+ Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

https://amzn.to/3iinBYU

This is a book that is skewed towards a natural childbirth by midwife Ina May Gaskin. Skip to the second part if you are looking for more practical information. Ina is the only midwife that has an obstetric maneuver named after her (Gaskin maneuver).

+ Factors promoting or inhibiting normal birth

A research of 6000 women has found that found that only 28.7 % of the women in the study experienced a 'normal' birth. Many women were not aware that their choice of maternity care provider, birth facility, the way their baby is monitored in labour and positioning during labour and birth would all affect their experience. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y9jqwwlm

+ Twenty-year Follow-up of Kangaroo Mother Care Versus Traditional Care

Skin to skin has many benefits for both mother and baby but for premature babies it is life and character transforming. Premature babies who were breastfed and kept warm through continuous skin-to-skin contact have become young adults with larger brains, higher salaries and less stressful lives than babies who received conventional incubator care. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/tatg7vs

+ Delayed umbilical cord clamping after birth

https://tinyurl.com/ybjdfqyc

+ Everything you need to know about Group B Streptococcus (GBS)

https://tinyurl.com/qrmjh43