Free Educational Articles

Browse the categorized articles below to educate yourself as you prepare for your birth:

The Birth Experience

Staying positive and comfortable during birth

The Birth Process / Physiological Birth

Third Stage / Birthing the Placenta

Postpartum Health

Choice in Birth Place

Birth Plans

Care Providers / Primary Attendants

Primary attendant options

Unassisted birth

Doulas and support people

Prenatal Class Options

Informed Choice

Early Newborn Care

Resources for early newborn care

Breastfeeding

Circumcision / Intact Foreskin

Fetal Positioning

GBS / Group B Strep

Resources for GBS 

“Special” Circumstances in birth

Common Medications and Interventions

Birth culture

Research and Guidelines

Birth Quotes, Photos, Videos

Men and Birth

Pregnancy Discomforts

Birth Activism

Birth Trauma

Getting To Know Jessica (Birth Takes a Village author & doula)

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