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  The Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy
Vicky Iovine
A humorous read that feels like sitting down for a chat with a friend
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although a friend who assumes your pregnancy and birth will go a certain
way without you having much choice in the matter! Great fun, but little
perspective on what you can do to be an active participant in your own
pregnancy and birth or to make choices that can change your experience.
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 Birthing from Within
Pam England
This book helps you approach pregnancy and birth by exploring deeply
your own feelings and concerns about the process. Written in a
supportive and down-to-earth style, the books guides you through a range
of exercises using writing and drawing to get to the root of fears and
see them in a new light, as well as discover ways to build confidence
for birth.
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a doula!
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 Conception, Pregnancy and Birth
Miriam Stoppard
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 Expecting Change: The Emotional Journey through
Pregnancy
Ellen Sue Stern
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 The Farmer and the Obstetrician
Michel Odent
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 A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth
Murray Enkin et al.
A fairly technical read, mostly for die-hard information junkies. But
for those who are keen, this book compiles the results of the best
available evidence on many topics related to pregnancy and birth,
explaining what research shows is clearly beneficial for women (such as
continuous support during birth and freedom of movement) and what is
clearly harmful (such as routine enemas, routine episiotomy, and woman
routinely lying on her back for birth). The gold standard of
good-quality information.
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a doula!
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 Having Twins
Elizabeth Noble
One of the most even-handed, least scare-mongering books available on
multiple pregnancy. This book helps parents of twins (or more)
understand the options available for pregnancy and birth and feel in
control of their choices.
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a doula!
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 Heart and Hands
Elizabeth Davis
Written by an experienced midwife, a comprehensive guide to pregnancy
and birth combining detailed information on medical practices with
extensive tips and insights into the social and emotional sides of
pregnancy and birth.
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 Hey! Who's Having This Baby Anyway?
Breck Hawk
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 Immaculate Deception II
Suzanne Arms
A fascinating, original look at how women's experience of birth has been
influenced by medical practices in recent decades, and how women can
reclaim a sense of personal confidence and even magic in birth.
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 The Joy Of Twins and Other Multiple Births
Pamela Patrick Novotny
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Midwife Wisdom, Mother Love
Sarah James
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 Mother's Intention
Kim Wildner
A controversial book that focuses on the role we each play in creating
our own reality for birth. Wildner's emphasis is on each person's
responsibility for taking the steps necessary to create the birth we
want through our choice of place of birth and caregiver, through the
attitudes we hold, and through the support we put into place. A
hard-hitting book that many women find refreshing and energizing, this
book is also controversial in some of the perspectives it brings. Decide
for yourself!
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 Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities
Henci Goer
A book for research junkies, this book gives abstracts for relevant
research studies on many key topics related to birth such as episiotomy,
use of epidural anaesthesia, and vaginal birth after caesarean. Each
study is explained and critically reviewed, and Goer writes an
introduction to each topic spelling out the key ideas and what the
medical evidence reveals. Meticulously supported with full references.
Not a casual read, but a fascinating one!
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 Pregnancy and Childbirth
Sheila Kitzinger
A bible of pregnancy and childbirth, this is comprehensive information
and a warm and supportive approach from one of the most revered
childbirth authorities in the world.
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 Silent Knife
Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J. Estner
A forceful book looking at the alarming rise in the number of women
having caesareans in recent years, how to reduce your chances of ending
up with a caesarean, and how to pursue a vaginal birth after caesarean.
Strong opinions here!
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 Spiritual Midwifery
Ina May Gaskin
Author Ina May Gaskin is a midwife who has attended births at a farm
community in the United States for many years. This book is part birth
primer, part storybook, filled with information and tips as well as
numerous birth stories. Most are a bit of a blast from the past filled
with "hippie" language of making love, not war, but birth is still
birth, even if there are lovebeads and long hair involved. A classic of
birth literature, filled with inspiring stories.
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 The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
Henci Goer
An accessible, readable book from one of the most well-known proponents
of evidence-based care for birth. A guide to what medical evidence shows really is beneficial to mothers and babies and what is not, how
to know the difference, and what to do about it.
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 Trust Your Body, Trust Your Baby: Childbirth Wisdom
and Caesarean Prevention
Andrea Frank Henkart
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 Twins! Pregnancy, Birth, and the First Year of Life
(2nd edition)
Connie L. Agnew, Alan H. Klein, and Jill Alison Ganon
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 When Pregnancy Isn't Perfect: A Layperson's Guide to
Complications in Pregnancy
Laurie A. Rich
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 Vaginal Birth after Caesarean
Elizabeth Kaufmann
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