Favorite Birth Related Book List

Pregnancy
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Simkin, Whalley & Keppler
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun Weed

Childbirth
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Birthing from Within by Pam England
Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
Homebirth by Sheila Kitzinger
Mind Over Labor by Carl Jones
When Survivors Give Birth by Klaus and Simkin
Having Twins by Elizabeth Noble
The VBAC Companion by Diana Korte

Breastfeeding
The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers by Jack Newman
Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Mohrbacher & Kendall-Tackett
Mother Food by Hilary Jacobson
Defining Your Own Success Breast Feeding after Breast Reduction Surgery by Diana West
Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins by Karen Kerkhoff Gromada

Newborns/Babies
The Baby Book by Sears & Sears
Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five by Penelope Leach
Bonding: Building the Foundations of Secure Attachment and Independence by Klaus, Kennell, & Klaus
Your Amazing Newborn by Klaus & Klaus
The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp (DVD)

Postpartum: recovery, becoming a family and much more
After the Baby’s Birth a Complete Guide for Postpartum Women By Robin Lim
The Post-Pregnancy Handbook by Sylvia Brown
The Year After Childbirth by Kitzinger
Mothering the New Mother by Placksin

Parenting/Child Development
Becoming the Parent You Want To Be Laura Davis and Janis Keyser
Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent by Meredith Small
The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
You Are Your Child’s First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin
Becoming a Father by Sears
What's going on in there?  How the brain and mind develop in the first five years of life. By Lise Eliot, PhD
Theories of childhood: an introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky by Carol Garhart Mooney
The Diaper-Free Baby: The Natural Toilet Training Alternative by Christine Gross-loh