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Welcome to our curated list of must-read books for expectant and new parents. Whether you are navigating the exciting journey of pregnancy, preparing for childbirth, or embracing the challenges and joys of parenthood, our selection offers valuable insights, practical advice, and heartfelt stories to support you every step of the way. Dive into these thoughtfully chosen books to enrich your knowledge, gain confidence, and find inspiration as you embark on this remarkable journey.

The Attachment Parenting Book

Would you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed?[…]

The Attachment Parenting Book

Would you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father’s role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child’s eventual independence?

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Ina May’s Guide To Breastfeeding

Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers,[…]

Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding

Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most fulfilling way possible. Inside you’ll find answers to virtually every question you have on breastfeeding.

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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

It’s no secret that breastfeeding is the normal, healthy way to nourish[…]

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

It’s no secret that breastfeeding is the normal, healthy way to nourish and nurture your baby. Dedicated to supporting nursing and expectant mothers, the internationally respected La Leche League has set the standard for educating and empowering mothers in this natural art for generations.

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Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

In the United States, more than half the women who give birth are given[…]

Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

In the United States, more than half the women who give birth are given drugs to induce or speed up labor; for nearly a third of mothers, childbirth is major surgery — the cesarean section. For women who want an alternative, choice is often unavailable: Midwives are sometimes inaccessible; in eleven states they are illegal. In one of those states, even birthing centers are outlawed. When did birth become an emergency instead of an emergence? Since when is normal, physiological birth a crime? A groundbreaking journalistic narrative, Pushed presents the complete picture of maternity care in America.

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The Doula Book

More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring[…]

The Doula Book

More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a “doula.” This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors’ earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and working with a doula, the authors show how a doula reduces the need for cesarean section, shortens the length of labor, decreases the pain medication required, and enhances bonding and breast feeding.

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Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way

The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised in 2017 for[…]

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way

The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised in 2017 for the twenty-first century, with updated information and attractive new illustrations and photos throughout. For women birthing vaginally, 90% of Bradley births are drug-free!

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HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method

Childbirth is not something to be feared; it is a natural expression of [….]

HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method

Childbirth is not something to be feared; it is a natural expression of life. With HypnoBirthing, your pregnancy and childbirth will become the gentle, life-affirming process it was meant to be.

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Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta

Renowned for her practice’s exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May[…]

Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta

Renowned for her practice’s exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international notoriety for promoting natural birth. She is a much-beloved leader of a movement that seeks to stop the hyper-medicalization of birth—which has lead to nearly a third of hospital births in America to be cesarean sections—and renew confidence in a woman’s natural ability to birth.

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Childbirth without Fear

In an age when normal birth can still be overtaken by obstetrics, Grantly Dick-Read’s[…]

Childbirth Without Fear

In an age when normal birth can still be overtaken by obstetrics, Grantly Dick-Read’s philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks the root causes of women’s fears and anxiety about pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding with overwhelming heart and empathy. As one of the most influential birthing books of all time, Childbirth Without Fear is essential reading for all parents-to-be, childbirth educators, midwives and obstetricians!

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Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s[…]

Ina May’s Guide To Childbirth

Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience.

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