Videos

Having a Baby
This video is used in childbirth classes all over, and it gets you ready for birth. It does include three births, including a cesarean.

Postpartum: The Blues and Beyond
A look at the emotional recovery of the new mother and family. Including telling the difference between baby blues and postpartum depression.

Books

Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
by Henci Goer
A great guide to the hard questions of why do we do certain things in labor and birth. Paperback

Easing Labor Pain
by Adrienne Lieberman
A comprehensive book on all of your pain relief options. Including: medications, massage, TENS, positioning, and more! Paperback

Good Birth, Safe Birth
by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer
A consumer's guide to birth. A primer in choices for birth and how to decide what you want and how to get those choices. Paperback

The Pregnancy Book
by Dr. William Sears and Martha Sears Linda Hughey-Holt
This is a wonderful combination of a pregnancy journal and the down-to-earth advice that these parents and practitioners have to offer. Developed in a month-by-month guide, it includes sections on fetal growth, medical tests and guides, and resources to name a few. Paperback

The Birth Partner
by Penny Simkin, PT, CD
The most comprehensive guide to supporting a laboring woman available. This work is designed to be used before and during delivery, including quick reference guides for the on the spot coaching. Paperback

The Birth Book
by Dr. William Sears and Martha Sears
A superior reference book by a pediatrician and his wife. They have 8 children and lots of information with up-to-date medical references, in an unbiased manner. Paperback

Easing Labor Pain
by Adrienne Lieberman
A comprehensive book on all of your pain relief options. Including: medications, massage, TENS, positioning, and more! Paperback

Nursing Mother's Companion
by Kathleen Huggins
My personal favorite in breastfeeding books. This is an easy to read book that is well divided into sections that you use as you need them, this makes for ease of use when holding a fussy baby in one hand and the book in the other. Paperback

Class Pamphlets by ICEA

Prepared Childbirth - The Family Way (also available in Spanish)