Robin's Book Recommendations

This is a collection of my favorite pregnancy books. Most are available from your local bookstore, or they can be ordered from online here.

Childbirth.org is a not-for-profit entity. We are also commercial free and intend to stay that way. In order to help support the growing costs of maintaining the site, you can purchase your pregnancy books through this and the other Childbirth.org Pages, usually at a discount over the bookstore prices.

Robin Elise Weiss, ICCE, CD(DONA), NACA, BCCE
info@childbirth.org
Last Updated: February 22, 1997

Rating System
= A Must Read!
= A good book.
Worth borrowing.
= Warning!

Pregnancy Books / Labor and Birth Books / Breastfeeding Books
Parenting Books / Miscellaneous (including Magazines)

Pregnancy Books

  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Janet Whalley , Penny Simkin
  • The Encyclopedia of Childbearing edited by Barbara Katz-Rothman
  • Conception, Pregnancy & Birth by Dr. Miriam Stoppard
  • Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCuthcheon
  • Natural Pregnancy by Janet Balaskas
  • Good Birth, Safe Birth by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer
  • Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper & Suzanne Arms
  • A Child is Born by Lennart Nilsson
  • The New Well Pregnancy Book by Nancy Samuels

    Labor and Birth Books

  • The Birth Book by Dr. William and Martha Sears, RN IBCLC
  • The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA)
  • Episiotomy & the Second Stage of Labor by Shelia Kitzinger and Penny Simkin
  • Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities by Henci Goer
  • Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention & VBAC by Nancy Wainer Cohen & Lois Estner
  • Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss by Perry-Lynn Moffit
  • Giving Birth by Shelia Kitzinger
  • Birthing Normally by Gayle Peterson
  • Mind Over Labor by Carl Jones
  • Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Birth and VBAC in the 90's by Nancy Wainer Cohen
  • Birth After Cesarean by Dr. Bruce Flamm
  • Natural Birth After Cesarean: A Practical Guide by Johanne C. Walters , Karis Crawford
  • Easing Labor Pain by Adrienne Lieberman
  • Good Birth, Safe Birth by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer
  • Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier & Healthier Birth by John H. Kennell , Phyllis H. Klaus , Marshall H. Klaus
  • Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper & Suzanne Arms
  • Conception, Pregnancy & Birth by Dr. Miriam Stoppard
  • Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCuthcheon

    Breastfeeding Books

  • The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins
  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by LLLI
  • The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning by Kathleen Huggins
  • Breastfeeding Your Premature or Special Care Baby, A Practical Guide for Nursing the Tiny Baby by Marsha Walker and Jeanne Watson Driscoll
  • Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor
  • Mothering Multiples - Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins by Karen Kerkhoff Gromada

    Parenting Books

  • Baby Games by Elaine Martin
  • The Baby Book by Dr. William and Martha Sears, RN, IBCLC
  • The Miracle Year by Lani Carter and Lauren Simon Ostrow
  • Three in a Bed by Deborah Jackson
  • Baby Proofing Basics by Vicki Lansky
  • Welcoming Your Second Baby by Vicki Lansky
  • Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep by William Sears, MD
  • Becoming a Father by William Sears
  • Postpartum Survival Guide by Dunnewold and Sanford

    Miscellaneous

  • Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier & Healthier Birth by John H. Kennell , Phyllis H. Klaus , Marshall H. Klaus
  • Special Women by Polly Perez (about doulas)

    Subscriptions:

    Online

    International Journal of Childbirth Education
    International Doula
    New Beginnings
    Midwifery Today

    Snail Mail

    Mothering
    Mothering
    P.O. Box 1690
    Santa Fe, NM 87504

    TWINS®
    TWINS® Customer Service
    P.O. Box 12045
    Overland Park, KS 66282-2045

    Birth Gazette
    Birth Gazette
    42, The Farm
    Summertown, TN 38483
    (615)964-2519

    childbirth instructor
    Cradle Publishing, Inc.
    26 Broadway
    Suite 734
    New York, NY 10004
    (212)447-6746

    Birth - Issues in Perinatal Care
    Blackwell Scientific Publications, Inc.
    Three Cambridge Center
    Suite 208
    Cambridge, MA 02142

    Maternal Child Nursing
    The American Journal of Nursing Co.
    555 W. 57 St.
    New York, NY 10019-2961

    Childbirth Forum
    Childbirth Forum
    On Target Media
    1444 I Street
    Suite 1050
    Washington, DC 20005

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