The following are recommended books on childbirth, labor, postpartum, breastfeeding, and high risk pregnancy. I highly recommend going to the library first.
Preparing For Labor
- The Nurturing Touch at Birth (Paulina Perez)
- The Doula Advantage (Rachel Gurevich)
- Special Women (Paulina Perez)
- Mothering the Mother (Klaus, Klaus, Kennell)
- The Doula Book (Klaus, Klaus, Kennell)
- The Birth Partener (Penny Simkin)
- The Labor Progress Handbook (Penny Simkin)
- Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities (Henci Goer)
- The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth (Henci Goer)
- Active Birth (Janet Balaskas)
- Mind Over Labor (Carl Jones)
- Easing Labor Pain (Adrienne Lieberman)
- A Good Birth, A Safe Birth (Diana Korte & Roberta Scaer)
- Gentle Birth Choices (Barbar Harper)
- Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Newborn (Smikin, Whalley, Kepler)
- The Birth Book (Sears & Sears)
- Cesarean Birth & VBAC (Elizabeth Kaufman)
- The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Sheila Kitzinger)
- Birth as an American Rite of Passage (Robbie Davis-Floyd)
- Nutrituion for a Healthy Pregnancy (Elizabeth Somer)
Postpartum
- Love and Logic Series (Dr. Charles Fay)
- Attachment Parenting (Katie Allison Granju with Betsy Kennedy)
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, & the Newborn (Penny Simkin)
- Mothering the New Mother (Sally Placksin)
- The Baby Book (Sears & Sears)
- This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression (Karen Kleinman & Valeri Rasking)
- When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads, Revised Ed.: Proven Guidelines For a Healthy
Multiple Pregnancy (Barbary Luke & Tamara Eberlien)
- The Year After Childbirth (Sheila Kitzinger)
- The Earliest Relationship (Brazelton & Cramer)
- Bonding (Marshall Klaus)
- The Birth Book (Sears & Sears)
- You and Your Newborn Baby (Linda Todd)
- The Happiest Baby On The Block (Dr. Harvey Karp)
- The No-Cry Sleep Solution (Elizabeth Pantley)
Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 3rd Revised Ed. (Jan Riordan)
- The Breastfeeding Answer Book (La Leche League Itnl.)
- The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers (Dr. Jack Newman & Teresa Pitman) for the USA
- Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers (Nancy Mohrbacher & Kathleen
Kendall-Tackett)
- Coach's Notebook: Games & Strategies for Lactation Education (Linda Smith)
- The Breastfeeding Atlas, 2nd Ed. (Barbar Wilson-Clay & Kay Hoover)
- Medications & Mother's Milk (Thomas Hal, R.Ph. Ph.D.) most recent version
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (La Leche League Intl.)
- Breastfeeding: A Parent's Guide, 7th Revised Ed. (Amy Spangler)
- So That's What They're For! Breastfeeding Basics (Janete Tamaro)
- The Breastfeeding Book (Sears & Sears)
- Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery (Diana West)
- Birth & Breastfeeding (Michel Odent)
- Breastfeeding the Adopted Baby (Debra Peterson)
- Mother Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins and More 2007 Ed (Gromada)
- The Premature Baby Book (Dr. Sears)
- Mothering Your Nursing Toddler (Norma Bumgarner)
- The Milk Memos (Cate Colburn-Smith & Adrea Serrette)
- The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning (Kathleen Huggins & Linda Ziedrich)
- Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants (Cathering Genna Watson)
- The Nursing Mother's Companion (Kathleen Huggins)
- Babies, Breastfeeding, & Bonding (Ina May Gaskin)
- Nutrition in Pregnancy & Lactation (Worthington-Roberts, Vermeesch, & Williams)
- Nursing Mother, Working Mother (Gale Pryor)
High Risk Pregnancy
- The Preganancy Bed Rest Book (Amy E. Tracy)
- When Pregnancy Isn't Perfect (Laurie A. Rich)
- Intensive Caring (Dianne Hales & Timothy R. B. Johanson)
- Preventing Preterm Birth (Michael Katz)
- Days in Waiting: A Guide to Surviving Pregnancy Bedrest (Mary Ann McCann)
- Nutrition For a Healthy Pregnancy (Elizabether Somer)
- No More Morning Sickness (Miriam Erick)
- The Pregnant Woman's Comfort Book (Jennifer Louden)
- The Pregnancy Book (Sears & Sears)
- Every Pregnant Woman's Guide To Preventing Premature Birth (Barbara Lake)
- Your Premature Baby (Frank P. Manginello & Teresa Foy DiGeronimo)
