‘Access’ gives you the context you need to understand the headlines, featuring first person stories from the people who know: people who’ve had abortions, abortion providers, abortion funders, researchers, and more. Each episode breaks down a different topic in an accessible and human way.
Read MoreWomanly Magazine provides accessible health information to women and non-binary people through visual and literary art. Subjects include discrimination in the health care system, intergenerational concerns, and physical and sexual health and expression.
Read MoreNYT Parenting publishes fantastic evidence-based guides and developmental milestones — backed by the journalistic rigor of The New York Times.
Read MoreAs the editorial arm of Cora, Blood + Milk is a magazine-style website with the mission to consider and expose the physical, physiological, emotional, spiritual, psychological, social, political, cultural, and economic forces that influence the way women exist in their female bodies while striving for wellness.
Read MoreUnder the Hood is a podcast pulling back the curtain and unpacking the mystery around womanHOOD, sisterHOOD, motherHOOD. Join Patti Quintero and Aleks Evanguelidi as they take a deep dive into the topics you wish you knew more about, the topics you want to share with your daughters, and the things you want the men in your life to know.
Read MoreMotherhood Sessions is a podcast hosted by Alexandra Sacks, MD, a Reproductive Psychiatrist who just released her first book What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood. It’s basically like eavesdropping into a therapy session with real women.
Read MoreLaunched by Anna Glezer, MD, Mind Body Pregnancy provides expert guidance on mental wellness during pregnancy and postpartum. Anna is a Harvard-trained clinician with current joint appointments at OB/GYN & Reproductive Psychiatry at UCSF Medical Center.
Read MoreIf you have a breastfeeding question - this is your resource. Kellymom provides evidence-based information on breastfeeding and parenting. She has three children, and is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). We spent so many hours on this thing in the middle of the night in the early days.
Read MoreNATAL is a podcast docuseries about having a baby while Black in the United States. In each episode, Black parents tell their stories about pregnancy, birthing, and postpartum care, in their own words. The docuseries also highlights the birthworkers, medical professionals, researchers, and advocates fighting daily for better care for Black birthing parents.
Read MoreAwakening Fertility is a loving companion to accompany you along the journey to motherhood—whether your desire to become a mother burns fiercely today or is a future calling just beginning to stir. From the author of the bestselling The First Forty Days, Heng shares her ancestral wisdom on optimizing your fertility through the power and medicinal qualities of the right foods. Intended for women at every stage of the preconception process, this book offers wisdom and guidance to support your body, mind, and spirit—including nearly 50 delicious recipes to nourish yourself deeply.
Read MorePeriod Repair Manual is your guide to better periods using natural treatments such as diet, nutritional supplements, herbal medicine, and natural hormones. It contains advice and tips for women of every age and situation (irregular period, endometriosis, PCOS, etc). If you have a period (or want a period), then this book is for you.
Read More“This warm and encouraging guide offers advice on securing help during the postpartum period, navigating inevitable relationship challenges, and honoring the rite of passage that is pregnancy and birth.”
“The book includes 50+ simple and delicious recipes for healing soups; replenishing meals and snacks; and calming and lactation-boosting teas, all formulated to support the unique needs of the new mother (and to feed hungry partners, too).” Heng Ou
Read MoreDr. Oscar Serrallach educates us on the huge hole in our thinking and treatment of new mothers. PSA: postnatal depletion (a fairly new term to most of us) doesn’t just affect new mothers—it can have an impact for years after giving birth. He argues there is not even healthy dialogue around this concept let alone healthy societal awareness and information.
Dr. Serrallach breaks down what ‘postnatal depletion’ really means. He also shares many stories of mothers who have come to see him, and treatment plans to help them recover from pregnancy and birth (even years after their kids were born). He really gets into the details here - educating us on what micronutrients we might be lacking (and the symptoms that come along with that) so we can open up that dialogue with our doctors.
Read MoreIf you read one book in anticipation of the months post birth, we’d be inclined to say that this would be it. We read it during our fourth trimester, but we recommend starting towards the end of your pregnancy if possible.
It’s a holistic guide for the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual changes that a woman goes through from birth into motherhood. It’s almost like having your very own postpartum doula in your pocket.
Read MoreThis one’s a repeat from the pregnancy section, because if you didn’t read it then, you should definitely read it now. Alexandra Sacks, MD and Catherine Bindorf, MD, two of the top reproductive psychiatrists in the US have written the first comprehensive guide to help new moms understand the emotional changes that happen through matrescence - the transformation from woman into mother.
We love how it’s so accessible, and how we can really relate. It also covers important insights into being on psychiatric medications while pregnant and breastfeeding, an area where it’s challenging to find evidence based information.
Read MoreIf you liked Expecting Better, Emily Oster’s back! In her second book - she has the same data-driven approach, helping parents feel more at ease with the choices they make - from breastfeeding to sleep training.
Read MoreIn this incredible book, Angela Garbes tells her own story while weaving in some of the most important (and least understood/talked about) topics in pregnancy. You know those books where you wonder how every sentence is jam-packed with meaning? This is one of those. This book is simply a joy to read. She helps us understand the history of obstetrics, why things are the way they are today, and the biology behind what’s really going on in our bodies during pregnancy. She teaches us to be forgiving with our bodies and highlights that every birth is a ‘natural’ birth.
Read MoreNurture is the perfect resource for those looking for a balanced and structured approach to pregnancy and birth. Erica Chidi Cohen started her career as a doula in San Francisco, working in the prison system with pregnant inmates.
She recently opened LOOM, an LA space that offers classes, services, and events spanning the sexual, reproductive, and parenting spectrum. In Spring 2019, LOOM launched an online course based on Chidi Cohen’s book.
Read MoreAlexandra Sacks, MD, and Catherine Birndorf, MD, two of the top reproductive psychiatrists in the U.S. have written the first comprehensive guide to the emotional changes that happen through matrescence, the transformation from woman into mother.
We love how accessible the book is and how we can relate to the common fears and questions addressed in the book but are often glossed over elsewhere. The book also covers important topics, like being on psychiatric medications while pregnant and breastfeeding, an area where it’s challenging to find evidence-based explanations.
Read MoreWritten by economist and mom Emily Oster, Expecting Better tackles conventional pregnancy wisdom (what you can/should/shouldn’t eat, drink, do…she covers everything!) by breaking down the evidence in a way that’s easy to understand.
She gives you the research-backed information you need to make educated decisions that are right for you and your family.
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