Recommended Reading for all parents

 

Ina Mae’s Guide to Childbirth - Ina Mae Gaskin

The Complete Book of Prregnancy and Childbirth - Sheila Kitzinger


The Baby Boos - Martha and William Sears


Happiest Baby on the Block - Harvey Karp


The Birth Partner - Penny Simkin


Dr. Jack Newmans Guide to Breastfeeding


The Womanly Arrt of Breastfeeding - La Leche League International



Taking Charge of your Fertility - Toni Weshler



Heart and Hands - Elizabeth Davis


New Pregnancy and Childbirth - Miriam Stoppart



The No Cry Sleep Solution - Elizabeth Pantley


The Attachment Parenting Book - Martha Sears


Birth Reborn - Michel Odent


A Good Birth A Safe Birth - Roberta Scaer, Roberta Korte



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