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Books and Films

literature and visual media to help navigate the birth of your choice

New Zealand

In Your Hands

A video that gives great fathers the tools they need to be great parents.

Home Birth Bound

Maggie Banks, birth luminary talks about home birth in New Zealand.

Where the Heart Is

A collection of Home Birth stories from New Zealand.

Breech Birth Woman Wise

Maggie Banks talks about breech birth and how to protect the knowledge on breech birthing

Film

Mama Sherpas

This U.S documentary, examines a growing shift in the birthing industry: the rise of Caesarean sections and the idea of a “collaborative care”

The Big Stretch

Designed to empower women, the Big Stretch is a beautiful journey through birth.

Freedom for Birth

An in depth documentary on the criminalisation of homebirth at a global level.

Birth Story

A beautiful insight into the journey Ina May took to midwifery.

The Business of Being Born

An indepth series of documentaries that cover the impact of how we birth.

The Face of Birth

The face of birth is one of the most comprehensive birth documentaries available.

Book

The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth

Sheila Kitzinger's one stop shop for the best advice on pregnancy and childbirth.

Childbirth Without Fear

Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how birth education started.

Vaginal Birth After Caesarean

A handbook on how to achieve a physiological birth after caesarean.

Rediscovering Birth

Rediscovering Birth is packed with information not only for prospective parents but for anyone interested in birth and women's lives and well being.

The Caesarean

Michel Odent uncovers what caesareans truly mean for birth.

Orgasmic Birth

Debra opens up a world where birth and orgasm work together.

Birth Skills

Juju Sundin gives us birth skills essential for a peaceful and practical birth

Holistic Midwifery Volume I

One of the most comprehensive resources for care during pregnancy and Holistic Midwifery

Holistic Midwifery Volume II

One of the best resources for Holistic Midwifery and care during labour and birth

Hello Baby

A beautiful story written for children on welcoming a new baby into the home

Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering

Sarah Buckley draws a link between the way we birth and the way we parent.

Childbirth and the Future of Homo Sapiens

Michel Odent talks about the outcomes from birth and how they drive evolution.

The Food of Love

Kate Evans and her beautiful visual journey on the formula for successful breastfeeding.

Bump

Kate Evans's beautiful visual journey on how to make, grow and birth a baby.

Active Birth

A guide on active birth positions designed to assist mothers to birth well.

Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding

Ina May, homebirth wise woman gives her guide to breastfeeding.

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

Ina May a leading midwife and activist, gives us a guide on childbirth

Spiritual Midwifery

Ina May's inaugural book on Spiritual Midwifery.

Birth Matters

Birth Matters is a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women and value birth.

Birth isn’t something we suffer, but
something we actively do, and exalt in!

SHEILA KITZINGER

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