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)