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Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin
What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by.... finish reading about the book here.
Spiritual Midwifery
Ina May Gaskin
Here is the classic book on home birth that introduced a whole generation of women to the concept of natural childbirth. Back again are even more amazing birthing tales, including those from women who were babies in earlier editions and stories about Old Order Amish women attended by the Farm midwives. For more click here
Unplugged Play
Bobbie Conner
Most parents agree that kids are spending too much time watching TV, videos, and clicking the keypad on electronic toys, but they just aren’t sure how to pull the plug on excessive electronic play!
Unplugged Play™ comes to the rescue-with 710 games and activities that allow parents to say, “YES” to creative, active, imaginative play. For toddlers, preschoolers and grade-schoolers. Unplugged website
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
Henci Goer
Henci Goer provides you with up-to-date medical information that will help you make informed decisions and practical advice that will help you avoid unnecessary procedures, drugs, and restrictions. The book covers cesareans, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), epidurals, induction of labor, and much more. Click here for more about Henci Goer
The Doula Book
Klaus, Kennell, and Klaus
More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a "doula." This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors' earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and working with a doula, the authors show how a doula reduces the need for cesarean section, shortens the length of labor, decreases the pain medication required, and enhances bonding and breast feeding. link to purchase and more info
More Great Reads
All of these books by Aviva Romm:
*Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health
*Naturally Healthy Babies and Children
*The Natural Pregnancy Book
*Natural Health After Birth
*Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent’s Guide
*ADHD Alternatives
http://avivaromm.com/books
Any of the books by Sheila Kitzinger
http://www.sheilakitzinger.com/
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley
http://sarahbuckley.com/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
https://www.pennysimkin.com/shop/the-birth-partner-4th-edition/
Becoming Us by Elly Taylor
Whole Brain Child by Siegel and Bryson
Your Vegetarian Pregnancy by Holly Roberts
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Vegetarian-Pregnancy-Month-Month/dp/0743224523
Real Food for Mother's and Babies by Nina Planck
Birthing From Within
Pam England and Rob Horowitz
Read the inspiring book that is revolutionizing childbirth preparation! Once you open this book, you will be drawn in by its exquisite design, intriguing illustrations and artwork, poignant birth stories, and captivating titles. Read more about Birthing from Within here
What to expect when you're expecting
Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
America's pregnancy bible, packed with everything parents-to-be need to know about pregnancy. Overflowing with tips, helpful hints, and humor, the 4th edition incorporates the most up-to-date developments in obstetrics and addresses workplace concerns, nutrition, current lifestyle trends, and more. A perennial New York Times bestseller and one of USA Today's 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years, with more than 17 million copies in print. More info here
Energy Focused Meditation
Genevieve Lewis Paulson
We are pure energy- energy with many different vibratory rates. Each vibratory rate corresponds to the seven levels of existence; physical, etheric, emotional, mental, intuitional/compassionate, will/spirit, and divine. This book can help you purify and refine your energy at each level for expanded awareness and spiritual growth. Check out the author and more about mind, body and spirit here.
Books about Breastfeeding:
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 8th Edition
Feed Yourself, Feed your Family
The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk by Diana West and Lisa Marasco
Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor and Kathleen Huggins
Mother Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins and More by Karen Kerkhoff Gromada
Mothering your Nursing Toddler by Norma Jane Bumgarner
The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning by Kathleen Huggins and Linda Ziedrich
Adventures in Tandem Nursing by Hilary Flower
Breastfeeding Older Children by Ann Sinnott
Breastfeeding your Premature Baby by Gwen Gotsch
Defining your Own Success: breastfeeding after breast reduction surgery by Diana West, IBCLC
Breastfeeding in Combat Boots by Robyn Roche-Paull
Hirkani's Daughters: woman who scale modern mountains by breastfeeding and working edited by Jennifer Hicks
Breastfeeding an Adopted Baby and Relactation by Elizabeth Hormann
Eat Well, Loose Weight while Breastfeeding by Eileen Behan
Books for children about breastfeeding:
The Mystery of the Breast by Victoria De Aboitiz
Mommy Breastfeed by Baby Brother by Mark Repkin
You, Me and the Breast by Monica Calaf and Mikel Fuentes
Michele The Nursing Toddler
Mama's Milk/Mama me alimenta by Micheal Ross and Ashley Wolff
Books about parenting:
Beyond the Sling: a guide to raising confident loving children by Mayim Bialik, PhD
Discipline without Distress: 135 tools for raising caring, responsible children without spanking, punishment, or time-outs by Judy Arnall
Becoming a Father by William Sears
Nighttime Parenting: How to get your baby and child to sleep by William Sears
Pea in a Pod: your complete guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond by Linda Goldberg
Attached at the Heart: 8 proven parenting principles for raising connected and compassionate children by Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker
Sleeping with Your Baby: a parent's guide to cosleeping by James McKenna
Playful Learning: An Alternative Approach to Preschool by Anne Engelhardt and Cheryl Sullivan