Library
Welcome to The Birth Haus Library, where you have unlimited access and hire to books and resources related to your pregnancy, birth and postpartum,
We believe in simple ideas, strong relationships, and lasting impact. What began as a passion project has evolved into something more. We’re proud of where we’ve been and even more excited for what’s ahead.
PREGNANCY:
The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
An inclusive, non-judgmental, and empowering guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum life that puts mothers first, offering straightforward guidance on all the options and issues that matter most to them (and their partners) when preparing for a baby.
How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop
Pregnant women and maternity services are facing an induction epidemic. As medical guidelines include more "at risk" categories, women and our already overwhelmed and under resourced maternity systems are increasingly pressured to induce birth before labour begins spontaneously. Women are deemed to be too large and too old, while babies are estimated to be too big and too overdue. But is ''better-out-than-in'' really a safer option than waiting to birth in your own time?
Birth With Confidence will:
Outline the benefits of physiological birth
Help you understand how our current birth culture can undermine your intentions for physiological birth
Explain how the various ‘circles of influence’ around you — from your friends and family to the wider culture — can support or sabotage your birthing potential
Help you identify your own attitude to pain — your ‘pain type’ — and what it will mean for your birth
Provide practical and emotional steps you can take to raise your pain tolerance level
Give you a framework for deciding on the best caregivers and support people to help you work through any ‘crisis of confidence’ during labour.
It's time to empower yourself and just say no to giving birth passively.
This is the book that has revolutionized childbirth, turning birthing mothers from subdued and passive "patients" to active and empowered owners of their childbirth experience. Janet Balaskas started a movement of women who refused to give birth lying down and she has been teaching women about "active birth” ever since. She emphasizes the importance of movement during labor, the wide range of options and positions for delivery itself, and the many natural alternatives to heavy sedation and other medical interventions. Her book is eminently useful whether you are planning to give birth in a hospital, a free-standing birth center, or at home. If such options as water birth or hypno-birthing are appealing to you, this is an essential book; at the same time, it is non-judgmental and encourages you to give birth in whatever manner and position you see fit. It covers:
Exercises for pregnancy, to prepare you optimally for childbirth
Massage and yoga during labor
Labor and birthing positions that maximize your comfort and encourage efficient contractions
Essential tips for birth partners, spouses, doulas, and other attendants
Relaxation and recovery exercises, for the postpartum period
Janet Balaskas shows you how to prepare for and experience a truly natural, joyful, and empowering birth.
It's time to empower yourself and just say no to giving birth passively.
This is the book that has revolutionized childbirth, turning birthing mothers from subdued and passive "patients" to active and empowered owners of their childbirth experience. Janet Balaskas started a movement of women who refused to give birth lying down and she has been teaching women about "active birth” ever since. She emphasizes the importance of movement during labor, the wide range of options and positions for delivery itself, and the many natural alternatives to heavy sedation and other medical interventions. Her book is eminently useful whether you are planning to give birth in a hospital, a free-standing birth center, or at home. If such options as water birth or hypno-birthing are appealing to you, this is an essential book; at the same time, it is non-judgmental and encourages you to give birth in whatever manner and position you see fit. It covers:
Exercises for pregnancy, to prepare you optimally for childbirth
Massage and yoga during labor
Labor and birthing positions that maximize your comfort and encourage efficient contractions
Essential tips for birth partners, spouses, doulas, and other attendants
Relaxation and recovery exercises, for the postpartum period
Janet Balaskas shows you how to prepare for and experience a truly natural, joyful, and empowering birth.
THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOUR BIRTH BETTER. IT IS FOR EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY TYPE OF BIRTH.
Expert hypnobirthing teacher and founder of The Positive Birth Company Siobhan Miller has made it her mission to change the way women around the world approach and experience birth. Through her teaching she seeks to educate and empower women - and their birth partners - so that they can enjoy amazing and positive birth experiences, however they choose to bring their babies into the world.
BIRTH:
The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
An inclusive, non-judgmental, and empowering guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum life that puts mothers first, offering straightforward guidance on all the options and issues that matter most to them (and their partners) when preparing for a baby.
How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop
Pregnant women and maternity services are facing an induction epidemic. As medical guidelines include more "at risk" categories, women and our already overwhelmed and under resourced maternity systems are increasingly pressured to induce birth before labour begins spontaneously. Women are deemed to be too large and too old, while babies are estimated to be too big and too overdue. But is ''better-out-than-in'' really a safer option than waiting to birth in your own time?
Birth With Confidence will:
Outline the benefits of physiological birth
Help you understand how our current birth culture can undermine your intentions for physiological birth
Explain how the various ‘circles of influence’ around you — from your friends and family to the wider culture — can support or sabotage your birthing potential
Help you identify your own attitude to pain — your ‘pain type’ — and what it will mean for your birth
Provide practical and emotional steps you can take to raise your pain tolerance level
Give you a framework for deciding on the best caregivers and support people to help you work through any ‘crisis of confidence’ during labour.
It's time to empower yourself and just say no to giving birth passively.
This is the book that has revolutionized childbirth, turning birthing mothers from subdued and passive "patients" to active and empowered owners of their childbirth experience. Janet Balaskas started a movement of women who refused to give birth lying down and she has been teaching women about "active birth” ever since. She emphasizes the importance of movement during labor, the wide range of options and positions for delivery itself, and the many natural alternatives to heavy sedation and other medical interventions. Her book is eminently useful whether you are planning to give birth in a hospital, a free-standing birth center, or at home. If such options as water birth or hypno-birthing are appealing to you, this is an essential book; at the same time, it is non-judgmental and encourages you to give birth in whatever manner and position you see fit. It covers:
Exercises for pregnancy, to prepare you optimally for childbirth
Massage and yoga during labor
Labor and birthing positions that maximize your comfort and encourage efficient contractions
Essential tips for birth partners, spouses, doulas, and other attendants
Relaxation and recovery exercises, for the postpartum period
Janet Balaskas shows you how to prepare for and experience a truly natural, joyful, and empowering birth.
THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOUR BIRTH BETTER. IT IS FOR EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY TYPE OF BIRTH.
Expert hypnobirthing teacher and founder of The Positive Birth Company Siobhan Miller has made it her mission to change the way women around the world approach and experience birth. Through her teaching she seeks to educate and empower women - and their birth partners - so that they can enjoy amazing and positive birth experiences, however they choose to bring their babies into the world.
POSTPARTUM:
The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
An inclusive, non-judgmental, and empowering guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum life that puts mothers first, offering straightforward guidance on all the options and issues that matter most to them (and their partners) when preparing for a baby.
How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop
Pregnant women and maternity services are facing an induction epidemic. As medical guidelines include more "at risk" categories, women and our already overwhelmed and under resourced maternity systems are increasingly pressured to induce birth before labour begins spontaneously. Women are deemed to be too large and too old, while babies are estimated to be too big and too overdue. But is ''better-out-than-in'' really a safer option than waiting to birth in your own time?
Birth With Confidence will:
Outline the benefits of physiological birth
Help you understand how our current birth culture can undermine your intentions for physiological birth
Explain how the various ‘circles of influence’ around you — from your friends and family to the wider culture — can support or sabotage your birthing potential
Help you identify your own attitude to pain — your ‘pain type’ — and what it will mean for your birth
Provide practical and emotional steps you can take to raise your pain tolerance level
Give you a framework for deciding on the best caregivers and support people to help you work through any ‘crisis of confidence’ during labour.
It's time to empower yourself and just say no to giving birth passively.
This is the book that has revolutionized childbirth, turning birthing mothers from subdued and passive "patients" to active and empowered owners of their childbirth experience. Janet Balaskas started a movement of women who refused to give birth lying down and she has been teaching women about "active birth” ever since. She emphasizes the importance of movement during labor, the wide range of options and positions for delivery itself, and the many natural alternatives to heavy sedation and other medical interventions. Her book is eminently useful whether you are planning to give birth in a hospital, a free-standing birth center, or at home. If such options as water birth or hypno-birthing are appealing to you, this is an essential book; at the same time, it is non-judgmental and encourages you to give birth in whatever manner and position you see fit. It covers:
Exercises for pregnancy, to prepare you optimally for childbirth
Massage and yoga during labor
Labor and birthing positions that maximize your comfort and encourage efficient contractions
Essential tips for birth partners, spouses, doulas, and other attendants
Relaxation and recovery exercises, for the postpartum period
Janet Balaskas shows you how to prepare for and experience a truly natural, joyful, and empowering birth.
THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOUR BIRTH BETTER. IT IS FOR EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY TYPE OF BIRTH.
Expert hypnobirthing teacher and founder of The Positive Birth Company Siobhan Miller has made it her mission to change the way women around the world approach and experience birth. Through her teaching she seeks to educate and empower women - and their birth partners - so that they can enjoy amazing and positive birth experiences, however they choose to bring their babies into the world.