Our Favorite Books
- The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman through Childbirth, Penny Simkin
- Birthing from Within- Pam England & Rob Horowitz
- The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth- Sheila Kitzinger
- The Doula Book- Marshall H. Klaus M.D., John H. Kennell and Phyllis H. Klaus
- An Easier Childbirth: A Mother’s Guide for Birthing Normally- Gayle Peterson
- Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions About Birthing Centers, Bieth Attendants. Water Birth, Home Birth and Hospital Births- Barbara Harper
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth- Ina May Gaskin
- The Mother of all Pregnancy Books: The Ultimate Guide to Conception, Birth and Everything In Between- Ann Douglas
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn- Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, & Ann Keppler
- The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth- Henci Goer
- The Well Baby Book – Mike and Nancy Samuels
- Birthing in the Spirit, by Cathy Daub
Breastfeeding
- The Breastfeeding Answer Book- Nancy Mohrbacher, Julie Stock, & Edward Newton
- The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers- Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman
- Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding- Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman
- The Nursing Mother’s Companion- Kathleen Higgins & Ruth Lawrence
- Breastfeeding With Comfort and Joy, by Laura Keegan
Postpartum Books
- Postpartum Survival Guide – Ann Punnewold, PhD
- Good Night, Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep , Stay Asleep, And Wake Up Happy by Kim West and Joanne Kenen (Paperback – Jan 2006)
- She also has a direct website: http://www.sleeplady.com/
- Sleeping Through the Night, Revised Edition: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night’s Sleep by Jodi A. Mindell (Paperback – Mar 15, 2005)
- The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley and William Sears (Paperback – Mar 28, 2002)
