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Holistic Midwifery Reading List
Each student will receive over 700 pages of notes and hand-outs.  These
handouts will be divided into 7 sections and will encompass:

  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Prenatal Care
  • Labor and Birth
  • Postpartum and The Newborn
  • Homeopathy
  • Mediation & Counseling
  • Qigong, Acupressure and Sexual Wisdom

This will comprise the major reading material for the Immersion Program.

REQUIRED READING

* Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun Weed
Please DO purchase this book.  There is more relevant information here than in any other
book I know, especially considering the price ($10
).

* Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
It is absolutely required that you read this boo
k.


RECOMMENDED READING

Whapio does recommend some of the major textbooks and books of interest
about birth and pregnancy (
see below), but you are not required to purchase
these texts.  If you have them or wish to purchase them, by all means, do so.  
They are excellent for additional reading and for comprehensive understanding
of some of our topics.  However, many of these texts are available to borrow or
acquire over the course of the Immersion.

TEXTS:

Holistic Midwifery, Volume I : Care During Pregnancy - Anne Frye
Holistic Midwifery, Volume II : Care During Labor and Birth - Anne Frye
Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year - Anne Frye

These three texts by Anne Frye are comprehensive and offer a point of reference and teaching on
every subject in Prenatal Care, Birth and Immediate Postpartum, and Labwork and Testing.  They
are invaluable as reference works, especially
Understanding Diagnostic Tests.  I recommend having
them in your library.

Maternal-Newborn Nursing: A Family and Community Based Approach - Olds,
London and Ladewig

This is a great text for newborn care.

Oxorn-Foote Human Labor and Birth - Harry Oxorn

I have always liked this book.  It shows birth easily and simply.

Varney's Midwifery - Helen Varney Burst

The American standard text for nurse midwives.  Clinical but informative, and the MANA exam will
have a lot of questions from this text.  If you have Frye's texts you have everything that Varney
teaches and more, except the pharmacology (which is usually not on the MANA exam).

Textbook for Midwives - Margaret Myles

This is the British standard for midwifery.  The older editions are better than the newer ones.
Try to find this at a yard sale, secondhand bookstore, or online from a used bookseller.

Practical Skills Guide for Midwifery - Pam Weaver and Sharon Evans

This is the standard skills book for midwifery practice.  If you do purchase this book, I will sign
you off on any skills you demonstrate.

OTHER BOOKS:

Heart and Hands - Elizabeth Davis

This book is a classic and is excellent for your library.  Moms like it too as it gives insights into
midwifery care and how to co-create care with your provider.


Anything by Michel Odent, especially:

*
The Scientification of Love
* The Farmer and The Obstetrician
* The Cesarean

Remember that Birth Reborn is required reading.


The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth - Henci Goer
&
Gentle Birth Choices - Barbara Harper

These last two are great books for your library, and to inform you of current birthing
practices.  Both are highly recommended.


ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

During our four months together, you will have access to numerous videos and
audio tape sets.  Most of the tape sets are from various midwifery conferences,
and offer you the opportunity to hear popular midwifery teachers speaking on
all aspects of birth and childbearing.  We will also see approximately 70 births
on video, and will discuss each of these in class.
Holistic Midwifery and Doula Training Programs
Asheville, NC                                                     (828) 242-2188
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