Book List
Recommended Reading List
Pregnancy and Childbirth
- The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzenger
- The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
- The Birth Book by Sears and Sears
- Birthing From Within by Pam England
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
- Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
- VBAC Companion by Diana Korte
Postpartum, Breastfeeding and Parenting
- After the Baby’s Birth by Robin Lim
- Mothering the New Mother: Women’s Feelings and Needs After Childbirth a Support and Resource Guide by Sally Placksin
- The Ultimate Breastfeeding Answer Book by Jack Newman
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Le Leche League International
- Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor
- The Baby Book by Sears and Sears
- Our Babies, Ourselves by Meredith Small
- You are Your Child’s First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy
Sibling Preparation
- Mom and Dad and I are Having a Baby by Maryanne Malecki
- Baby on the Way by Sears
- Mama’s Milk by Michael Elson Ross and Ashley Wolff
History and Perspectives on Birth
- For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of Experts Advice to Women by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deidre English
- Birth: The Surprising History of How We are Born by Tina Cassidy
- Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie E. Davis-Floyed
- Misconceptions by Naomi Wolff
This list has been researched and recommended by Katie Garrity, Childbirth Educator.