Recommended Reading List
most are available in our lending library
Arms, Suzanne. Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth (Celestial Arts: Berkeley), 1996.
* *Baldwin Dancy, Rahima. Special Delivery (Celestial Arts: Berkeley), 1986.
Bertram, Lakshmi. Choosing Waterbirth: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth (Hampton Roads: Charlottesville, VA), 2000.
* *England, Pam and Rob Horowitz. Birthing From Within: An Extraordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation (Partera: Albuquerque), 1998.
Flamm, Bruce. Birth After Cesarean: The Medical Facts (Fireside: New York), 1990.
Gaskin, Ina Mae. Ina Mae’s Guide to Childbirth. 2003, Bantam Doubleday, New York.
* Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth (Perigee: New York), 1999.
* Harper, Barbara. Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to making informed decisions about birthing centers, birth attendants, water birth, home birth and hospital birth (Healing Arts Press: Rochester, VT), 1994.
Jones, Carl. Alternative Birth: The Complete Guide, Healthy Options for You and Your Baby (Tarcher: Los Angeles), 1991.
* Leboyer, Frederick. Birth Without Violence (Knopf: New York),1974.
McCartney, Marion and Antonia Van Der Meer. The Midwife’s Pregnancy and Childbirth Book: Having Your Baby Your Way, 1990.
Mitford, Jessica. The American Way of Birth (Dutton: New York), 1992.
Nilsson, Lennart. A Child is Born (DTP: New York), 1990.
O’Mara, Peggy. Having a Baby, Naturally. 2003, Atvia Books, New York.
Sears, Martha. Twenty-five Things Every New Mother Should Know (Harvard Common Press: Boston), 1995.
Sears, William and Martha Sears. The Birth Book (Little, Brown: Boston), 1994.
Simkin, Penny. The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman Through Childbirth (Harvard Common Press: Boston), 1989.
Stewart, David. The Five Standards for Safe Childbearing (NAPSAC: Marble Hill, MO), 1998
* Taylor, Catherine. Giving Birth: A Journey Into the World of Mothers and Midwives (Perigee: New York), 2002.