• Recommended Reading: 
• Mothering the Mother - How a doula can help you have a shorter, easier, and healthier birth, Klaus, Kennell, & Klaus
• Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper, R.N.
• Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way, Susan McCutchen
• The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger
• The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, Henci Goer
• Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn - the complete guide, Simkin, Whalley, Keppler

 Recommended Web-sites:

• Great over-all info on natural birth options/risks of interventions, etc. http://www.birthingnaturally.net/ 

• This is a great diet resource for pregnancy. http://nutrition.birthingnaturally.net/brewerslideshow/brewerdiet_files/frame.htm 

• This is a MUST for every pregnant mom!!!  Really good info on turning and moving a baby before birth. http://spinningbabies.com/index.php

• ICAN is an organization dedicated to helping women recover emotionally from cesarean birth and enabling them to have a Vaginal Birth After a Ceserean - VBAC.   http://ican-online.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=53 

• Another over-all good site for the expecting couple to read and reference. This one even has a childbirth class you can take!  http://www.givingbirthnaturally.com/

• The Birth Survey is a great place to let others know about your experiences in birth - good/bad/ugly...tell the world and birth professionals what you experienced and what you want changed about it!!! http://www.thebirthsurvey.com/ 

• This is an awesome story about a doula in Chicago.  It deals with teen pregnancy and one doula who's working very hard to serve and help them.  http://www.blackpublicmedia.org/catalog/prod/37 

• Research done on touch in labor and the impact of touch on infants. http://www.hkjpaed.org/johnson/TouchInLabourAndInfancy/01.htm 

• This is a new and wonderful resource!!!  If you or someone you know has experienced a traumatic birth you should take a serious look at this place!  It is called Solace...and there are all kinds of topics from extreme feelings of being violated to just needing a little encouragement for your next birth.  http://advocatesforum.solaceformothers.org/

• A great resource for moms with weight issues.                                           http://www.plus-size-pregnancy.org./ 

• - how to turn a breech baby. http://pregnancychildbirth.suite101.com/article.cfm/turning_a_breech_baby 

• The Business of Being Born is an excellent documentary on childbirth in the U.S. and it is well worth the money to buy - I think it is also available on Netflix if you just want to watch it.  http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/trailer.php

• Fertility issues?  There are natural remedies to some of the most serious problems, it is worth a try!  http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ , http://natural-fertility-info.com/ 
• Vital information on cesarean