Reading List

Reading List - Full Course-.pdf (882 KB)

Choose  ONE (or more, if you'd like) from each category.


Buy as many as you can to begin a lending and resource library.


Choose books you haven't yet read.

Dive into the books. Make marks! Dog-ear the pages, write in the margins, underline, highlight. Look in the table of contents for the parts that REALLY inspire your interest and start there. Or read the whole thing, cover-to-cover.


Assignment: For each book, decide how the information contained within will inform your course or your practice.


Consider...


What did you learn? What made you think differently? Did you like the book? Would you recommend the book and to whom/when?


It is not mandatory, but we'd love to hear your thoughts and/or your review of the books!


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Trauma-Informed Birth + Postpartum Doula + Educator certification

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Welcome to Rooted Birth Trauma-Informed Doula and Educator Training!

  • Introduction to the course
  • Introduction to the course
  • Video: Meet Carey Glenn
  • Website: Rooted Birth (Carey's local business)
  • Models of Maternity Care
  • Problems with US Maternity Care
  • Article: What Do Doulas Really Do?
  • 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
  • The Menstrual Cycle
  • The Menstrual Cycle Part 2
  • The Menstrual Cycle Part 3
  • Menstrual cycle
  • Uterus
  • Closeup of uterine vessels
  • Uterine gland and vessels
  • Phases of uterine glands and arteries
  • The First 2 Weeks - Embryo
  • Conception to Birth
  • Fetal Development in Pictures
  • The Atlas of Human Embryology
  • Khan Academy video: Pregnancy physiology (10:25)
  • 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
  • Anatomy & Physiology - parents: Quiz
  • Moving Well During Pregnancy from Katy Bowman at Nutritious Movement

Anatomy & Physiology - baby

  • Basic Fetal Anatomy & Physiology
  • Video: Fetal Skull
  • Video: Fetal skull
  • Fetal Skull Anatomy
  • 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

Preparing for Birth

  • Video: History of North American childbirth
  • Historical concerns for mother
  • Historical concerns for baby
  • Slides: Birth in the media
  • Slides: 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
  • Love languages
  • PROJECT: PREGNANCY & PREPARING FOR BIRTH

Labor & Birth

  • Cardinal Movements of Labor
  • Khan Academy video: Labor and delivery (11:28)
  • Slides: Hormonal blueprint
  • Hormonal cocktail
  • Birth breastfeeding bonding
  • Video: Holistic stages of birth with Whapio
  • Website: Whapio's Holistic Stages (The Matrona)
  • Hormones of birth
  • Document: The Initiation of Labor
  • Document: Early Labor
  • Document: Active Labor
  • Document: Transition & Pushing
  • Labor & Birth: Quiz
  • PROJECT: LABOR & BIRTH

Attending Births

  • Slides: Assessing labor progress
  • Birth partner hints by enneagram type
  • Website: Spinning Babies
  • Website: Miles Circuit
  • Cascade of birth interventions
  • Bishop Score for Induction.png
  • Document: Pain Medications Preference Scale
  • Article: Pushing for primips (first-time birthers)
  • Slides: The alchemy of adrenaline
  • Adrenaline and Memory.png
  • Sharing adrenaline
  • Discharging Adrenaline.png
  • Mindfulness
  • Khan Academy video: C-section (11:27)
  • PROJECT: ATTENDING BIRTHS

Spiritual Birth

  • Slides: Altered states of consciousness
  • Slides: 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

Placenta & Cord

  • Development of the Placenta
  • 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
  • Slides: 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

Postpartum

  • Khan Academy video: Postpartum physiology (7:56)
  • Slides: Immediate postpartum
  • Hormones of immediate postpartum
  • Immediate postpartum
  • Video: Intro to Tending postpartum family
  • Video: Tending the postpartum family
  • Lochia
  • Lochia on pads
  • Clots in the Postpartum
  • Slides: Postpartum vaginal steaming
  • Document: Directions for Steaming at Home
  • Document: Herbs for Peristeam
  • Uterine Involution
  • Document: Nourishing Broth - Recipe & Directions
  • PROJECT: POSTPARTUM

The Newborn

  • Vernix
  • Lanugo
  • Umbilical stump
  • Video: Intro to intuitive parenting
  • Video: Intuitive parenting
  • Understanding the Newborn
  • Responding to a baby's cues
  • Different ways to hold a baby
  • Podcast: Intuitive Parenting
  • Intro to Respectful Parenting - with Emily Maze
  • Respectful Parenting Beyond the Newborn Stage with Emily Maze
  • Article: Benefits of Babywearing
  • Website: Attachment Parenting International
  • Video: Chiropractic Care for Children - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC

Lactation

  • Video: Intro to The nursing relationship
  • Video: The nursing relationship
  • Breastfeeding relationship
  • Dr. Jack Newman - Baby 28 Hours Old Assisted Latching
  • Babies, Breastfeeding & Empowering Parents - Dr. Jack Newman
  • Breastfeeding Position and Latch
  • Newborn stomach capacity
  • Dr. Jack Newman's Visual Guide to Breastfeeding
  • Podcast: All About Breastfeeding
  • Podcast: Biologically Normal Infant Sleep
  • Website: La Leche League International
  • Link: Bottle feeding safety tips fact sheet
  • PROJECT: LACTATION

Variations of Normal in Birth

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

Pregnancy and Infant Loss

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

Self-Awareness and Love

  • Our 6 bodies
  • Exercise: What and Who supports you?
  • Self-care practices
  • Podcast: Self-Care

Trauma and Tools for Healing

  • Brene Brown trauma quote
  • 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
  • Sexual Abuse Resources
  • Birthing Person's Bill of Rights
  • Mastery of embodiment
  • Carroll Quigley community quote
  • Website: Make Birth Better
  • PROJECT: TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Links to presentations

  • Presentation: A+P (parents)
  • Presentation: Menstruation and the Spiral Arteries
  • Presentation: Conception and Implantation
  • Presentation: A+P (baby)
  • Presentation: Fetal Circulation
  • Presentation: Fetal Position
  • Presentation: Transforming Perceptions of Care
  • Presentation: Birth and the Media
  • Presentation: Birth Plans and Intentions
  • Presentation: States of Consciousness
  • Presentation: Birth as a Mystical Experience
  • Presentation: Medical Stages of Labor
  • Presentation: The Birth Blueprint
  • Presentation: Assessing Labor Progress
  • Presentation: Alchemy of Adrenaline
  • Presentation: The Placenta and the Cord
  • Presentation: Problems with Implantation/Placentation
  • Presentation: The Immediate Postpartum
  • Presentation for Early Postpartum Care
  • Presentation: Tending the Postpartum Family
  • Presentation: Postpartum Vaginal Steaming
  • Presentation: The Nursing Relationship
  • Presentation: Intuitive Parenting
  • Presentation: Storycatchers and Trauma Stewards
  • Presentation: Tools for Healing Trauma
  • Self-Awareness and -Love for the Birthworker
  • Presentation: Intercultural Competency
  • Presentation: Creating Curriculum
  • Presentation: Group Facilitation and Communication

Become a Changemaker in Your Community

  • Video: Intro to intercultural safety
  • Video: Intercultural Safety, an interview with Dr. Stephen Lewis of Clemson University
  • 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
  • Article: Implicit Bias in Health Care Settings
  • What are biases
  • 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
  • Video: Intro to These Are My Hours
  • Video: Using These Are My Hours
  • Film Screening License
  • These Are My Hours- Film
  • Podcast: Bearing Witness to Birth: an interview with Emily Graham from These Are My Hours
  • Expanding our reach in community
  • Video: Intro to creating curriculum
  • Video: Creating curriculum
  • Principles of facilitation
  • Steps for reflective listening
  • Active listening
  • Components of a story
  • Setting intentions for circles
  • Methods of learning
  • Facilitate adult learning
  • Website: Childbirth Graphics
  • PROJECT: CHANGEMAKER
  • FINAL PROJECT: CREATING CURRICULUM
  • CERTIFICATE

Sample forms and documents

  • Sample Doula Contract
  • Sample Client Intake Form
  • Sample Contact Disclosure
  • Sample Photo and Educational Release
  • ACE score.pdf
  • Sample Wellness Exploration
  • Sample Intentions for Birth
  • Sample Nourishing Broth Recipe
  • Sample Placenta Encapsulation Contract
  • 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)
  • Sample Prenatal Testing & Labwork
  • Sample Gestational Diabetes (GD) info
  • Sample Group Beta Strep (GBS) info
  • Sample Vitamin K info
  • Sample Erythromycin info