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References Series One

"Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins." The Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2008.

 

"Angelina Jolie 'to give birth in Namibia'." The Namibian, 4 Apr. 2006, www.namibian.com.na/19578/archive-read/Angelina-Jolie-to-give-birth-in-Namibia.

 

"Source: Jolie-Pitt baby pics fetch $14 million." NBC News. Today: Celebrities, 8 Jan. 2008, www.today.com/id/25967334/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/source-jolie-pitt-baby-pics-fetch-million/.

 

"WHO recommendation on epidural analgesia for pain relief during labour." World Health Organisation: The Reproductive Health Library, WHO, 17 Feb. 2018.

 

Ainsworth, Steve. "The Birth of the Epidural." The Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Midwives, 11 Mar. 2014, www.rcm.org.uk/news-views/rcm-opinion/upfront-the-birth-of-the-epidural/.

 

Anim-Somuah, M, et al. "Epidural vs non-epidural or no analgesia for pain management in labour (Review)." Cochrane Library: Database of systemic reviews, no. 5, 2018, pp. 1-4, doi:10/145651858.CD000331.pub4.

 

Aristizobal, Melissa. Natural Labor and Birth: An Evidence-Based Guide to the Natural Birth Plan. First ed., McGraw Hill, 2019.

 

Camann W. (2014) A History of Pain Relief During Childbirth. In: Eger II E., Saidman L., Westhorpe R. (eds) The Wondrous Story of Anaesthesia. Springer, New York, NY.

 

Campbell, Denis. "It's good for women to suffer the pain of a natural birth, says medical chief." The Guardian, 12 July 2009, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/12/pregnancy-pain-natural-birth-yoga.

 

Campbell, Denis. "Men should 'stay away from childbirth'." The Guardian, 18 Oct. 2009, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/18/men-birth-labour-baby.

 

Caton, Donald. "Who Said Childbirth Is Natural? The Medical Mission of Grantly Dick-Read." Anaesthesiology, vol. 84, Apr. 1996, pp. 955-64.

 

Coulon, Majorie, et al. "Human–lamb bonding: Oxytocin, cortisol and behavioural responses of lambs to human contacts and social separation." Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 38, no. 24, Apr. 2013, pp. 499-508,

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Cusk, Rachel. Coventry. Kindle edition ed., vol. Kind, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2019.

 

Dennis Woods, K. Natural Birth. 03(06), Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2013, Vol. 03(06).

 

Dunning, Polly. "I wrote this while having an epidural." The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Apr. 2018, www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/i-wrote-this-while-having-an-epidural-20180419-p4zan1.html.

 

Eakin, Emily. "Take a Deep Breath. The Legacy of Dr Lamaze." The New York Times, 7 Oct. 2001.

 

Enright, Anne. Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood. Vintage Books 2011

 

French, Cynthia & Cong, Xiaomei & Chung, Keun. (2016). Labor Epidural Analgesia and Breastfeeding: A Systematic Review. Journal of human lactation: Official Journal of International Lactation Consultant Association. 32. 10.1177/0890334415623779.

 

French, Marilyn. The Women's Room. Second ed., New York, Little Brown and Co, 1997, pp. 74.

 

Gawande, Atul. "The Score: How childbirth went industrial." The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2006, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/09/the-score.

 

Grantly Dick-Read (1890-1959): Advocate of ‘Natural’ Childbirth.” British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460), vol. 70, no. 6, June 2009, p. 355. EBSCOhost, doi:10.12968/hmed.2009.70.6.355.

 

Haimov-Kochman, Ronit, et al. "Reproduction concepts and practices in ancient Egypt mirrored by modern medicine." European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology, vol. 23, no. 1, 1 Nov. 2005, pp. 3-8.

 

Hodnett, Ellen. “Traditional Birth Attendants Are an Effective Resource: Strategies for Ensuring Their Training and Support in All Settings Are Key.” BMJ: British Medical Journal, vol. 344, no. 7840, 2012, pp. 9–9. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41501871. Accessed 17 Sept. 2020.

 

Jones JC. “Idealized and Industrialized Labor: Anatomy of a Feminist Controversy.” Hypatia, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012, pp. 99–117., www.jstor.org/stable/41328900. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.

 

Jones L, Othman M, Dowswell T, Alfirevic Z, Gates S, Newburn M, Jordan S, Lavender T, Neilson J. Pain management for women in labour: an overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD009234. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009234.pub2

 

Lehr, S. “A possible explanation of the conflicting reports on Twilight Sleep.” California State Journal of Medicine vol. 13,6 (1915): 220-3.

 

Lothian JA. Does Lamaze "work"? J Perinat Educ. 1999; 8(3): x-xii. doi:10.1624/105812499X87178

 

Lothian, J A. “Why natural childbirth?” The Journal of Perinatal Education vol. 9, 4 (2000): 44-6. doi:10.1624/105812400X87905

 

Lunda P, Minnie CS, Benadé P. Women's experiences of continuous support during childbirth: a meta-synthesis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018;18(1):167. Published 2018 May 15. doi:10.1186/s12884-018-1755-8

 

Lurie, S. "Euphemia Maclean, Agnes Sampson and pain relief in labour in 16th century Edinburgh." Anaesthesia, vol. 59, 2004, pp. 834-35.

 

MacIvor Thompson, L. (2019). The politics of female pain: Women’s citizenship, twilight sleep and the early birth control movement. Medical Humanities, 45(1), 67-74.

 

Mander, Rosemary. Men and Maternity. First ed., Francis and Taylor, 2004, pp. 70-74.

 

Michaels, P. A Chapter From Lamaze History: Birth Narratives and Authoritative Knowledge in France, 1952-1957. The Journal of Perinatal Education, 2010, 19(2), 35-43.

 

Michaels, Paula A. "Childbirth and Trauma, 1940s–1980s." Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, vol. 73 no. 1, 2018, p. 52-72. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/683064.

 

Miller, Korin. "I Was Birth-Shamed for Wanting an Epidural." Women's Health, 24 Nov. 2014, www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a19983526/birth-shamed/.

 

Miller, Korin. "Why There's No 'Right' Way To Give Birth." Self, 12 Apr. 2016, www.self.com/story/why-theres-no-right-way-to-give-birth.

 

Moscucci O. Holistic obstetrics: the origins of “natural childbirth” in Britain. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2003; 79: 168-173.

 

Nagon, Navneet, and Sanjay Kalra. "The orgasmic history of oxytocin: Love, lust, and labor." Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 15, no. 3, Sept. 2011, pp. 156-61, doi:10.4103/2230-8210.84851.

 

O'Faolain, Nuala. "You've come a long way baby." The Guardian, 13 Sept. 2003, Australian ed., www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/13/featuresreviews.guardianreview36.

 

O'Neill, Brendan. "Africa's New Royals." New Statesman Jun 19 2006: 18. ProQuest. Web. 22 Sep. 2020 .

 

Quach, Diane, Rane, Ajay. "Labour pain relief: Epidural or not." James Cook University media release, 6 Sept. 2018, www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2018/september/labour-pain-relief-epidural-or-not.

 

Reime, B., Klein, M., Kelly, A., & Duxbury, N. (2004). Do maternity provider groups have different attitudes towards birth? BJOG, 111(12), 1388.

 

Rosenberg, Karen R. and Wenda R. Trevathan. "The Evolution of Human Birth." Scientific American, vol. 285, no. 5, Nov. 2001, pp. 72-77, doi:http://simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26059423.

 

Rothwell, Evie. "The Future of Homo by Michel Odent." The Biochemist, vol. 42, no. 4, 5 Aug. 2020, portlandpress.com/biochemist/article/42/4/67/225992/The-Future-of-Homo-by-Michel-Odent.

 

Shipman, Pat. “Marginalia: Why Is Human Childbirth So Painful?” American Scientist, vol. 101, no. 6, 2013, pp. 426–429., www.jstor.org/stable/43707115. Accessed 16 Sept. 2020.

 

Símonardóttir, Sunna, & Rúdólfsdóttir, Annadís Greta. (2020). The “good” epidural: Women’s use of epidurals in relation to dominant discourses on “natural” birth. Feminism & Psychology., (0), 095935352094480.

 

Skowronski, G A. "Pain relief in childbirth: changing historical and feminist perspectives.” Anaesthesia Intensive Care, 2015, pp. 25-28.

 

Slee, Ellie. "Misogyny and the Epidural: A Primer." Medium: Health, 27 Dec. 2018.

 

Sorrell, Nancy. "A New Look at 'Noble Suffering'." The New York Times, 26 Jan. 1986, late city fi ed.

 

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Truteur A. Pushback: Guilt in the age of natural parenting. Harper Collins 2016

 

Truteur, Amy. "Michel Odent, another old white male mansplainin’ childbirth to us womenfolk." The Skeptical OBGYN, 11 Oct. 2017, www.skepticalob.com/2017/10/michel-odent-another-old-white-male-mansplainin-childbirth-to-us-womenfolk.html.

 

Vivi-Anne Rahm, Anita Hallgren, Hans Högberg, Ingalill Hurtig & Viveca Odlind (2002) Plasma oxytocin levels in women during labor with or without epidural analgesia: a prospective study, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 81:11, 1033-1039, DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.2002.811107.x

References Series Two

Podcast 1: Shakespeare and Caeser 

Hull, John. A defence of the caesarean operation, with observations on Embryulcia, and the section of the Symphysis Pubis, addressed to Mr. W. Simmons, of Manchester, author of reflections on the propriety of performing the Caesarean operation. Containing some new cases, and illustrated by seven Engravings. By John Hull, M. D. Member of the Corporation of Surgeons, and of the Physical Society of London; of the Natural History Society of Edinburgh; and Secretary of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Manchester, [1798]. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. Macquarie University Library. 29 Oct. 2020

 

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Pelican Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Orgel, Third ed., Penguin, 2000, pp. 87-96.

 

Faculty of Arts and Science Harvard University. Ovid, "The Metamorphoses Book II." The Story of Coronis and Birth of Esculapius, Faculty of Arts and Science Harvard University. , Boston, Harvard University, sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/ovid/ovid-cro.html.

 

Macafee, C H. “The Evolution of a Social Obstetric Conscience.” The Ulster Medical Journal vol. 18, 2 (1949): 129-42.

 

Conner, Clifford D. (2005). A People's History of Science. New York: Nation Books. pp.312

 

Verkuyl DA. Think globally act locally: the case for symphysiotomy. PLoS Med. 2007; 4(3):e71. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040071

 

Khaleeni, Homa. "Symphysiotomy – Ireland’s brutal alternative to caesareans." The Guardian, 13 Dec. 2014, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/12/symphysiotomy-irelands-brutal-alternative-to-caesareans.

Podcast 2:  For King and Country 

 

DeMolen, Richard L. "The birth of Edward the VI and the death of Queen Jane: The arguments for and against caesarean section." Renaissance Studies, vol. 4, no. 4, 4 Dec. 1990, pp. 359-91, doi:https://www.jstor.org/stable/24412394?seq=1.

 

Lurie, Samuel. “The Changing Motives of Caesarean Section: From the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century.” Archives of gynaecology and obstetrics 271.4 (2005): 281–285. Web.

 

Lurie, Samuel. “Was Queen Jane Seymour (1509–1537) delivered by a Caesarean Section?” Endeavour (New series) 41.1 (2017): 23–28. Web.

 

Mendelsohn, Daniel. "Hubris and Delusion at the End of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor Trilogy." The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/16/hubris-and-delusion-at-the-end-of-hilary-mantels-tudor-trilogy.

 

Rousset, François. Caesarean Birth: The Work of François Rousset in Renaissance France - A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie Or Caesarian Childbirth. Translated by Ronald M. Cyr, edited by Thomas F. Baskett, First ed., RCOG Press, 2010, pp. 1-10.

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Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Illustrated household edition (digitised by Google) First edition., vol. 1, Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1877, p. 189.

 

du Preez, MH. "My Search for Dr James Barry." CABO: Historical Society of Cape Town, vol. 2017, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 6-12.

 

du Preez, MH. “Dr James Barry : the Early Years Revealed : History of Medicine : SAMJ Forum.” South African Medical Journal 98.1 (2008): 52–58. Print.

 

du Preez, Michael, and Jeremy Dronfield. Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of her Time. Kindle edition ed., One World Press.

 

du Preez, Michael. “Dr James Barry (1789-1865): The Edinburgh Years.” The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 42.3 (2012): 258–265. Web.

 

Funke J. Obscurity and Gender Resistance in Patricia Duncker's James Miranda Barry. Eur J Engl Stud. 2012;16(3):215-226. doi:10.1080/13825577.2012.735410

 

Hurwitz B, Richardson R. Inspector General James Barry MD: putting the woman in her place. BMJ. 1989;298(6669):299-305. doi:10.1136/bmj.298.6669.299

 

Minster, Christopher. "Biography of Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan Leader." ThoughtCo, edited by Olivia Valdes, Dotdash, 3 July 2019.

 

Smith KM. Dr. James Barry: military man--or woman? Can Med Assoc J. 1982; 126(7):854-857.

Podcast 3:  Have Scalpel, will Travel 

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