Issue 60

• A MESSAGE FROM OUR EDITOR | The Wisdom

• FEATURE | Home Sweet Homebirth

• TAKING THE STEP | Actually, It Does Matter How You Give Birth

• TAKING THE STEP | Induction

• TAKING THE STEP | The Forgotten

• TAKING THE STEP | The Real Causes of Birth Trauma

• TAKING THE STEP | Birth Pause

• TAKING THE STEP | A Tale of Two Births: How Chiropractic Reshaped How I Birth

• TAKING THE STEP | What About the Baby?

• TAKING THE STEP | Newborns, Infants, and Chiropractic

• TAKING THE STEP | Birth, Baby, and Breastfeeding

• STAY THE COURSE | Co-Sleeping and Biological Imperatives

• STAY THE COURSE | Communication and Connection

• STAY THE COURSE | Baby Choreography

• STAY THE COURSE | Time to Opt Out

• STAY THE COURSE | 7 Eye-Opening Facts About Depression

• LIVING THE JOURNEY | Rereading How Children Learn

• LIVING THE JOURNEY | Who Knows What’s Good or Bad?

• LIVING THE JOURNEY | The View from My Side of the Fence

• LIVING THE JOURNEY | Transforming Anger

• LIVING THE JOURNEY | 12 Lessons My Grandmother Taught Me

• LIVING THE JOURNEY | Creating Sacred Space for Birthing

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The Wisdom

Jeanne Ohm, D.C.

• Editorials

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Home Sweet Homebirth

Anne Margolis, CNM

(No Resources)

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Actually, It Does Matter How You Give Birth

Annie Reneau

• PubMed – Intermittent versus continuous electronic monitoring in labour – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7947499

• Motherhood & Moore: https://www.motherhoodandmore.com/

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Induction

Henci Goer

• Preventive Induction of Labor: Does Mother Nature Know Best? By Henci Goer – https://www.scienceandsensibility.org/blog/new-henci

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The Forgotten

Kenneth Cooper, DC

(No Resources)

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The Real Causes of Birth Trauma

Jessica Austin

• Childbirth can be as stressful as war: study – https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/childbirth-can-be-as-stressful-as-war-study

• Vancouver Birth Rally. Why? – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/vancouver-birth-rally/

• Happy Parents Testimonials – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/testimonials/

• How Good Birth Support Leads to Better Births – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/birth-support-better-births/

• Vancouver Birth Trauma: https://www.vancouverbirthtrauma.ca/

• Hospital Report Card: https://www.hospitalreportcards.ca/

• Cochrane: Childbirth – https://www.cochrane.org/search/site/childbirth

• Perinatal Services BC: https://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/

• Understanding Informed Consent – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/informed-consent-in-childbirth/

• The “C” Word: What’s up with cervical exams during birth? – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/cervical-exams/

• The 3 Sided Approach to Improving Birth – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/improving-birth/

• Doula Support for Your VBAC – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/vbac-doula-vancouver/

• Positive Birth Videos – https://www.birthtakesavillage.com/positive-birth-videos/

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Birth Pause

Lesley Everest

(No Resources)

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A Tale of Two Births: How Chiropractic Reshaped How I Birth

Mollie Beachum

• Find a Chiropractor: https://icpa4kids.org/Find-a-Chiropractor/

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What About the Baby?

Anne Margolis, CNM

• Birth Trauma for Moms Part 1: What is it, Symptoms & Prevention – https://homesweethomebirth.com/blog/birth-trauma-for-moms?rq=birth%20trauma

• Birth Trauma for Moms, Part 2: Prevention and Healing – https://homesweethomebirth.com/blog/birth-trauma-prevntion-and-healing?rq=birth%20trauma

• Babies Remember Birth by David Chamberlain, PhD – https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/New-Edge-Science/babies-remember-birth.html

• When Children Believe “I Am Wrong”: The Impact Developmental Trauma Has on Belief Systems and Identity – https://www.vincegowmon.com/when-children-believe-i-am-wrong/

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Newborns, Infants, and Chiropractic

Larry L. Webster, DC

(No Resources)

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Birth, Baby, and Breastfeeding

Ian Shtulman, D.C.

(No Resources)

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Co-Sleeping and Biological Imperatives

James J. McKenna, Ph.D.

• Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre – https://www.dur.ac.uk/disc/

• Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Cosleepingby James J. McKenna (2007).

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Communication and Connection

Rebecca Thompson Hitt, M.S.

• The Brain Stoplight – https://consciouslyparenting.com/brain-stoplight/

• Castellino Prenatal & Birth Therapy Training: https://aboutconnections.com/

• The Consciously Parenting Project: Sleep Resources – https://consciouslyparenting.com/sleep/

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Baby Choreography

Laura Grace Weldon

(No Resources)

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Time to Opt Out

Kerry McDonald

• U.S. The Most Dangerous Developed Country to Give Birth In: Report – https://www.newsweek.com/us-most-dangerous-developed-country-give-birth-report-1044898

• Out-of-Hospital Births on the Rise in U.S. – https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/out-of-hospital-births-on-the-rise-in-u-s/

• Whole Family Learning: https://www.wholefamilylearning.com/

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7 Eye-Opening Facts About Depression

Kelly Brogan, M.D.

• A Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan, MD (2016).

• Depression: What Is It Good For? – https://kellybroganmd.com/depression-what-is-it-for/

• How Inflammation and Depression Gave Birth to New Medicine – https://kellybroganmd.com/new-psychiatry-psychoneuroimmunology/

• PubMed. The answer is 17 years, what is the question: understanding time lags in translational research – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22179294

• Depression: It’s Not Your Serotonin – https://kellybroganmd.com/depression-serotonin/

• Stop the Madness: Coming Off Antidepressants & Antipsychotics – https://kellybroganmd.com/stop-madness-coming-psych-meds/

• Empirically derived criteria cast doubt on the clinical significance of antidepressant-placebo differences – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551714415300033

• Clinical Implications of Genetic Variation in the Serotonin Transporter Promoter Region: A Review – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2708005/

• The genetic of major depression: Moving beyond the monoamine hypothesis – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824618/

• Antidepressants: No Diagnosis Needed – https://kellybroganmd.com/antidepressants-no-diagnosis-needed/

• Is Your Thyroid Affecting Your Mental Health? – https://kellybroganmd.com/thyroid-whats-mental-health-got/

• Is Sugar Causing Your Depression? – https://kellybroganmd.com/sugar-causing-depression/

• Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A Trigger for Depression and Anxiety? – https://kellybroganmd.com/b12-deficiency-brain-health/

• Probiotics for Prevention: The New Psychiatry – https://kellybroganmd.com/probiotics-prevention-new-psychiatry/

• Is Fluoridated Water Harming Our Brains? – https://kellybroganmd.com/are-you-fluoridated/

• Tylenol Numbing You Out? – https://kellybroganmd.com/tylenol-numbing/

• Study Links Statins to 300+ Adverse Health Effects – https://kellybroganmd.com/cracking-cholesterol-myth-statins-harm-body-mind/

• Need Sleep? Here’s Why Natural Sleep Aids Make Sense – https://kellybroganmd.com/need-sleep-heres-one-reason/

• Is Exercise Anti-inflammatory? What the Science Shows – https://kellybroganmd.com/exercise-anti-inflammatory/

• Kundalini Yoga: Ancient Technology for Modern Stress – https://kellybroganmd.com/kundalini-yoga/

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Rereading How Children Learn

Peter Gray, Ph.D.

• Anxiety – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/anxiety

• Intelligence – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/intelligence

• Empathy – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/empathy

• Optimism – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/optimism

• Education – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/education

• Parenting – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/parenting

• Confidence – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/confidence

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Who Knows What’s Good or Bad?

Jennifer Araza

(No Resources)

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The View from My Side of the Fence

Rae Pica

• NAEYC: https://hello.naeyc.org/home

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Transforming Anger

Scott Noelle

• Transforming Anger – https://www.scottnoelle.com/parenting/anger.htm

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12 Lessons My Grandmother Taught Me

Marc Chernoff

• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle (2004).

• 12 Truths That Help You Grow – https://www.marcandangel.com/2012/07/20/12-tough-truths-that-help-you-grow/

• Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual by Dennis Prager (1998).

• 12 Rules for Being a Human Being – https://www.marcandangel.com/2012/08/06/12-rules-for-being-a-human-being/

• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (2008).

• 9 Reasons It’s Time to Move On – https://www.marcandangel.com/2012/08/27/9-reasons-its-time-to-move-on/

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Creating Sacred Space for Birthing

Bethany Hays, M.D.

• Creating Sacred Space for Birthing – https://birthworks.org/creating-sacred-space-for-birthing/