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Books I Recommend

Reading during your birth journey is a time of self-discovery and empowerment. These recommendations offer guidance on many things. Ultimately, embracing reading can enrich the prenatal and postnatal experience, fostering well-being for both parents and their precious newborns.

*Clients gain access to my lending library. 

Books about Pregnancy & Birth

  • Birth Matters — Ina May Gaskin

  • Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering — Sarah Buckley

  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth — Ina May Gaskin

  • Nine Golden Months — Heng Ou

  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn — Penny Simkin, Ann Keppler, and Janelle Durham

  • Real Food for Gestational Diabetes — Lily Nichols

  • Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition — Lily Nichols

  • Spiritual Midwifery — Ina May Gaskin

  • The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices — Aviva Jill Romm

  • The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Childbirth — Henci Goer

  • Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood — and Trusting Yourself and Your Body — Erica Chidi Cohen

  • Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong – and What You Really Need to Know — Emily Oster

Books about Preconception

  • Awakening Fertility — Heng Ou

  • The Fifth Vital Sign — Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

  • Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing — Christiane Northrup, M.D.

  • Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats — Sally Fallon

  • Spiritual Fertility — Dr. Julie Von

  • Mothering from Your Center — Tami Lynn Kent

  • Taking Charge of Your Fertility — Toni Weschler, MPH

Books about Postpartum & Support

  • After the Baby’s Birth — Robin Lim

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers — Nancy Mohrbacher

  • The First Forty Days — Heng Ou

  • The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality — Kimberly Ann Johnson

Books for Partners & Support Team

  • The Birth Partner — Penny Simkin

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