Here you will find additional resources that will be helpful with informing you and assisting you during your pregnancy and birth. Childbirth Class Instrctors, Doulas, and Nutrition resources are below.

CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES

Childbirth Education Classes are an essential part of your pregnancy and birth experience. They are designed to make a woman and her partner feel more confident about their upcoming birth. There are many different classes to choose from. Some focus on information, providing you with reading material and/or videos educating you on pregnancy, labor and birth process, and postpartum and newborn care. Others provide that in addition to a tool that would be helpful for you to have during your labor process. That tool can be breathing techniques (Lamaze), husband/partner coached natural childbirth (Bradley), or self hypnosis (Hypnobirthing). You can choose your class based on what fits your personality or what you think might be most helpful to you. In all classes you will learn how to work with your body’s signals and trust yourself to give birth normally and naturally. The classes will help you, as parents, make informed choices about yours and your baby’s care. 

It is strongly recommended that you attend Childbirth Education Classes during your first pregnancy and sometimes as a refresher course during subsequent pregnancies. We don't currently offer on site classes but below is a list of educators to choose from. As you become aware of other resources please don't hesitate to help us grow our list!

List of Childbirth Preparation Classes

DOULA SERVICES

Our Doula Services are not exclusive to Dyekora Sumda clients, and are open to all families. They are designed to give the new mother professional labor support before, during and after the birthing experience.

• A birth doula assists the mother and father with preparing and carrying out their birth plan. She is an understanding, caring, nurturing presence able to help a laboring mother through her emotional journey into motherhood.
• A postpartum doula offers the mother support and friendship during the first few hours and days after the birth of her baby. A doula can help with newborn care, preparing meals and light household cleaning while the family is adjusting to their new addition.

Doula Resource List

Below is a list of Doulas whom I have either worked with or made contact with as a result of networking. A doula is a very important part of your birth experience. If you find that no one on this list suits you please feel free to continue your search in either The NY Guide to a Health Birth or The Metropolitan Doula Group’s Website:http://www.nydoula.com

Books

The Natural Pregnancy Book:
Herbs, Nutrition and Other Holistic Choices
by Aviva Jill Romm
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year
by Susan Weed
Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Baby's First Year
by Miranda Castro
The Complete Organic Pregnancy
by Dierde Dolan
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
by Mary G. Enig PhD
Pregnancy Children and the Vegan Diet
by Michal Klaper, MD

Why do I Feel So Lousy?
by Lorrie Medford
Lick the Sugar Habit
by Nancy Appleton
Going Back to the Basics of Human Health
by Mary Frost
Nourishing Traditions
by Sally Fallon (this is also a cookbook)
The Schwarzbein Principle
by Diana Schwarzbein, MD
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by Weston A. Price
Digestive Wellness
by Elizabeth Lipksy

Articles

7 reasons why you should consider eating colorful foods
by Francesca Durham
Probiotics and Pregnancy: What you should know
by Jean Shaw

Website

Weston A. Price Foundation   www.westonaprice.org