Panel Resources

Panelists: Dr. Sarah Balthaser, DC, MPH, (Doctor of Chiropractic, Master of Public Health) owner and founder of Core Health Chiropractic (corehealthberks.com)

Tracy Sensenig, owner Doulas of Berks County, Labor and Postpartum Doula, Certified Lactation Counselor, Educator, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist (doulasofberkscounty.com)

Danielle Malik, CPM (Certified Professional Midwife)

Best Local Birthing Facilities that Support a Natural Approach Reading Birth & Women’s Center - 949 New Holland Rd Reading, Pa 19607 610-777-7222 Birth Care and Family Services - 1138 Georgetown Rd Christiana, Pa 717-786-4010 Bryn Mawr Birth Center - 918 County Line Rd Bryn Mawr, PA 610-525-6086

Websites Kellymom.com Birthfit.com - for pregnancy exercising American College of Nurse Midwives - www.midwife.org North American Registry of Midwives - www.narm.org Citizens for - Midwives Model of Care brochure www.cfmidwifery.org CIMS- Coalition for Improving Maternity Services www.motherfriendly.org Evidence Based Birth - www.evidencebasedbirth.

Podcasts How to Get Healthy and Get Pregnant, hosted by Adrienne Wei Birthful, Hosted by Adriana Lozada Pregnancy Podcast and 40 Weeks Pregnancy Podcast, both hosted by Vanessa Merten Pregnancy Confidential (short and sweet, 10-20 mins) Pea in the Podcast, hosted by Bonnie Petrie Doing It At Home, Hosted by Married couple Sarah & Matthew Bivens The Birth Hour The Fear Free Childbirth Podcast

Pregnancy & Child Birth Books: Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer Birthing From Within by Pamela England Pushed: the Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor’s Guide to and Early Parenting Choices by Sarah Buckley The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis Floyd Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Simkin, Whaley, and Kepper Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Wechsler Survivor Mom by Mickey Sperlich and Julia Seng The Waterbirth Book by Janey Balaskas Natural Health after Birth by Aviva Romm How to Prevent Autism by Berger The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger The Vaccine Friendly Plan by Jennifer Margulis and Paul Thomas