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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.)

Farm Match

Eat Wild (International farms directory.)

Find a Spring

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)

Lotus Pads

Moon Bloomers

Jade and Pearl (Sea Sponges)

Organic Cotton Flannel (In bulk for castor oil packs.)

Crystal Eggs & Wands (Ethically Sourced)

Yoni Steaming Stools

CIRCADIAN HEALTH

Blue Light Blocking Clip Light | Bon Charge

Red Reptile Bulb 60-Watt | Zoo Med

mental health

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Joe Dispenza

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

The Cervical Wellness Podcast

Fertility Friday Radio [Apple]

Medicine Stories [Apple]

The Womb Room [Apple]

WEB REFERENCES

Beautiful Cervix Project

Cervical Mucus Project

Cervical Wellness

IUD Awareness

Sister Zeus

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

The Business of Being Born

Orgasmic Birth

American Circumcision

WEB REFERENCES

Midwife Thinking

Dr. Sarah Buckley

Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE

La Leche League International

Kelly Mom

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

YourWholeBaby.org

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)

The Untold PKU Testing Story...and Why it Challenges Government-Mandated Newborn Screening Citizens’ Council on Health Care

PHARMACEUTICALS

Association of Acetaminophen [Tylenol] Use During Pregnancy With Behavioral Problems in Childhood: Evidence Against Confounding  | JAMA Pediatrics, 2016

PLACENTA MEDICINE

Homeopathic Placental Remedy

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

yoni STEAMING

Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study