Recommended Resources

(just a few of my many favorites)

Trends in Maternity Care:

Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block

Birth:  The Surprising History of How We Are Born by Tina Cassidy

Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis-Floyd

 Pregnancy and Birth:

Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper, RN

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Penny Simkin, PT, Janet Whalley, RN, BSN, Ann Keppler, RN, MN

Birthing from Within by Pam England CNM, MA & Rob Horowitz, PhD

Having a Baby, Naturally by Peggy O'Mara

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin 

Alternative Therapies for Pregnancy and Birth by Pat Thomas

 About Doulas:

The Doula Book:  How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. Klaus, MD, John H. Kennell, MD, & Phyllis H. Klaus, CSW, MFT

Birth Plans:

Creating Your Birth Plan by Marsden Wagner, MD, MS

Hey, Who's Having This Baby Anyway? by Breck Hawk, RN, CNM

Blessingways:

Blessingways; A Guide to Mother-Centered Baby Showers by Shari Maser, CCE

Mother Rising: The Blessingway Journey into Motherhood by Yana Cortland, Barb Lucke, and Donna Miller Watelet

 Yoga & Meditation during Pregnancy:

www.yogayoga.com  (pre- & post-natal classes)

www.austinkulayoga.net (pre & postnatal classes)

Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful by Gurmukh (book on Kundalini Yoga & Meditation for Pregnancy and Birth)

Prenatal Yoga with Collette Crawford , RN (video/dvd)

 Breastfeeding:

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International

The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins, RN, MS

The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, by Jack Newman, MD, and Teresa Piman

Parenting:

The Baby Book; Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby-From Birth to Age Two by William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN

Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.

Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years by Jim Fay and Charles Fay, Ph.D.

Magazines: 

Midwifery Today

BIRTH

Mothering

Films:

The Business of Being Born (Fall 2007)

Pregnant in America (End of 2007)

Fiction:    

The Birth House  by Ami McKay (historical fiction surrounding midwifery and the rise of medicalized birth)