Today I put together a list of all the books I have read relating to pregnancy, birth, parenting and women's health as part of my La Leche League leader application. I was shocked. I have these and so many more for my clients to borrow that I have collected over the years in my Birth & Parenting library. Here is the list I have read:
(* La Leche League approved)
PREGNANCY
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*CHILD IS BORN, A--Nilsson, Lennart
*ESSENTIAL EXERCISES FOR THE CHILDBEARING YEAR--Noble, Elizabeth (4th ed.)
*HAVING TWINS--Noble, Elizabeth
When You’re Expecting Twins, Triplets and Quads: Luke and Eberlein
The Secret Life of the Unborn Child: Verny
Nurturing the Unborn Child: Verny
What to Expect When You are Expecting
Pregnant Feelings: Rahima Baldwin
*MAKING LOVE DURING PREGNANCY--Bing, Elisabeth & Libby Colman
*EATING EXPECTANTLY--Swinney, Bridget (rev. ed.)
Protecting Your Baby to Be: Profet
Total Nutrition During Pregnancy: Kamen & Kamen
What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know: Tom Brewer
Maternity Leave: Eileen Casey
Pregnancy Bedrest: Johnston & Krant
Moving Through Pregnancy: Elizabeth Bing
Baby Daddy: Clayton Connolly
BIRTH
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*BIRTH REBORN--Odent, Michel (2nd ed.)
*BIRTH YOUR WAY--Kitzinger, Sheila
*ACTIVE BIRTH--Balaskas, Janet
*GENTLE BIRTH CHOICES--Harper, Barbara
*INA MAY'S GUIDE TO CHILDBIRTH--Gaskin, Ina May
Spiritual Midwifery: Ina May Gaskin
Birth Matters: a midwife’s manifesta: Ina May Gaskin
Pushed: Jennifer Block
Visualizations for an Easier Childbirth: Carl Jones
*MIND OVER LABOR--Jones, Carl
Silent Knife: Cohen & Estner
Open Seaso: Cohen
Seasons of Change: Suzanne Arms
*IMMACULATE DECEPTION II--Arms, Suzanne
*OBSTETRIC MYTHS VERSUS RESEARCH REALITIES--Goer, Henci
*THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE TO A BETTER BIRTH, THE--Goer, Henci
*CHILDBIRTH WITHOUT FEAR--Dick-Read, Grantly
*COMPLETE BOOK OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH, THE--Kitzinger, Sheila
*HOMEBIRTH--Kitzinger, Sheila
*SPECIAL DELIVERY--Baldwin, Rahima
The American Way of Birth: Jessica Mitford
A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy & Childbirth: Enkin, Keirse, Chalmers
Your Baby, Your Way: Kitzinger
Mamatoto; A Celebration of Birth: The Body Shop
Birth With Out Violence: F. Leboyer
Creating a Joyful Birth Experience: Capacchione & Bardsley
Birthing From Within:
Hypnobirthing: Mongan
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way: McCutcheon
DOULAS & MIDWIFERY
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*BIRTH PARTNER, THE--Simkin, Penny
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha BallardWise Woman’s Herbal for the Childbearing Year: Susan Weed
Understanding Diagnostic Test in the Childbearing Year: Anne Frye
BREASTFEEDING
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*BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK, THE
*IF MY MOM WERE A PLATYPUS--Michels, Dia
*LEADER'S HANDBOOK, THE--LLLI (4th. rev. ed.)
*NURSING MOTHER'S COMPANION, THE--Huggins, Kathleen (6th ed.)
*WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING--LLLI (7th ed.)
PARENTING
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*CONTINUUM CONCEPT, THE--Liedloff, Jean
*HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN & LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK--Faber, Adele & Elaine Mazlish
*HOW YOU WERE BORN--Cole, Joanna (rev. ed.)
*ONCE UPON A POTTY (Boy, Girl)--Frankel, Alona
*RAISING A SON: Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man--Elium, Don, Jeanne Elium
*RAISING YOUR SPIRITED CHILD--Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy
*SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY--Faber, Adele & Elaine Mazlish
*SOPHIE AND THE NEW BABY--Anholt, Catherine & Laurence
*NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION: A Companion Workbook--Leu, Lucy
*HOW TO RAISE A HEALTHY CHILD...IN SPITE OF YOUR DOCTOR--Mendelsohn, Robert
*RUNAWAY BUNNY, THE--Brown, Margaret
*YOUR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM: The Key to Life--Briggs, Dorothy
*WOMEN AS MOTHERS--Kitzinger, Sheila
What to Expect the First Year
Positive Discipline: Jane Nelsen
Ames & Ilg series Your Two Year Old, ect.
Circumcision, what it Does: Billy Ray Boyd
Say No to Circumcision: Dr. Thomas J. Ritter
The Anguish of Loss: Fritsche & Ilse
Becoming Attached: Robert Karen
A Baby for Grace: Ian Whybrow
HEALTH
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*WOMEN'S BODIES, WOMEN'S WISDOM--Northrup, Christiane (2nd ed.)
Wise Woman’s Herbal for the Childbearing Year: Susan Weed
Childbirth & Marriage: Tracy Hotchner
Beyond the Baby Blues: Bennett & Indman
Understanding Diagnostic Test in the Childbearing Year: Anne Frye
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