RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
Childbirth Education
- Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper, RN
- Birthing From Within, Pam England, CNM, MA & Rob Horowitz, PhD
- Heart and Hands: A Midwife’s guide to Pregnancy and Birth, Elizabeth Davis
- Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide To A Safe, Satisfying, And Pleasurable Birth Experience, Elizabeth Davis & Debra Pascali-Bonaro
- Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin
- The Pregnancy Book, William Sears, MD & Martha Sears, RN
- The Birth Book, William Sears, MD & Martha Sears, RN
- The Birth Partner, Penny Simkin
- Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way, Susan McCutcheon, Erick Ingraham, Peter Rosegg, Robin Y. Burningham
- Husband-Coached Childbirth, Robert A. Bradley
- Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth, Grantly Dick-Read
- Birth Without Violence, Frederick Leboyer, MD
- Homebirth, Sheila Kitzinger
- Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method: A natural approach to a safe, easier, more comfortable birthing, Marie F. Mongan
- Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally, Janet Balaskas
- The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth, Henci Goer
- The Alexander Technique Birth Book, A Guide to Better Pregnancy, Natural Birth and Parenthood, Ilana Machover and Angela & Jonathan Drake, forward by actors Sinead Cusack and Jeremy Irons
Cesarean Birth
- Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC), Nancy Wainer Cohen
- The VBAC Companion: The Expectant Mother’s Guide to Vaginal Birth after Cesarean, Diana Korte
- DON’T CUT ME AGAIN! True Stories About Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC), Booklocker.com, Inc.
- Artemis Speaks: VBAC Stories and Natural Childbirth Information, Nan Koehler
Breastfeeding
- Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding, Ina May Gaskin
- The Breastfeeding Book, William Sears, MD & Martha Sears, RN
Placenta
- Placenta: The Gift of Life, Cornelia Enning
- Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra, Robin Lim
- The Natural Healing Power of the Placenta, Jennifer West
Nutrition/Herbs for babies & Kids
- eBook: “Herbs For Kids: Taking charge of your kid’s health… Naturally“, Aviva Romm
- Essential Oil reading list