My Lending Library
I thought I’d share my lending library list with everyone. I frequently loan out books to clients. Sometimes they request certain book and other times I recommend certain books based on what I have learned about a client. Sometimes I recommend certain books based on what is most important to the client or on what she is most worried about. I frequently give two or three books to a client and mark certain chapter that may be most pertinent to her and then if she wants to look over the rest of it she can. I also always leave a breastfeeding book, usually La Leche League’s Breastfeeding Book of Answers, at our last prenatal meeting.I have found this to be a very effective way of getting information out and I think (hope) my clients appreciate it. I always collect up the books at the postpartum visit.
Recently I have been loaning out books to aspiring doulas as well.
Here is the list. And yes, I have read them all.
Pregnancy and Childbirth Preparation
Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper 2005
The Mother of All Pregnancy Books, Ann Douglas, 2002
An Easier Childbirth: A Mother’s Guide for Birthing Normally, Gayle Peterson, 1993
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin, 2003
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin (Paperback - Mar 2002)
The Simple Guide to Having a Baby, Whalley, Simkin, Keppler, 2005
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth, Heci Goer, 1999
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger, 2003
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Simkin, Whalley, Keppler, Durham and Bolding, 2008
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way, Susan McCutcheon, 1996
Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England and Rob Horowitz (Paperback - Jul 1, 1998)
Back Labor No More: What Every Woman Should Know Before Labor by Janie McCoy King 1994
VBAC
Open Season A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and VBAC in the 90’s, Nancy Wainer Cohen, 1991
Natural Childbirth After Cesarean A Practicle Guide, Crawford and Walters, 1996
Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC) by Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J. Estner(Paperback - Mar 30, 1983)
Breastfeeding
New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding, Joan Yonger Meek, AAP 2002
The Nursing Mother’s Companion, Kathleen Huggins, 2005
Breastfeeding Made Simple Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers, Mohrbacker and Kendall-Tackett, 2005
The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers Newman and Pitman, 2006
The Breastfeeding Answer Book, La Leche League International, 2003
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League International
Mother Food: A Breastfeeding Diet Guide with Lactogenic Foods and Herbs – Build Milk Supply, Boost Immunity, Lift Depression, Detox, Lose Weight, Optimize a Baby’s IQ, and Reduce Colic and Allergies by Hilary Jacobson 2007
Baby and Beyond
Baby’s First Year, Sandy Jones and Marcie Jones 2007
Your Baby’s First Year, AAP, Stevfen Shelov 2005
The No Cry Sleep Solution, Elizabeth Pantley 2002
The Happiest Baby on the Block, Harvey Karp, 2002
Baby Hearts, Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn, 2005
Caring For Your Baby and Young Child Birth to Age 5, AAP Stephen Shelov 2005
The No-Cry Discipline Solution: Gentle Ways to Encourage Good Behavior Without Whining, Tantrums, and Tears: Foreword by Tim Seldin (Pantley) by Elizabeth Pantley (Paperback - May 15, 2007)
History
The Surprising History of How We Are Born, Tina Cassidy, 2006
Doula
The Birth Partner, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions (Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, &) by Penny Simkin (Paperback - Jan 15, 2007)
The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. Klaus, John H. Kennell, and Phyllis H. Klaus (Paperback - Nov 5, 2002)
There are a few more that I would like to add and there may be a couple that I have left off the list. If I come across any or buy any new ones I will come back and edit this post. If you have any suggestions for ones that I should add, please let me know. And if you have any questions about any of the ones on my list, ask away!
Anything under pregnancy and VBAC I could probably use. Didn’t read much last time except for What to Expect. Blah!
Janeen White
January 11, 2010
I think in your situation you should definitely read these:
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth (the birth stories can be a confidence builder)
Hypnobirthing (I really like the book even though I am doing Hypnobabies and not Hypnobirthing, this book is very well written)
Birthing from Within (this one can really bring peace to the whole process. I am not into the whole birth art idea but everything else spoke to me)
Natural Childbirth After Cesarean A Practicle Guide (the authors include their birth stories, if they can do it anyone can!)
doulamama1
January 11, 2010
Of course my local library doesn’t have any of the three books related to VBAC. Ugh.
TwinMomMichelle
January 21, 2010
Bummer! They are all a little on the pricy side as well. I think that if you can’t buy them all and have to choose one then get Natural Childbirth After Cesarean A Practicle Guide, Crawford and Walters, 1996. Or I could just mail you my copies and you can send them back when you are done. I know you are good for them and I don’t need them and I am not taking new clients so I don’t anticipate anyone here needing them.
doulamama1
January 22, 2010