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For Women and Mothers who are reclaiming their sovereign fertility, wild births, and innate ability to heal.
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SHOP
BOOKS
All my favorites in women’s health, childbirth, and more:
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NOURISHMENT
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Azure Standard (Bulk food.)
Real Milk (Raw milk finder.)
Eat Wild (International farms directory.)
HERBAL MEDICINE
Azure Standard (Bulk herbs and other supplies.)
Mountain Rose Herbs (Bulk Herbs)
Pacific Botanicals (Bulk Herbs)
Starwest Botanicals (Bulk Herbs)
Natura Sophia Spagyrics (Astroherbalism Practitioner, Tinctures)
Alexis Smart Flower Remedies (Essences)
ACCESSORIES
Geratherm Mercury-Free Glass Thermometer (°F & °C)
Jade and Pearl (Sea Sponges)
Organic Cotton Flannel (In bulk for castor oil packs.)
Crystal Eggs & Wands (Ethically Sourced)
CIRCADIAN HEALTH
Blue Light Blocking Clip Light | Bon Charge
Red Reptile Bulb 60-Watt | Zoo Med
mental health
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women’s health & fertility
Books
Wild Power By Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
The Fifth Vital Sign by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack | Buy on Amazon
Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy by Heng Ou | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution by Jennifer Block | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Natural Liberty by Sage-Femme Collective | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Women’s Power to Heal: Through Inner Medicine by Maya Tiwari | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
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PODCASTS
Fertility Friday Radio [Apple]
WEB REFERENCES
Women's Health in Women's Hands
Research & Other Resources
BIRTH CONTROL
FFP 330 | Non-Hormonal Birth Control Methods | Fertility Friday [Apple]
Does the contraceptive pill alter mate choice in humans?
FFP 460 | Are Sexual Preferences Altered By The Pill? | Fertility Friday
FFP 316 | In The Name of The Pill | Mike Gaskins | Fertility Friday
FFP 297 | This is Your Brain on Birth Control | Dr. Sarah Hill, PhD. | Fertility Friday Radio
The Pill: Are the Risks Too Bitter to Swallow? | Aviva Romm, MD
The Post Birth Control Pill Hormone Rest | Aviva Romm, MD
CASTOR OIL
How to Make Castor Oil Packs | Wellness Mama
Castor Oil: Ancient Yet Modern Medium for Self-Care | Ellen Heed, PhD
Episode 3 Healing with Castor Oil with Ellen Heed | Temple of Shakti Podcast
CONTRACEPTION & pregnancy release
Wild Carrot Exploration | By Robin Rose Bennett and Mischa Schuler
Buy Queen Anne’s Lace Seeds | Strictly Medicinal Seeds
Neem and Birth Control | Sister Zeus
Neem as Contraceptive | The Natural Healing Room
Can You Prevent Pregnancy with the Pullout Method? | Scientific American
Does Pulling Out Work? [video]
73. Ending Pregnancy at Home: Holistic Abortion Options | Medicine Stories Podcast
Toward reproductive sovereignty, not reproductive rights | Feminist Current
FERTILITY AWARENESS METHOD
Find a Fertility Awareness Educator
Taking Charge of Your Fertility | Charts
The Best Basal Body Thermometers For Charting | Natural Birth Control
Temp Drop | Overnight Basal Body Thermometer
5 Reasons I Don't Use Daysy or Natural Cycles | Fertility Charting
No Body's Business But Mine: How Menstruation Apps Are Sharing Your Data | Privacy International
The 4 Rules for Charting for Birth Control | Kindara
The Ultimate Guide with Cervical Mucus | Fertility Awareness Project
#10: For the Love of the Cervix: Fertility Awareness and Cervical Connection with Chloe Skerlak | The Cervical Wellness Podcast [Spotify]
The Effectiveness of a Fertility Awareness Method to Avoid Pregnancy in Relation to a Couple’s Sexual Behavior During the Fertile Time | Human Reproduction, 2007
InFERTILITY
"Research on Infertility: Definition Makes a Difference" Revisited
FFP 480 | The Truth About Unexplained Infertility | Dr. Marc Sklar, LAc. | Fertility Friday
IVF/FERTILITY TECHNOLOGY
In Vitro Fertilization | The Embryo Project
The Future of Fertility | The New Yorker
JADE EGGS
#13: Demystifying the Jade Egg: The History, the Lineage, and the Risky Contraindications with Halo Seronko | The Cervical Wellness Podcast [Spotify]
NUTRITION
The Truth About Nutrition Masterclass | Dr. Cassie Huckaby
Seed Cycling? Here’s Why You Don’t Need To | Aviva Romm, MD
OBGYN
A Little Bit of History of Modern Gynecology | Cervical Wellness [free webinar]
Male domination of gynecology blocks research on women’s health | The Jerusalem Post, 2022
SOS: Save Our Reproductive Organs | Orgasmic Enlightenment Podcast [Direct] [Spotify]
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Judicial Watch Obtains Records Showing FDA Paid for ‘Fresh and Never Frozen’ Human Fetal Parts for Use In ‘Humanized Mice’ Creation | Judicial Watch, 2020
The Truth About Planned Parenthood & Transgenderism with Alix Aharon | Whose Body Is It
STEAMING (VAGINAL / YONI / PELVIC)
Yoni steaming — rituals for fertility and healing gynecological conditions with Chasca Summerville | Mahasoma Podcast [Apple]
The Dos and Don’t of Vaginal Steaming | Steamy Chick
Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study
THYROID HEALTH
FFP 382 | Are Your Temperatures Too Low? | Fertility Friday Podcast [Direct link] [Apple]
S3E12. ASK THE HERBALIST: MY COMPLETE GUIDE TO HYPOTHYROIDISM - the 6 labs you need, herbs and medications, nutrient deficiencies, food therapy & how to advocate for yourself | What’s the Juice Podcast [Direct link] [Apple]
TOXINS / ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Found in Menstrual and Genital Care Products | EWG
Menstrual Care Products & Toxic Chemicals | Women’s Voices for the Earth
Sanitary pads and diapers contain higher phthalate contents than those in common commercial plastic products | Reproductive Toxicology, 2019
How Does my Contraception Affect the Planet? | The Fertility Awareness Center
Maternal urinary levels of glyphosate during pregnancy and anogenital distance in newborns in a US multicenter pregnancy cohort | Environmental Pollution, 2022
Preconception Brief: Occupational/Environmental Exposures | Maternal Child Health Journal, 2006
Maternal Levels of Xenobiotics That Affect Fetal Development and Childhood Health | Alternative Medicine Review, 2009
yoni STEAMING
The Dos and Don’t of Vaginal Steaming | Steamy Chick
wild birth & postpartum
Books
The Secret Life of Babies: How Our Prebirth and Birth Experiences Shape Our World by Mia Kalef | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
The Contiuum Concept by Jean Liedloff | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Rachel Reed | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Maternity: Coming face to face with your own shadow by Laura Gutman | Buy on Amazon
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
The Essential Homebirth Guide by Drichta & Owen | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Placenta - The Forgotten Chakra by Robin Lim | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Mohrbacher & Kendall-Tackett | Buy on Bookshop | Buy on Amazon
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documentaries
WEB REFERENCES
LactMed | Drugs and Lactation Database
Find a local support group | La Leche league
Find an IBCLC | United States Lactation Consultant Association
Research & Other Resources
against medical advice
Against Medical Advice Hospital Form
attachment parenting
Understanding the Continuum Concept
Twenty-year Follow-up of Kangaroo Mother Care Versus Traditional Care | Pediatrics, 2017
Bedsharing and Breastfeeding: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol #6
BIG BABIES
Big Babies: The Risk of Care Provider Fear. | Midwife Thinking
Evidence on: Suspected Big Babies | Evidence Based Birth
Practice Bulletin #173 - Fetal Macrosomia | ACOG
BIRTH, physiological & undisturbed
What is physiological birth? | Spiritual Birth
Ecstatic Birth: Nature’s Hormonal Blueprint for Labor | Dr. Sarah Buckley
All Women Can Have Orgasmic Births | Orgasmic Enlightenment with Kim Anami [Apple]
Birth and Death: Opportunities for Self-Transcendence | The Journal of Perinatal Education
Home Birth May Start Babies Off With Health-Promoting Microbes | The Conversation
Women’s psychological experiences of physiological childbirth: a meta-synthesis | BMJ
BIRTH TRAUMA
Women’s descriptions of childbirth trauma relating to care provider actions and interactions | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
BREASTFEEDING, formula, transitioning to solids
Antenatal Hand Expressing Tutorial [video]
How to Breastfeed - Deep Latch Technique [video]
Your Baby Knows How to Latch On [video]
Improving Latch by Improving Positioning | Youtube Playlist
Bedsharing and Breastfeeding: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol #6
Reverse Pressure Softening | K. Jean Cotterman RNC-E, IBCLC
“Intravenous (IV) fluids, or drugs such as pitocin may often cause early, extra retained tissue fluid, sometimes taking 7-14 days to go away.”
Breastfeeding After Sexual Trauma | Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC
17. The Big Picture of Tongue Ties with Michale Chatham | The Freely Rooted Podcast
Safe Infant Formula Guide | Gimme the Good Stuff
Homemade Baby Formula | Weston A. Price Foundation
Make Your Own Baby Formula | Wise Traditions Podcast
A Campaign for Real Milk | Raw Milk Finder
Human Milk Banking Association of North America
Human Milk 4 Human Babies Global Network
Nourishing a Growing Baby | Weston A. Price Foundation
Starting Solids: Nutrient Dense Real Food for Babies | Lily Nichols, RDN
6. Respectful Parenting + Simplifying Kids’ Nutrition with Kaitlyn Sapp | The Freely Rooted Podcast
feeding kids | Slowdown Farmstead
CIRCUMCISION
Evidence and Ethics on: Circumcision | Evidence Based Birth
Circumvent the Circumcision! | Orgasmic Enlightenment Podcast [Apple]
Criminal Cutting: Beak the Circumcision Taboo & End Male Genital Mutilation w/ Eric Clopper | The Life Stylist Podcast [Apple]
Diapers, Elimination Communication, Pottying
Duped: How disposable diapers have changed the way we parent | Go Diaper Free
Go naked: diapers affect infant walking | Dev Sci, 2012
Best Diaper Changing Technique for Newborns to Reduce Colic | Mama’s Chiropractic [video]
Safe Disposable Diaper Guide | Gimme the Good Stuff
Sanitary pads and diapers contain higher phthalate contents than those in common commercial plastic products | Reproductive Toxicology, 2019
DELAYED CORD CLAMPING
The Placenta: essential resuscitation equipment | Midwife Thinking
Research Review: Newborn Resuscitation with an Intact Umbilical Cord Shows Better Outcomes | Lamaze.org
Common Objections to Delayed Cord Clamping - What's The Evidence Say? | Lamaze.org
EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION
External cephalic version (ECV) to turn a breech baby [video]
The Evidence on: Breech Version | Evidence Based Birth
FETAL MONITORING
CGI of the application of an internal fetal monitoring device [video]
Impact of continuous electronic fetal monitoring on birth outcomes in low-risk pregnancies | Birth, 2019
GBS
Group Beta Strep | Excerpt from The Essential Homebirth Guide by Drichta, CPM & Owen, CPM
Evidence on: Group B Strep in Pregnancy | Evidence Based Birth
Intrapartum antibiotics for known maternal Group B streptococcal colonization | Cochrane Review, 2014
GESTATIONAL DIABETES
9 Gestational Diabetes Myths | Lily Nichols RDN
Diabetes and Pregnancy | Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year by Anne Frye
Gestational Diabetes: beyond the label | MidwifeThinking.com
INDUCTIONS
Evidence on Inducing Labor for Going Past Your Due Date | Evidence Based Birth
What is the Evidence for Induction for Low Amniotic Fluid in a Healthy Pregnancy? | Lamaze.org
Low amniotic fluid no risk to normal birth | John Hopkins Medicine
NEONATAL SUCTIONING
Endotracheal suctioning for prevention of meconium aspiration syndrome: a randomized controlled trial | European Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
Effect of oronasopharyngeal suction on arterial oxygen saturation in normal, term infants delivered vaginally: a prospective randomised controlled trial | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2014
Oronasopharyngeal suction versus wiping of the mouth and nose at birth: a randomised equivalency trial | The Lancet, 2013
NEWBORN SCREENING EXAM (PKU)
PHARMACEUTICALS
Association of Acetaminophen [Tylenol] Use During Pregnancy With Behavioral Problems in Childhood: Evidence Against Confounding | JAMA Pediatrics, 2016
PLACENTA MEDICINE
POSTPARTUM
The First 40 Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou
The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
Reproductive Mental Health and Postpartum Wellness | Innate Traditions
The INNATE Postpartum Care: Planning for the Fourth Trimester Course | Find a class
INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioners Directory | Find a practitioner
RHOGAM
RhoGam Rebellion | Facebook Group
SURGICAL BIRTH
"Seeding" the Newborn's Microbiome | Lamaze.org
Vaginal Seeding After Cesarean: Is it Safe and Recommended for Your Baby? | Aviva Romm, MD
Natural MD Radio Ep 86 Restoring Baby’s Microbiome After Cesarean with Dr. Maria Dominguez-Bello
“Vaginal seeding” of infants born by cesarean section | British Medical Journal, 2016
ULTRASOUNDS
Avoid Fetal “Keepsake” Images, Heartbeat Monitors | FDA.gov
50 Human Studies by Jim West | Weston A Price, 2016
Effect of Prenatal Ultrasound Screening on Perinatal Outcome | The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993
Should Every Pregnant Woman Undergo Ultrasonography? | The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993
Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks’ gestation) to assess the effects on the infant and maternal outcomes | Cochrane Review, 2015
Effects of frequent ultrasound during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial | The Lancet, 1993
VITAMIN K
Vitamin K in Breast Milk - Can it replace 'the 'shot'? | The Lactation Nutritionist