Recommended Reading List for Expectant Families
1. Open Season by Nancy Wainer Cohen
2. Silent Knife by Nancy Wainer Cohen
3. VBAC Very Beautiful and Courageous by Lynn Baptisti Richards
4. Artemis Speaks by Nan Koehler
5. Birth After Cesarean; The Medical Facts by Bruce Flamm, M.D.
Books about Pregnancy and Birth
1. The Secret Life of the Expectant Mother by Carl Jones
2. Mind Over Labor by Carl Jones
3. Husband Coached Childbirth by Robert M. Bradley, M.D.
4. Childbirth Without Fear by Grantly Dick Read
5. A Good Birth, A Safe Birth by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer
6. Choosing Waterbirth; Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth by Lakshmi Bertram
7. The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
8. The Guide to Natural Childbirth by Ina Mae Gaskin
9. Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn; Everything You Need To Know by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, and Ann Keppler
10. Hard labor by Susan L Diamond
11. Birthing From Within by Pam England
12. Giving Birth by Catherine Taylor
13. Emergency Childbirth by Gregory White M.D.
14. Birth Reborn by Dr. Michel Odent
The History of Obstetrics and Birth
1. Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
2. The American Way of Birth by Jessica Mitford
Obstetrics and Medical Research
1. Obstetric Myths Vs. Research Realities by Henci Goer
2. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
3. Unassisted Childbirth by Laura Shanley
Parenting Books
1. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International
2. Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor
Other Books
1. The Death of Common Sense; How Law is Suffocating America by Philip K. Howard; atty
2. The Medical Racket by Martin L Gross
3. Miracle Cures by Jean Carper
4. Wise Woman Herbals for the Childbearing Year by Susan Weed
5. The Intelligent Patient's Guide to the Doctor-Patient Relationship
6. Calcium; Nature's Versatile Mineral by Gene Spiller
7. Women's Health Solutions by Gary Null, Ph.D.
8. Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
Other
1. Video: Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper
2. www.birthlove.com (can be found at www.archive.org)
3. www.unassistedchildbirth.com
5. www.unhinderedliving.com/childbirth.html
17. www.ncbi.qnlm.nih.gov/entrez
18. www.DONA.org
20. www.kellymom.com
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