Labour and Birth Topics
Prelabour Information
http://www.birth.com.au/Prelabour.aspx
Differences Between Braxton Hicks Tightenings & Actual Labour
http://www.birth.com.au/Physical-signs-of-prelabour/Differences-between-prelabour-contractions-and-first-stage-labour.aspx
Stages of Labour
http://www.birth.com.au/How-does-labour-start/An-overview-of-the-different-stages-and-phases-of-labour.aspx
1st Stage of Labour
http://www.birth.com.au/Labour-1st-stage.aspx
2nd Stage of Labour
http://www.birth.com.au/Labour-2nd-stage.aspx
3rd Stage of Labour
http://www.birth.com.au/Labour-3rd-stage.aspx
Active Management of Labour
http://www.birthinternational.com/articles/wagner01.html
Obstetric Interventions
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/obstetric/index.html
Ecstatic Birth: Nature's Hormonal Blueprint for Labour
http://www.sarahjbuckley.com/articles/ecstatic-birth.htm
Labour and Birth
http://www.childbirthconnection.com/article.asp?ck=10553
Labour and Birth: What Your Partner Can Do to Help
http://birth.com.au/Support-strategies-during-the-1st-phase-of-labour/About-supporting-the-woman-in-the-1st-stage.aspx#
http://birth.com.au/Support-strategies-during-the-2nd-stage/How-the-partner-or-support-person-can-support-the-woman-during-her-2nd-stage.aspx
Preparing Older Siblings for Birth
http://www.birth.com.au/Pregnancy/Pregnancy-29-40-weeks/Preparing-for-birth/Preparing-your-child(ren))-for-their-sibling-s-bir.aspx
http://www.homebirth.org.au/absolutenm/
Do Not Disturb: The Importance of Privacy in Labour
http://www.homebirthsa.org.au/PDF%20Files/PrivInLabour.pdf
Meconium Stained Liquor
http://www.birth.com.au/Variations-of-the-3rd-and-4th-stages-of-labour/Meconium-stained-liquor-about.aspx
Positions for Labour
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/labour/positions.html
http://www.babycenter.com.au/pregnancy/labourandbirth/
Epi-No
www.epi-no.com.au
Tearing - Is Prevention Always the Best Cure?
http://www.withwoman.co.uk/contents/info/tears.html
Vaginal Examinations and Other Birth Practices
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/Evidence.htm
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/guidelines.htm
To VE or not to VE? That is the question
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/suehanson.htm
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/Privacy.htm
Induction of Labour (IOL)
Natural Ways to Induce Labour
http://www.birth.com.au/Induced-labour/Natural-therapies-for-induction.aspx
Acupressure to Induce Labour
http://acupuncture.rhizome.net.nz/acupressure/induce.aspx
Elective Induction of Labour
http://www.hencigoer.com/articles/elective_induction/
Ecstatic Birth: The Hormonal Blueprint of Labor
http://www.mothering.com/pregnancy-birth/ecstatic-birth-the-hormonal-blueprint-of-labor
Management of Pregnancy beyond 40 weeks gestation
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050515/1935.pdf
Natural and complementary medicine methods
http://www.reproduction-online.org/cgi/content/full/131/6/989#SEC7
Induction of Labour for improving birth outcome at or beyond term
http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/
ARM - Artificial Rupture of Membranes
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/arom.html
Men At Birth
Addressing fathers' fears about natural childbirth.
http://www.babyzone.com/mom_dad/fatherhood-index
http://www.bellybelly.com.au/articles/men/
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/fathers/default.asp
Waterbirth
Videos and information on water birth in home, hospital and birth centres.
http://www.waterbirthinfo.com/menu.html
Waterbirth
www.waterbirth.org
Preparing for a Waterbirth:
http://www.simplybirth.com.au/index.php?option=com
Why Babies Don't Drown During a Waterbirth
http://www.homebirthsa.org.au/PDF%20Files/WhyBabiesDontDrown.pdf
Water Birth FAQs
http://www.homebirthsa.org.au/PDF%20Files/WbthFAQs.pdf
Pain Relief & Birth
Pain In Labour: Your Hormones are Your Helpers
http://www.sarahjbuckley.com/articles/labour-hormones.htm
Making Labour Comfortable
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/labour/index.html
Birth Affirmations, Keywords & Support Strategies
http://www.birth.com.au/Factors-influencing-labour-pain-perceptions-and-choices-for-pain-relief/Support-strategies-to-help-create-positive-attitudes.aspx
Natural Pain Relief Therapies
http://www.birth.com.au/Medical-forms-of-pain-relief/Natural-therapies-and-other-methods-for-pain-relief.aspx
Acupressure for Pain Relief During Labour & Birth
http://acupuncture.rhizome.net.nz/acupressure/introduction.aspx
The link between drugs for pain in labour and later drug addiction in the child
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/drugs/addiction.html
Drugs & their effects
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/drugs/drugs.html
Drugs and anaesthetics
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/drugs/index.html
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/drugs/anaesthetic.html
Patient-administered inhalation of nitrous oxide and oxygen gas for procedural pain relief
http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2003/october/Pediani/Entonox-Pain-Relief.html#
Natural Pain Relief techniques for childbirth using acupressure
http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/debra_betts/Acupressure.pdf
Questions to ask about drugs in labour
http://www.birthinternational.com/parents/drugs/questions.html
The Pain of Labour: A Feminist Issue
http://www.birthinternational.com/articles/painlabour.html
Comfort Measures For Labor
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/comfort.html
Pain Relief and Home Births
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/pain.htm
Epidurals: Real Risk for Mother and Baby - Sarah Buckley
http://www.birthinternational.com/articles/sarah02.html
Medical Risks of Epidural Anesthesia During Childbirth
http://www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/mmepidural.htm
Cord Blood: Why Delaying Cord Clamping Benefits Your Baby
http://www.bellybelly.com.au/articles/birth/cord-clamping-delaying-cord-clamping
Cord clamping
http://www.empoweredchildbirth.com/articles/birth/cord.html
Leaving Well Alone - A Natural Approach to the Third Stage of Labour
http://www.sarahjbuckley.com/articles/leaving-well-alone.htm
The Placenta / Lotus Birth
http://www.birthwell.com.au/lotus_birth.html
http://www.natural-birth.com.au/flex/articles/407/placentas.cfm
Lotus Birth: A Ritual of Our Times
http://www.sarahjbuckley.com/articles/lotus-birth.htm
Lotus Birth
http://www.womenofspirit.asn.au/LotusBirthText.htm
Placentophagia
http://www.natural-birth.com.au/flex/articles/380/placentophagia.cfm
Breech Birth
http://www.natural-birth.com.au/flex/birth-choices/338/breech-choices-breech-births.cfm
http://www.pregnancy.com.au/breech_babies_breech_birth.htm
http://www.bellybelly.com.au/articles/birth/breech-birth-in-australia
http://www.aims.org.uk/Journal/Vol17No1/handsOff.htm
http://www.birthspirit.co.nz/Articles/Articles/Breech%20birth%20beyond%20the%20TBT.pdf
http://www.birthspirit.co.nz/Articles/index.php
http://www.homebirth.org.au/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=76&z=7&isasp=
Twins
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/twins.htm
http://www.childbirthconnection.org/pdfs/gecpc3ch17.pdf
Vitamin K, Vaccination & Anti D Injections
Vitamin K- An Alternative perspective
http://onyx-ii.com/birthsong/page.cfm?vitamink
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/enews/enews0344.asp#main
Vitamin K & Hep B Injections for the Newborn
http://www.birth.com.au/Routine-procedures-and-possible-interventions/Vitamin-K.aspx
Australian Vaccination Network
www.avn.org.au
Think Twice: Global Vaccine Institute
http://www.thinktwice.com
Vaccination Information South Aus (VISA)
http://www.visainfo.org.au/
Rhogam (Anti D) and Pregnancy Stealth Mercury Assault
http://www.vaccinetruth.org/rhogam.htm
Vaccine Infomation
http://www.vaccinetruth.org/
