Growing a Human
Websites and blogs
Study on a Paleo Diet during Pregnancy
If you are struggling to merge your pre-pregnancy diet with healthy eating, this is a good place to start. Renowned nutritionist Lily Nichols re-examines nutritional needs during pregnancy.
Study on Effect of Prenatal Ultrasound Screening on Perinatal Outcome
A study examining the use of routine ultrasound and perinatal outcomes.
Black Subjectivity and the Origins of American Gynecology
A look at the violent history of American gynecology.
Racial Disparities in Childbirth
Racial disparities in modern day American gynecology due to racism and chronic oppression.
Books
Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition by Lily Nichols
Lily Nichols is a dietitian and nutritionist with a passion for science-based prenatal nutrition. Much of the advice given by doctors and obstetricians regarding nutrition during pregnancy is outdated and not evidence-based. This book is an excellent resource on optimal prenatal nutrition and has everything a woman needs to prepare for a healthy pregnancy. Lily Nichols is also the author of Real Food for Gestational Diabetes.
Birth and Breastfeeding: Rediscovering the Needs of Women in Pregnancy and Childbirth by Michel Odent
A look into how intervening with the natural cocktail of hormones during childbirth having unprecedented effects for future civilization. Michel Odent argues that we should first accept our ‘mammalian’ condition and give priority to the woman’s need for privacy and to feel secure.
Podcasts
The Midwitch - Birth is Innately Magical, not Medical
Jane Hardwicke Collings’ Herstory Womanifesto
“With permission from Jane Hardwicke Collings, I have read 'HERSTORY - WOMANIFESTO' ”
Wise Traditions - Embraces Traditions From the Past for Optimal Health Today!
Save Your Local Farm
If we want nourishing food, we need to put our money where our mouth is.
Bauhauswife - Yolande Norris-Clark on free birth, motherhood, feminism, family, spirit, nourishment, outrageousness & dissent.
Unpacking Ultrasound
A discussion on the safety and prevalence of ultrasound.
Taking Back Birth - two independent midwives discuss all OPTIONS for your non-medicalized birth and pregnancy
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing -
How to keep hospital ritual out of your home birth.