 | Childbirth without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth by Grantly Dick-Read
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.99 An excellent place to begin - discover the fear-tension-pain relationship and why childbirth is not meant to be painful.
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 | Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $14.02 An amazing book that explains births gentle for both mom and baby. With a DVD that shows gentle births taking place.
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 | Journey into Motherhood: Inspirational Stories of Natural Birth by Sheri L. Menelli
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $8.68 Women need to hear positive stories about the amazing empowerment of childbirth. These 48 true stories will change the way you see your body and your ability to birth your baby forever!
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 | Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $9.34 Exceptional book and must have! First half is all true birth stories. Second half is deep knowledge and insight about each aspect of giving birth.
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 | Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by CNM, MA, Pam England
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.99 Filled with activities to connect with your body, your baby, and your awesome natural ability as a woman to give birth. A new way to view childbirth in a 21st century plagued with hospital horrors.
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 | Choosing Waterbirth: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth by Lakshmi Bertram
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.99 Ever been curious about waterbirth, thought about waterbirth, or never even heard about waterbirth? Filled with the whys and hows of waterbirth and how it is such a mom-and-baby-friendly way to birth.
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 | Adventures in Natural Childbirth: Tales from Women on the Joys, Fears, Pleasures, and Pains of Giving Birth Naturally
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.94 We cannot get enough true birth stories told by mothers themselves. An excellent collection.
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 | Heart & Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy & Birth by Elizabeth Davis
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $20.99 This is a slightly more technical book, but very good!! Use if you'd like to understand your birthing process and be knowledgable about just what your amazing body is doing.
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 | The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $7.50 This book is very complete on the topics it covers, and the massive amounts of research reviewed, yet easy to read and VERY informative and encouraging!
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 | The Power of Pleasurable Childbirth: Safety, simplicity, and satisfaction are all within our reach! by Laurie Annis Morgan
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $9.57 This one is slightly more radical in that it proposes freebirth (at home with no assistance from midwives) however, there are excellent informative and encouraging insights to be pulled from its pages
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 | Mothering Magazine's Having a Baby, Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Peggy O'Mara
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $5.50 An excellent resource for all Mothering needs! Nutrition,exercise,trimester guide,Birthing CHOICES,location alternatives,prenatal tests,breastfeeding,work/family,Fathers role, etc.This book has it all
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 | The Healing Power of 8 Sugars: An Amazing Breakthrough in Nutrition, Sciences and Medicine by Allan Somersall
Buy used from: $17.15 Pregnancy, birthing, & child-rearing Chptrs are excellent resources @ how glyconutrients drastically improve your experience of being pregnant, birthing & raising kids WWW.MANNAPAGES.COM/HEALTHHAPPY
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 | Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer
Buy used from: $0.01 A classic from 1976 that first asks why the United States medical model moved away from allowing women to birth in ways that were friendly and comfortable to themselves and their babies.
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 | Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives by Deepak Chopra
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.08 A holistic guide to learning about your body, your baby, and your natural powerful ability to birth. With excellent activities in each chapter to improve your birth experience.
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 | Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way: Revised Edition by Susan McCutcheon-Rosegg
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $7.94 More on the Bradley Method - to put Mom in control of birth! The difference between The Bradley Method and Lamaze is explained (most women are only offered the latter). Also see www.hypnobabies.com
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 | Husband-Coached Childbirth : The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth by Robert A. Bradley
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.89 Calming patterns of relaxation, breathing, and loving teamwork between partners - useful for you and your best friend, mother, spouse, or partner.
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| Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
Buy used from: $13.50 Dr. Michel Odent's books always change people's views about birth forever. This one is both educational and inspiring. Also discusses the differences of Lamaze, Leboyer, Dick-Read, & Odent.
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 | Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.99 Peggy Vincent takes the reader on a birthing adventure with different first hand accounts of births (at home and hospital) in each chapter. An excellent, informative, and fun book!
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 | We Are All Water Babies by Jessica Johnson
Buy used from: $1.87 An amazing, beautiful book of full-color photographs of women & babies in water, plus information on why humans are naturally drawn to, relaxed by, and created to birth in and around water. WONDERFUL
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| A Book For Midwives: Care For Pregnancy, Birth, And Women's health by Susan Klein
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $15.00 Highly educational text not only for midwives and doulas, but for those moms or dads who wish to understand exactly what is going on each step of the way.
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 | Primal Health: Understanding the Critical Period Between Conception and the First Birthday by Michel Odent
Buy new: $18.72 This book deals with mother's health, infant health, and the health of children throughout adulthood. Easy to read but very scientificly sound.
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 | Birth And Breastfeeding: Rediscovering The Needs Of Women During Pregnancy And Childbirth by Michel Odent
Buy used from: $14.30 Any book by Michel Odent is a blessing - this is another! Dealing with health and wellbeing of mom, baby, and growing child. You will learn a great deal here.
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 | Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Buy new: $19.74 / Used from: $14.00 An indepth sociological look at why Americans view childbirth the way most do, as well as women's interviews and research about the way birth is meant to be different-joyous, empowering, pleasurable!
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| Birth: Revised and updated by Catherine Milinaire
Buy used from: $0.29 Groundbreaking in 1974, this updated version has 1980s photos, but is steller in information on body care,choices,birth experiences(told by mothers/midwives/Drs),fathers,&baby care. Excellent resource
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 | Home Birth: A Practical Guide by Nicky Wesson
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $11.00 Excellent details about all aspects of home birth, as well as encouragement for those choosing to birth in hospital settings. The history of home birth is included in a well-researched chapter, which is more comprehensive than other books.
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