Pregnancy and Parenting Biblio ~ a place to begin...

Pregnancy/Birth
***A Child Is Born by Lennart Nilsson
***The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger, Camilla Jessel, Nancy Durrell McKenna
***A Good Birth, a Safe Birth by Roberta Scaer, Diana Korte
***Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
***Your Baby, Your Way-Making Pregnancy Decisions and Birth Plans by Sheila Kitzinger
***Tentative Pregnancy-How Amniocentesis Changes the Experience of Motherhood by Barbara Katz Rothman
***The Encyclopedia of Childbearing-a Guide to Prenatal Practices, Birth Alternatives, Infant Care, and Parenting Decisions for the '90 by Barbara Katz Rothman
***Pregnancy Childbirth and the Newborn-The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley
***Pregnancy and Childbirth by Tracy Hotchner
***Your Pregnancy Week by Week by Glade B. Curtis MD......good information for weekly changes
***Special Delivery-The Complete Guide to Informed Birth by Rahima Baldwin
***Pregnant Feelings by Baldwin, Palmari
***Birthing Normally by Gayle Peterson
***Seasons of Change-Growing Through Pregnancy & Birth by Suzanne Arms
***Preparing for Birth With Yoga-Exercises for Pregnancy and Childbirth by Janet Balaskas
***Water Babies by Erik Sidenbladh
***Prenatal Yoga & Natural Birth by Jeannine O'Brien Medvin
***The Well Pregnancy Book by Mike Samuels, MD and Nancy Samuels
***Giving Birth, how it really feels by Sheila Kitzinger...A book of birth stories
***What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know-The truth about drugs and diet by Tom Brewer, MD...consumer version of Dr. Brewer's work to prevent pre-eclampsia and toxemia with excellent
nutrition
***Pregnancy, Children and the Vegan Diet by Michael Klaper
***Immaculate Deception II-Myth, Magic and Birth: By Suzanne Arms
***Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer
***Why Natural Childbirth?-A Psychologist's Report on the Benefits to Mothers, Fathers, and Babies by Deborah Tanzer
***Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun Weed
***Aromatherapy for Pregnancy and Childbirth by Margaret Fawcett, licensed aromatherapist
***Essential Excercises for the Childbearing Year by Elizabeth Noble
***The American Way of Birth by Jessica Mitford the politics of health care and birth in the US
***Birth by Caterine Millinaire
***A child is born by WILHELM zurLINDEN
***Jane Fonda’s Workout book for pregnancy, birth and recovery by Femmy DeLyser
***Pregnancy and Birth Handbook by Dr. Miriam Stoppard
***Ideal Birth by Sondra Ray
***Active Birth by Janet/Arthur Balaskas
***Pursuing the Birth Machine by Marsden Wagner The search for appropriate birth technology

Birth Choices
***A Good Birth, a Safe Birth by Roberta Scaer, Diana Korte
***The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin.
***Partners in Birth by Kathy Cain
***Special Women-The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant by Paulina Perez, Cheryl Snedeker
***Sharing Birth by Carl Jones...A fathers guide to giving support during labor
***MOTHERING THE MOTHER-How a Doula Can Help You Have A Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. & Phyllis H. Klaus, and John H. Kennell
***Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
***Heart and Hands by Elizabeth Davis
***Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper
***Your Fertility Signals-Using Them to Achieve or Avoid Pregnancy, Naturally by Merryl Winstein
***Husband-Coached Childbirth-The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth by Robert A. Bradley
***Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
by Susan McCutcheon

Pregnancy Loss
***Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L. Davis,PhD
***I’LL Hold you in Heaven by Jack Hayford


Surgical Birth/Cesarean
***Silent Knife -Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean by Nancy Wainer Cohen & Lois J. Estner
***The Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Experience-Birth Stories by Parents and Professionals
by Lynn Baptisti Richards

Mothering/soul food
***Blue Jays Dance by Louise Erdrich
***Operating Instructions, a journal of my son’s first year by Anne Lamott
***Birth Poetry edited by Charlotte Otten
***Mothers a celebration by Alexandra Stoddard
***On Becoming a Gandparent, a diary of family discovery by Alma H. Bond
***Motherwriter, poems by Judith W. Steinbergh
***An Adoration of Babies, poems, prose and photos and paintings celbrating babies (Gail Harvey)
***Laughter and Tears-A Complete Guide to the Emotional Life of New Mothers by Elisabeth Bing,
Libby Colman
*** After The Baby's Birth-A Woman's Way To Wellness A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women by Robin Lim

Parenting
***THE BABY BOOK - Everything You Need to Know about Your Baby from Birth to Age Two:, THE DISCIPLINE BOOK - Everything You Need to Know to Have a Better Behaved Child from Birth to Age Ten by Dr. William & Martha Sears
***Becoming a Father by William Sears
***THE FUSSY BABY - How to bring out the best in your high need child by Dr. William Sears
***The Family Bed-An Age Old Concept in Childrearing by Tine Thevenin
***The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
***The Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce
***Children, the Challenge by Rudolf Dreikurs
***Raising Sexually Healthy Children by Lynn Leight
***Discipline-101 Alternatives to Nagging, yelling and spanking by Alvin Price, Jay Parry
***Infants and Mothers-Differences in Development by T. Berry Brazelton, excellent comparison of first
year of an active, average and quiet baby
***Parenting isn’t for cowards by James C. Dobson
***Parenting for Peace and Justice by Kathleen and James McGinnis
***Whole Child/Whole Parent by Polly Berends
***Liberated Parents, Liberated Children by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
***Siblings without rivalry by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
***INFANT MASSAGE: A Handbook for loving parents by Vimala Schneider McClure
***What's a Smart Woman like you doing At Home? by Linda Burton, Janet Dittmer, & Cheri Loveless
***How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
***Celebrating the Great Mother-A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children
by Cait Johnson , Maura D. Shaw
***THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING by La Leche League International: Not just about
breastfeeding!

Arrival of a Sibling
***How Was I Born? by Lennart Nilsson , Lena Katarina Swanberg
***Where did I come from? by Peter Mayle funny and informative
***Mom and Dad and I Are Having a Baby by Maryann Malecki
***The New Baby by Fred Rogers


Breastfeeding
***THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING by La Leche League International... the resource
manual for breastfeeding, the basics and much more.
***The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins
***The Working Womans Guide to Breastfeeding by Nancy Dana & Anne Price
***Babies, Breastfeeding and Bonding by Ina May Gaskin
***Breastfeeding-Biocultural Perspectives, edited by Patricia Stuart-Macadam & Katherine A. Dettwyler
***Milk, Money and Madness-The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding by Naomi Baumslag and Dia L.Michels
***Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma Jane Bumgarner
***Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing by Sheila Kippley

Family Health
***How to Raise a Healthy Child...In Spite of Your Doctor: By Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn
***Natural Medicine for Children by Julian Scott, PhD
***Aromatherapy for Women by Maggie Tisserand a practical guide to essential oils
***Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun Weed
***Aromatherapy for Pregnancy and Childbirth by Margaret Fawcett, licensed aromatherapist
***Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year by Elizabeth Noble
***Hygieia, a Womans Herbal by Jeannine Parvati
***Natural Healing for Babies & Children by Aviva Jill Romm
***Natural Baby Care by Colleen K. Dott
***Childhood Ear Infections by Dr. Michael A. Schmidt
*** What Every Parent Should Know About Childhood Immunization by Jamie Murphy
***The Yeast Connection and the Woman by William G. Crook, M.D.


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