Community Resources

​Your Rights as a Childbearing Person 

• ​Childbirth Connection

Mental Health

• Hypnosis, Therapy, Postpartum Depression, Grief Counseling and More in Sonoma County  Tina Stanley, L.C.S.W.
• Parenting Resources and Workshops through Parent Alliance, Rhona Berens, PhD, CPCC 

Immediate Support

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
• Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE
• National Postpartum Depression Hotline: 1-800-PPD-MOMS

Books and Movies

• "All About Love," bell hooks
• “The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life,” Alison Gopnik
• “Birth: A History,” Tina Cassidy
• "Queer Nursing," Gorilla Milk
• "Hold On To Your Kids," Dr. Gabor Mate 
• MicroBirth, a film about the Microbiome and Birth
• Why Not Home? The Surprising Birth Choices of Physicians and Nurses 

Breastfeeding Support

• Queer Nursing 
• Biological Nurturing (Laid Back Breastfeeding)
• Le Leche League
• Breast Feeding and the Law

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​Cesarean Support

• VBAC Resources​​

• Woman/Baby Centered Cesarean Birth Video​ ​​
• The Unnecesarean Blog

​Concious Parenting

• A Must See Interview with Dr. Gabor Mate, author of Hold Onto Your Baby
• On the Cellular Connection Between Mother and Infant​
• Penny Simkin Video
• Podcast on Academic OBGYN
• Spinning Babies for Optimal Fetal Positioning
• Seeding the Baby and Protecting the Microbiome

Reproductive Justice Resources

• Sister Song, Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective 
  
• Bay Area Doula Project, full spectrum doula support 
  
• Birthing Beyond the Binary, queering up reproductive spaces
  

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