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Reading List


General

  • Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin
  • Birthing From Within:  An Extraordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, Pam England and Rob Horowitz
  • The Thinking Woman's Guide to Pregnancy, Henci Goer
  • The Home Birth Advantage, Mayer Eisenstein, MD
  • Home Birth, Alice Gilgoff and Gregory White
  • Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Haysey
  • Heart and Hands, Elizabeth Davis
  • Special Delivery: The Complete Guide to Informed Birth,
    Rahima Baldwin
  • Birth Reborn, Dr. Michael Odent
  • The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth, Sears and Sears
  • Spiritual Midwifery, Ina Mae Gaskin
  • Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth, Suzanne Arms
  • Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois Estner
  • The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger
  • The Experience of Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger
  • Your Baby, Your Way, Sheila Kitzinger
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn, Simkin, Whalley, Kepper
  • Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, Christiane Northrup, M.D.
  • Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Susun Weed
  • Aromatherapy and Massage for Mother and Baby, Allison England


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Breastfeeding

  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League International
  • Nursing Your Baby, Karen Pryor
  • The Nursing Mother's Companion, Kathleen Huggins
  • The Complete Book of Breastfeeding, Eiger and Olds
  • Breastfeeding and the Working Mother, Diane Mason and Diane Ingersoll
  • The Working Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding, Nancy Dana and Anne Price


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Grief

  • When Pregnancy Fails, Susan Borg and Judith Lasker
  • When Hello Means Goodbye, Pat Schwiebert and Paul Kirk
  • Empty Arms, Sherokee Ilse


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Immunization

  • Homeopathic Educational Services
  • Vaccination:  A Review of Risks and Alternatives, Isaac Golden
  • Vaccination Roulette:  Experiences, Risks and Alternatives, Australian Vaccination Network
  • A Shot in the Dark, Harris Coulter
  • Vaccines:  Are They Really Safe and Effective?, Neil Miller
  • The Vaccine Guide:   Risks and Benefits for Children and Adults,  Randall Neustaedter
  • Immunization:   The Reality Behind the Myth, Walene James
  • Vaccinations:  A Thoughtful Parents' Guide:   How to Make Sensible
  • Decisions About Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives, Aviva Jill Romm
  • Homeopathy in Epidemic Diseases, Dr. Dorothy Shepherd
    ISBN 0-85032-185-9 Health Science Press; Essex, England


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For Children

  • Welcome With Love, Jenni Overend (home birth oriented)
  • Mom, Dad, and I Are Having a Baby, Maryann Malecki
  • Our Brand New Baby!, Marann Malecki
  • When The Baby Comes, I'm Moving Out, Martha Alexander
  • Daniel's Question: A Cesarean Birth Story, Elaine S. Allinson


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Family Planning

  • The New Our Bodies Ourselves, Boston Women's Health Book Collective
  • The Art of Natural Family Planning, John and Sheila Kippley


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