Birth
Evidence-Based Research & Further Reading
Below, you’ll find a carefully gathered collection of websites, research, and evidence-based resources exploring sleep, nourishment, nutrition, birth, and the many different experiences of family life. These resources are offered as invitations to explore, learn, and deepen your understanding. You may wish to bookmark this page, save the links for later, or return to them whenever you have the time and space to explore. I hope these resources offer you a trusted starting point for informed reflection and gentle curiosity, supporting you to explore the evidence while also honouring the unique needs, values, and rhythms of your family.
Take what feels useful, explore at your own pace, and allow your own questions to guide you.
Sleep Nurturing
- What Happens When You Sleep?
- Sleep Cognition and Emotion: A Developmental View
- Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem
- Sleep Physiology and Sleep Disorders in Childhood
- Developing Circadian Rhythmicity in Infants
- Persistence of Sleep Disturbances in Preschool Children
- Predictors and Long-Term Associations of Reported Sleeping Difficulties in Infancy
- Infant Sleep and its Relation With Cognition and Growth: A Narrative Review
- Improving Infant Sleep and Maternal Mental Health: A Cluster Randomised Trial
- Sleeping Through the Night: A Developmental Perspective
- Night Waking, Sleep-Wake Organization, and Self-Soothing in the First Year of Life
- 7 Reasons To Stay Calm When Babies Cry
Birth Guidance
- Effective Labour Contraction
- Pre- Labour Rupture of Membranes (waters breaking)
- Understanding Labour Progress
- Nuchalcords (umbilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck)
