resource library for pregnancy & birth
AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services)
Clear, rights-based information and advocacy around maternity care. Helps you understand your choices and navigate the system with confidence.
A curated collection of evidence, holistic birth support and trusted resources to guide you through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.
ARC (Antenatal Results & Choices)
Support and evidence-based guidance for parents when screening, test results, or decision-making feels complex or overwhelming.
BASIS (Baby Sleep Info Source)
Evidence-based info on normal infant sleep, night waking and safe sleep — grounded in infant physiology not culture.
https://www.basisonline.org.uk/
Birth Place Decisions
A resource to explore your birth location options, compare outcomes, and understand how different settings may influence intervention rates and physiological birth.
Birthrights
Protecting human rights in pregnancy and birth. Evidence, legal information, and advocacy to support rights-centred decision-making in maternity care.
Cochrane UK
Independent, high-quality systematic reviews and summaries across pregnancy and birth. Useful for comparing interventions and understanding where evidence is strong… or weak.
Dr Rachel Reed
Midwife, researcher and author. Deep dives into physiology, over-medicalisation and reclaiming evidence through critical thinking and context.
Dr Sara Wickham
Midwife, academic researcher, author. Clear breakdowns of current research and critical discussion around over-medicalisation, induction, and birth physiology.
Evidence Based Birth
US-based evidence summaries and research analysis across pregnancy and birth topics. Useful for context, comparison and deeper critical thinking alongside UK evidence.
Group B Strep Support
Information, support and evidence around GBS in pregnancy. Helps you explore testing, risk, options and treatment through an informed lens.
Indigo Forest (Beth Barbeau)
US-based perinatal educator and advocate. Nourishing birth/postnatal content, nervous system literacy, and embodied autonomy centred information.
The Lancet – Midwifery Series
High-quality research exploring midwifery-led care, outcomes, and global evidence around continuity and physiological birth.
https://www.thelancet.com/series/midwifery
The Lullaby Trust
Evidence-informed guidance around safer sleep and co-sleeping. Clear, gentle, practical information for supporting newborn physiological sleep.
Make Birth Better
Resources, research and support around birth trauma and psychological safety. Focuses on systemic change as well as individual healing.
MAMA Academy
UK charity focused on safer pregnancy. Practical, evidence-based information for spotting concerns early and supporting wellbeing across pregnancy.
National Breastfeeding Helpline
Peer support + trained volunteers offering practical breastfeeding help by phone and webchat.
https://www.nationalbreastfeedinghelpline.org.uk/
NICE Guidelines - patient information resources
UK national clinical guideline repository. Helpful for comparing standardised recommendations and seeing what underpins current UK maternity policy.
https://www.nice.org.uk/implementing-nice-guidance/patient-decision-aids
Pelvic Partnership
Peer support, information and advocacy for pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy and postnatal.
https://pelvicpartnership.org.uk/
RCOG – Patient Information Leaflets
UK Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists public-facing leaflets. Helpful for understanding the standard mainstream narrative and recommended management.
https://www.rcog.org.uk/for-the-public/browse-our-patient-information/
Screening Tests for You and Your Baby (UK Government)
Overview of recommended antenatal and newborn screening tests in the UK, with explanations of purpose, timing and what results may mean.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/screening-tests-for-you-and-your-baby-description-in-brief
Spinning Babies
Approaches pregnancy and birth through body balance, comfort and positioning. Focused on physiological birth pathways rather than force or intervention.
Tommys
Pregnancy research charity providing information and support around complications, loss, prevention and wellbeing.
https://www.tommys.org/
What To Expect
Accessible pregnancy information, week-by-week guidance and parent-friendly articles. Useful for quick reference, symptom reassurance and basic pregnancy education.
https://www.whattoexpect.com/
Which? – NHS vs Private Maternity Care
Consumer advocacy comparison of NHS and private maternity options in the UK to support genuinely informed choice.
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/birthing-options/article/nhs-vs-private-maternity-care-what-are-your-options-aeYb37A1bvRx
PODCASTS
Birthing Instincts Podcast
US based birth physiology + rights focused conversations with Dr Stu Fischbein & Blyss Young — brilliant for challenging medicalised norms with evidence + lived skill.
https://www.birthinginstincts.com/podcast
The Great Birth Rebellion (Australian evidence based midwives podcast)
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-great-birth-rebellion/id1598161541
The Midwives’ Cauldron Podcast
Deep dives into research, physiology and feminist midwifery thinking. Warm, irreverent, and grounded in critical evidence.
https://www.themidwivescauldron.com/podcast
The OBs Pod
Two UK obstetricians reflecting on maternity systems, evidence, culture, dilemmas and nuance… from the inside.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-obs-pod/id1525733891
If you’d like to explore whether continuity care at home feels right for you - you’re welcome to reach out.
We can take our time, talk through what matters to you, and see if we’re the right fit.