Recommended Websites, Books, Documentary/Movies, Podcasts for Pregnancy and Parenting

Resource List - updated 29/7/24

Websites for Pregnancy, Labour & Birth

Postnatal & Parenting websites

  • Child and Youth Health – practical health information for parents and carers.

  • Raising Children Network – The Australia Parenting Website.

  • Pinky McKay – Breastfeeding expert, Lactation Consultant, gentle parenting advocate and author of multiple best selling breastfeeding and parenting books.

  • Safe Sleeping SIDS and Kids.

  • Beyond Blue – information for new and expectant parents, covering everything from bonding with your baby to spotting the signs of anxiety and depression.

  • PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia. PANDA National Helpline call 1300 726 306.

Breastfeeding Websites & Supports

Helpful Books to read (** my favourite reads)

  • The Little Book of Hypnobirthing by Melissa Spilsted (included for Hypnobirthing Australia™ course participants)

  • Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Dr. Sarah J. Buckley, MD **

  • A Modern Woman’s Guide to A Natural Empowering Birth by Katrina Zaslavsky **

  • The Down to Earth Birth Book - a practical guide to natural birth by Jenny Blyth **

  • Ten Moons - The inner journey of pregnancy preparation for a natural birth by Jane Harwick Collins **

  • Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Rachel Reed **

  • Childbirth without Fear by Grantly Dick-Read

  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin **

  • Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin

  • Birth Matters A Midwife’s manifesta by Ina May Gaskin

  • Birth with Confidence: Savvy choices for normal birth by Rhea Dempsey **

  • Beyond the Birth Plan by Rhea Dempsey **

  • The Positive Birth Book - A new approach to pregnancy, birth and the early weeks by Milli Hill

  • Birth Reborn by Michel Odent

  • Stork Talk: Delivering Strategies for Your Ideal Birth by Cheryl Sheriff

  • It’s Your Birth…Right? By Cherie Pasion

  • A Labour of Love by Gabrielle Targett

  • The Hypnobirthing Book by Katharine Graves

  • Birthing from within - an extra-ordinary guide to childbirth preparation by Pam England & Rob Horowitz

  • Ancient Map for modern birth by Pam England

  • Give Birth like a Feminist by Milli Hill

  • Babies Remember Birth by Dr. David Chamberlain

  • Babies are not Pizzas - they’re born, not delivered! by Rebecca Dekker

  • Birth Your Way by Sheila Kitzinger

  • Birth New compiled by Lauren Elizabeth

  • The Happiest Baby on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp

  • Birth Skills with Sarah Murdoch by Juju Sundin

  • Orgasmic Birth by Elizabeth Davis & Debra Pascali-Bonaro

  • How to grow a baby *and push it out by Clemmie Hooper

  • New Active Birth by Janet Balaskas

  • Well Adjusted Babies by Jennifer Barham Floreani

  • The heart in the womb by Dr Amali Lokugamage

  • What’s Right for Me? Making Decisions in Pregnancy and Birth by Sara Wickham **

  • Inducing Labour: Making Informed Decisions by Sara Wickham

  • Why Induction Matters by Rachel Reed

  • Vitamin K and the newborn by Sara Wickham

  • Anti-D in midwifery by Sara Wickham

  • Group B Strep Explained by Sara Wickham

  • Birth after Caesarean by Hazel Keedle

  • Birthing your placenta the third stage of labour by Sara Wickham

  • Placenta the Forgotten Chakra by Robin Lim **

  • The Microbiome Effect - how your baby’s birth affects their future health by Toni Harman & Alex Wakeford

  • The Fourth Trimester - a postpartum guide by Kimberly Johnson **

  • Life after birth by Jessica Prescott

  • More than a healthy baby by Dr. Erin Bowe

  • How to heal from a bad birth - making sense, making peace and moving on by Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould

  • The first 40 days - the essential art of Nourishing the new mother by Heng Ou, Amely Greeven & Marisa Belger

  • Village for Mama - postpartum recipe book

  • Newborn Mothers; when a baby is born, so is a mother by Julia Jones

  • The Postnatal Depletion Cure by Dr Oscar Serrallach

  • Life after birth by Jessica Prescott & Vaughne Geary

  • Parenting by Heart by Pinky McKay **

  • Sleeping like a Baby by Pinky McKay

  • The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley

  • The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

  • Positive Parenting by Rebecca Eanes

  • The discontented little baby book by Pamela Douglas

  • The Gentle Parenting Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

  • The Vaccine-Friendly Plan by Paul Thomas M.D.

  • Brain Health from Birth by Rebecca Flett

  • Becoming Us by Elly Taylor

  • The 5 Love Languages by Chapman

  • The 5 Love Languages of Children by Chapman & Campbell

  • The Happy Mum Handbook by Jackie Hall

  • Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali

  • Mindfulness for Mothers by Rebecca Ryan

  • Baby Led Weaning - A Essential Guide to Introducing Solid Foods by Rapley & Murkett

  • Raising Girls by Steve Biddulph

  • Raising Boys by Steve Biddulph

  • Raising Good Humans by Clarke-Fields

  • Parental as Anything by Maggie Dent

    Kids Books to help prepare for siblings

  • Hello Baby by Jenni Overend

  • There is a house inside my mummy by Giles Andreae

  • Welcome Home by Alisha Bourke

  • We are having a homebirth by Natalie Johanik & Lara Hardy

  • My Mother is the Strongest - A homebirth story by Cynthia Durand & Andreann Larouche

  • Our water Baby by Amy MacLean

  • Mama Midwife - A birth Adventure by Christy Tyner

  • The New Baby by Rachel Fuller

  • What Baby Needs by Dr William & Martha Sears

Documentary’s, Movies/DVD’s

Podcasts

  • Australian Birth Stories

  • Positive Birth Stories Australia

  • The Great Birth Rebellion with Mel the Midwife

  • The Midwives Cauldron with Rachel Reed & Katie James

  • Birthful

  • Doing it at home

  • 40 weeks pregnancy podcast

  • Healthy Births, Healthy Babies

  • The Birth Hour - A birth story podcast

  • Fourth Trimester Podcast

  • Pregnancy Podcast

  • Evidence Based Birth Podcast

  • Beyond the Bump

  • The motherkind Podcast

  • Becoming Mumma

  • Birth

  • Baby & Beyond

  • The awakened pregnancy

  • The balance

  • The motherhood podcast

  • Indie Birth

  • Circle of Birth

If you have any other resources, books, websites, documentary or movies for pregnancy and parenting you would like to add please leave a comment below or feel free to email me. 

Nikki x 

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