Podcast: Cord Clamping - Why we need to wait for white

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Welcome to Rooted Birth Childbirth Educator Training!

  • Introduction to the course
  • Introduction to the course
  • Video: Meet Emily Graham
  • Video: Meet Carey Glenn
  • Website: Rooted Birth (Carey and Emily's local business)
  • Models of Maternity Care
  • Problems with US Maternity Care
  • Models of Care
  • Video: Transforming Perceptions of Care
  • ACTIVITY: INTRODUCTION
  • Reading List

Anatomy + Physiology of childbearing

  • Anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system
  • Sagittal view of internal female anatomy
  • Female reproductive system
  • Sagittal view of breast anatomy
  • Uterus
  • Closeup of uterine vessels
  • Menstrual cycle
  • Khan Academy video: Pregnancy physiology (10:25)
  • Video: Bony structures of the pelvis
  • Ligaments of Pelvis
  • Pelvic Floor
  • Video: Introduction to Chiropractic Care - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC
  • Video: Introduction to the Nervous System - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC
  • Video: Pregnancy and Chiropractic Care - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC
  • Podcast: Birth and the Shapeshifting Pelvis
  • The Psoas Muscle
  • Moving Well During Pregnancy from Katy Bowman at Nutritious Movement

Anatomy + Physiology - baby

  • Video: Fetal skull
  • Video: Fetal Skull with baby doll
  • Fetal Skull Anatomy
  • Video: Fetal circulation
  • Khan Academy video: Umbilical vessels and the ductus venous (12:32)
  • Khan Academy video: Foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus (14:12)
  • Khan Academy video: Fetal circulation right before birth (11:51)
  • Khan Academy video: Baby circulation right after birth (13:25)
  • Anatomy & Physiology - baby: Quiz
  • Video: A+P basics - baby

Pregnancy + Preparing for Birth

  • Historical concerns for mother
  • Historical concerns for baby
  • Video: Birth in the media (pt 1)
  • Video: Birth in the media (pt 2)
  • Video: Birth plans and intentions
  • What is a birth plan
  • Why birth plans don't always work
  • When birth plans change
  • Creating birth intentions
  • Role of Imagination
  • Your vision matters
  • Website: Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
  • Working with clients
  • Podcast: Interview with Lily Nicols, Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author
  • Making Nettle Infusion
  • Love languages
  • PROJECT: PREGNANCY & PREPARING FOR BIRTH
  • Video: History of North American childbirth

Labor + Birth

  • Video: Cardinal movements of labor
  • Khan Academy video: Labor and delivery (11:28)
  • Video: Hormonal blueprint
  • Hormonal cocktail
  • Video: Holistic stages of birth with Whapio
  • Website: Whapio's Holistic Stages (The Matrona)
  • Birth breastfeeding bonding
  • Video: Medical stages of birth
  • Document: The Initiation of Labor
  • Document: Early Labor
  • Document: Active Labor
  • Document: Transition & Pushing
  • Website: Spinning Babies
  • Website: Miles Circuit
  • Article: Pushing for primips (first-time birthers)
  • Document: Pain Medications Preference Scale
  • Cascade of birth interventions
  • Bishop Score for Induction.png
  • Khan Academy video: C-section (11:27)
  • Labor & Birth: Quiz
  • PROJECT: LABOR & BIRTH
  • These Are My Hours- Film

Teaching Birth Partners

  • Hormones of birth
  • Video: Assessing labor progress
  • Video: The alchemy of adrenaline
  • Discharging Adrenaline.png
  • Sharing adrenaline
  • Adrenaline and Memory.png
  • Mindfulness
  • Birth partner hints by enneagram type

Spiritual Birth

  • Video: Altered states of consciousness
  • Video: Intro to spiritual birth
  • Video: Birth as a mystical experience
  • Marks of a mystical experience
  • Video: Ancient roles & archetypes
  • Common archetypes
  • Video: Birth as a rite of passage
  • Podcast: Listening to My Spirit Baby
  • PROJECT: SPIRITUAL BIRTH
  • Video: Intro to altered states

Placenta & Cord

  • Development of the Placenta
  • Video: Placenta and cord
  • Baby, placenta, and cord
  • Document: Placenta Birth (3rd stage of labor)
  • Physiological birth of placenta
  • Undisturbed Placenta Birth in the Hospital
  • Podcast: Cord Clamping - Why we need to wait for white
  • Video: Problems with implantation/placentation
  • Khan Academy video: Placenta previa (9:02)
  • Khan Academy video: Placenta accreta (7:48)
  • Placenta_accreta.png
  • Khan Academy video: Placental abruption (7:34)
  • Placenta Encapsulation
  • The Placenta & the Cord: Quiz
  • PROJECT: PLACENTA & CORD

Variations of Normal in Birth

  • Podcast: VBAC Link
  • The VBAC Link
  • Podcast: Vaginal Breech Birth
  • Website: Breech Without Borders
  • Podcast: Freebirthing Twins

The Immediate Postpartum

  • Khan Academy video: Postpartum physiology (7:56)
  • Video: Immediate postpartum
  • Hormones of immediate postpartum
  • Immediate postpartum
  • Lochia
  • Lochia on pads
  • Clots in the Postpartum
  • Uterine Involution

Pregnancy and Infant Loss

  • Podcast: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction | Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, Still Birth
  • Podcast: Stillbirth is Still a Birth
  • Website: The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death
  • National Perinatal Loss Organizations: United States

Trauma and Tools for Healing

  • Khan Academy video: Responding to stress (8:45)
  • Khan Academy: Behavioral effects of stress (6:17)
  • Khan Academy video: Post traumatic stress disorder (5:33)
  • Video: Birth Trauma with Dr. Rebecca Moore
  • Birth trauma
  • Video: Intro to storycatchers
  • Video: Storycatchers and trauma stewards
  • Trauma-informed conversations
  • Trauma-informed leaders
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Video: Tools for healing trauma
  • Video: Birthing Peace Within (with Lori Barklage) - part 1
  • Video: Birthing Peace Within (with Lori Barklage) - part 2
  • Handout: RISE UP
  • Resmaa Manakem trauma quote
  • Podcast: Birthing While Black in Alabama
  • Interview: Coercion, Mental Health & Racism in Birth
  • Podcast: Homebirth After Hospital Trauma
  • Brene Brown trauma quote
  • Sexual Abuse Resources
  • Birthing Person's Bill of Rights
  • Mastery of embodiment
  • Carroll Quigley community quote
  • Website: Make Birth Better
  • PROJECT: TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Become a Changemaker in Your Community

  • Video: Intro to intercultural safety
  • Document: Intercultural Sensitivity
  • Intercultural competency
  • Video: Intersectionality in Birth (with Courtney Green)
  • Culture wheel
  • How does culture influence birth
  • Systemic oppression
  • Cultural dominance
  • Layered barriers
  • What are biases
  • Article: Implicit Bias in Health Care Settings
  • Link: Test Your Implicit Bias
  • Microaggressions
  • Article: Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why
  • Video: Jenna Brown; supporting LGBTQ families
  • Handout: Resource list from Jenna Brown
  • Podcast: Understanding World Religions for Birth and Death Doulas
  • Video: Group facilitation and communication
  • Expanding our reach in community
  • Principles of facilitation
  • Setting intentions for circles
  • Components of a story
  • Active listening
  • Steps for reflective listening
  • Video: Intro to creating curriculum
  • Video: Creating curriculum
  • Methods of learning
  • Facilitate adult learning
  • Website: Childbirth Graphics
  • FINAL PROJECT: CREATING CURRICULUM

These Are My Hours

  • Video: Intro to These Are My Hours
  • Video: Using These Are My Hours
  • Podcast: Bearing Witness to Birth: an interview with Emily Graham from These Are My Hours
  • Access your screening license for These Are My Hours

Sample forms and documents

  • ACE score.pdf
  • Sample Wellness Exploration
  • Sample Intentions for Birth
  • Sample While Waiting on Baby
  • Sample Things To Do In Early Labor
  • Sample First Few Days (MOTHER)
  • Sample First Few Days (BABY)
  • Sample Visiting MamaBaby
  • Sample Visiting (short)