Recommended Reading

What To Expect When You're Expecting
This is the classic pregnancy book.  It will take you through your pregnancy week by week and describe the babies growth and changes that your body is going through.  It also discusses labor and breast-feeding.  This is the book that took me through my pregnancy.




Gentle Birth Choices










The Pregnancy Book










The Pregnancy Sourcebook











Thinking about natural childbirth?
Birthing From Within
Written by a midwife, this book focuses on birthing as an art.  It discusses different options such as home birth or hospital birth, circumcision, doulas, midwives or doctors, etc.  It promotes birthing through the pain and ways to prepare for labor.




The Natural Pregnancy Book









Ina May's Guide to Childbirth










Choosing Waterbirth: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth










For Breastfeeding:
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding