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Rooted Birth/The Fourth Trimester for parents
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The Fourth Trimester for parents

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Contents

Welcome

Welcome to the Fourth Trimester from Rooted Birth
Video: Carey Intro
Video: Emily Intro
Rooted Birth Midwifery
Our Favorite Books

The First Few Days

Video: Immediate Postpartum
Video: The Fetus to Newborn Transition
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VIDEO - BABIES GO THROUGH A LOT AT and after BIRTH
The Baby's Experience of Birth and the Sacred Hour: webinar by Karen Strange ($25)
Video: Taking Care of the Perineum During and After Labor (tears)
Tending to the Immediate Postpartum
Document: First Few Days (MAMA)
Document: First Few Days (BABY)

The Postpartum Body

Khan Academy video: Postpartum physiology (7:56)
Video: The Fourth Trimester
Lochia
Lochia info
Postpartum clots
Document: Healing Tears and/or Stitches
Document: Healing Serious Hemorrhoids
Uterine Involution
Video: Postpartum Vaginal Steaming
Document: Directions for Steaming at Home
Document: Herbs for Peristeam
Podcast: Placenta Encapsulation

Becoming a New Family

Ways to support your own family's wellness, or ask others to support you. 
midwife poem
Video: ancient roles & archetypes
Common Archetypes
Document: Ancient Roles & Archetypes
Brene Brown quote
Worksheet: Wellness Self-Exploration
Our 6 Bodies
Worksheet: What and Who supports you
Document: Nourishing Broth - Recipe & Directions
Carroll Quigley quote
Document: Visiting MamaBaby
Video: Intro to Tending postpartum family
Video: Tending the postpartum family
Podcast: Self-Care

Caring for a Newborn

Fetal and newborn skull anatomy
umbilical cord
Umbilical stump
Vernix
Lanugo
Understanding the Newborn
Responding to a baby's cues
Other ways to hold a newborn
Massaging your baby
Podcast: Biologically Normal Infant Sleep
Mindfulness

Lactation and Nursing

breast anatomy - side
breast lymph
Video: Intro to nursing
Video: the nursing relationship
Breastfeeding Relationship
Document: Nursing Relationship
Ramona nursing
Ramona nursing 2
Babies, Breastfeeding & Empowering Parents - Dr. Jack Newman - Medtalks March 6th
Breastfeeding Position and Latch
Podcast: All About Breastfeeding
Newborn Stomach Capacity
Link: Bottle feeding safety tips fact sheet
Document:Treating Thrush with Gentian Violet
Dr. Jack Newman's Visual Guide to Breastfeeding

Parenting

Settling into your new life as a family
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Video: Intro to intuitive parenting
Video: intuitive parenting
Is the Western way of raising kids weird?
Intro to Respectful Parenting - with Emily Maze
Mastery of Embodiment
Podcast: Intuitive Parenting
Article: Benefits of Babywearing

Complementary Therapies

Widening our vision on who and what constitutes a "care provider"
Video: Transforming perceptions of care
Chiropractic for babies and children

Trauma in Birth and Parenting

Trauma
Birth Trauma with Dr. Rebecca Moore
Birth trauma
Video: tools for healing trauma
Worksheet: RISE UP
ACE score
Trauma-informed interactions
Trauma-informed leaders
Trauma-informed care