you can find prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric reviews of care from other Black and brown women. The #1 “Yelp-like” platform for the pregnancy and new motherhood journey, made by and for people of color.
Resources for LGBTQ+ family-building A collection of empowering, professionally produced birth videos in home, birth center, and hospital settings
An app that explains your baby's developmental leaps, and shows you how you can support and stimulate your baby’s development.An abundance of easily-searchable information about infant feeding and parenting.
Podcasts
Module 1: Foundations
- Embracing the Unknown (PDF)
Module 2: Anatomy & Physiology
Module 3: Labor Process
Module 4: Coping & Comfort
- Self-Reflection Exercise: Coping (PDF)
- Comfort in Labor (PDF)
- Birth Partner's Checklist of Comfort Measures (PDF)
- Debra Betts - Acupuncture and Acupressure for labor (PDF)
- Tried & True Tips for Transition (PDF)
Module 5: Breath & Body
Module 7: Decision-Making & Communication
- BRAIN -Tool for decision-making (PDF)
- Guide for Interviewing Doulas (PDF)
- Choosing a Care Provider (PDF)
- What to ask a Physician (PDF)
- What to ask a Birth Center (PDF)
- What to ask a Midwife (PDF)
- Self-Reflection Exercise: Birth Priorities (PDF)
- Antiracist Birth Preferences Guide (PDF)
- Packing List for Hospital Birth (PDF)
- Sample Birth Plan: Hospital birth (PDF)
- Sample Birth Plan: Very Simple Hospital Birth Plan (PDF)
- Sample Birth Plan: Twin Birth (PDF)
- Sample Birth Plan: Home Birth (PDF)
- Birth Plan Template: Home Birth Preferences (PDF)
- Transfer Plan for Planned Home Birth (PDF)
Module 8: Information is Power
- Healthy Birth Your Way: Six Steps to a Safer Birth (PDF)
- Perineal Massage in Pregnancy (PDF)
- Pain Management Preference Scale (PDF)
- The Six Medical Intervention Questions (PDF)
- Communicating with a Caregiver (PDF)
- What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Birth (PDF)
- Creating a Family-Centered Cesarean (PDF)
- Recovering from a Cesarean: Tips on Healing (PDF)
- Things to Know about Preterm Labor (PDF)
- When your Baby is in the NICU (PDF)
- Dealing with Perinatal Loss (PDF)
- Up-to-date Research on Pregnancy and COVID-19 (Web)
Module 10: After the Birth
- You and Your Newborn: The Relationship Begins (PDF)
- Preparation for Breastfeeding (PDF)
- Position and Latch (PDF)
- Signs that Baby is Getting Enough Milk (PDF)
- Overcoming Nursing Hurdles (PDF)
- Pumping, Storing, and Bottle feeding (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Past the First Six Weeks (PDF)
- Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study (Web)
- Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Self-Assessment (PDF)
- Self-Assessment of Distress After a Difficult Birth (PDF)
Iowa City Area
Websites and Apps Comprehensive information and instruction on encouraging easier birth through optimal fetal positioning Positive resources for plus-size pregnancy support Unbiased research made accessible for empowered decision-making The only app where you can find prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric reviews of care from other Black and brown women. The #1 “Yelp-like” platform for the pregnancy and new motherhood journey, made by and for people of color.
Resources for LGBTQ+ family-building A collection of empowering, professionally produced birth videos in home, birth center, and hospital settings
An app that explains your baby's developmental leaps, and shows you how you can support and stimulate your baby’s development.An abundance of easily-searchable information about infant feeding and parenting.
Podcasts
- Birthful
- Birth Kweens
- The Birth Hour
- The Black Doula
- Doing it at Home
- Natal
- Homecoming
- Evidence-Based Birth
