LOCAL RESOURCES

  • Postpartum Doula, 4th Trimester Specialist - Jessica Glose, beyondbirthwellnessbuffalo@gmail.com

covid-19 resource list

HOSPITAL VISITATION POLICIES:

One support person and doulas are allowed in the hospital by executive order by the governor of NYS.

Catholic Health Hospitals (Sisters and Mercy) https://blog.chsbuffalo.org/coronavirus/#visitation

Oishei Children’s Hospital
https://www.ochbuffalo.org/visiting-hours-guidelines

EVIDENCE BASED RESOURCES:

American Council of Obstetrics & Gynecology
https://www.acog.org/patient-resources/faqs/pregnancy/coronavirus-pregnancy-and-breastfeeding 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/pregnancy-breastfeeding.html

Evidence-based Birth COVID-19 Resource Page
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/covid19/

Evidence Based Birth free class “Birthing in the Time of Covid”: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/birthing-in-the-time-of-covid-19/

World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

DOWNLOADS:

A Legal Guide to Birth Rights

Evidence Based Birth “Informed Consent Form for Refusal To Separate Birthing Parent and Infant”

ONLINE / READING resources

PREGNANCY READING LIST

PREGNANCY, LABOR & BIRTH:

  • Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
    (Ina May Gaskin)

  • The Birth Partner
    (Penny Simkin)

  • Pregnancy, Childbirth, & the Newborn
    (Penny Simkin)

  • Gentle Birth Choices
    (Barbara Harper)

  • Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesto
    (Ina May Gaskin)

  • Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy
    (Genevieve Howland)

  • The Complete Book of Pregnancy & Childbirth
    (Sheila Kitzinger)

  • Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn
    (Penny Simkin, R.N. Janet Whalley, R.N. Ann Keppler, Janelle Durham)

  • The Birth Book
    (Sears & Sears)

  • A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
    (Diana Korte & Roberta Scaer)

VBAC:

  • The VBAC Companion
    (Diana Korte)

SPECIFIC ISSUES:

Preeclampsia https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/preeclampsia-revisited

NUTRITION:

  • Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
    (Elizabeth Somer)

  • Real Food for Gestational Diabetes: An Effective Alternative to the Conventional Nutrition Approach

    (Lily Nichols)

PREGNANCY LOSS:

  • Empty Cradle, Broken Heart
    (Debra Davis, PhD)

  • When Hello Means Goodbye
    (Kirk & Schwiebert)

PARENTING READING LIST

BREASTFEEDING:

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers
    (Nancy Mohrbacher & Kathleen Kendall-Tackett)

  • The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers
    (Dr. Jack Newman & Teresa Pitman)

  • The Nursing Mother's Companion
    (Kathleen Huggins)

  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
    (La Leche League International)

  • Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding
    (Ina May Gaskin)

  • Baby-Led Breastfeeding
    (Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett)

  • The Breastfeeding Book
    (Martha Sears & William Sears)

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple
    (Nancy Mohrbacher)

  • Working and Breastfeeding Made Simple
    (Nancy Mohrbacher)

NEWBORN CARE:

  • Happiest Baby on the Block
    (Harvey Karp)

  • Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from My Six-Month-Old
    (Kuwana Haulsey)

  • The Baby Book
    (William Sears, Martha Sears, Robert Sears, and James Sears)

  • Why Babywearing Matters
    (Rosie Knowles)

  • Your Premature Baby: The First Five Years
    (Nikki Bradford)

  • Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year
    (Anne Lamott)

  • The Wonder Weeks
    (Hetty van de Rijt and Frans Plooij)

SLEEP:

  • Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
    (Marc Weissbluth)

  • Eat, Play, Sleep
    (Luiza DeSouza)

  • No Cry Sleep Solution
    (Elizabeth Pantley)

  • Sweet Sleep: Nighttime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family
    (La Leche League International)

  • The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight
    (Kim West)

  • The Baby Sleep Book
    (Dr. William Sears and Martha Sears)

  • Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems
    (Richard Ferber)

PARENTING:

  • The Science of Parenting
    (Margot Sunderland)

  • The Whole Brain Child
    (Daniel J Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson)

  • Parenting from the Inside Out
    (Daniel J Siegel & Mary Hartzell)

  • Breathe Mama Breath: 5 minute Mindfulness for Busy Moms
    (Shonda Moralis)

  • Parentology
    (Dalton Conley)

  • Single Mothers by Choice
    (Jane Mattes)

  • The Informed Parent
    (Tara Haelle & Emily Willingham)

  • The Essential Hip Mama
    (Ariel Gore)

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
    (Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish)

  • The Confident Parent
    (Jane Scott)