There’s a lot to learn, consider, and think about in pregnancy, but it can be fun too! Here are some helpful resources and some fun stuff too! — Amy

MUSIC PLAYLISTS:

LOON Pregnancy LOON Birth LOON Postpartum

BIRTH PREP READING LIST:

The Birth Partner, Penny Simkin

Nurture, Erica Chidi Cohen

*Birthing from Within,* Pam England

Transformed by Birth, Britta Bushnell

The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson

Here’s a link to all the books together with notes about why I recommend each!

Most of these are available in the PGH library system, or can be found pretty inexpensively used online. If you want to buy new and you use the links above I’ll get a tiny cut because they’re affiliate links through bookshop, so that’s always nice too!

OTHER BOOKS:

Check out my zine, *Matrescence Reading List.* It’s a pretty detailed list of all my favorite books that engage motherhood — lots of novels, lots of non-fiction, lots of information, all kinds of angles! Happy to share it with clients for free, just let me know you’re interested!

PODCASTS:

The Birth Hour (Birth Stories! Listening to LOTS of birth stories was by far the most beneficial birth prep I did while pregnant. It is so helpful to hear about many different kinds of births described in someone’s own words!)

Evidence Based Birth (Lots of unbiased evidence-based information (you can probably find an episode on any birth topic you encounter or are wondering about), and great birth stories and conversations. I listen to this podcast regularly!

Transformed by Birth (The way Britta approaches birth really inspires me! This is a new podcast but I can tell from the start that it will be a really rich resource for parents.)