Recommended Reading
This is an ever-growing list of books that I found to be helpful. To access these books for free; check your local public library, this free online library, or if bolded reach out to me and I can lend you my copy!
Fertility and Conception
Making Babies- Sami S. David, Jill Blakeway
The Infertility Cure- Randine Lewis, Ph.D.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility- Toni Weschler, MPH
What to Expect Before You’re Expecting- Heidi Murkoff
Enhancing Fertility Naturally- Nicky Wesson
Beyond the Pill- Jolene Brighten
How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby- Landrum B Shettles and David M Rorvik
Pregnancy Health
Your Pregnancy and Childbirth Month to Month- ACOG
What to Expect When You’re Expecting- Heidi Murkoff
Childbirth/ Doula
The Birth Partner- Penny Simpkin
The Doula Book- Marshall H. Klaus, John H. Kennell, Phyllis H. Klaus
Natural Hospital Birth- Cynthia Gabriel
Pushed: The Painful Truth and About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care- Jennifer Block
Breastfeeding/chestfeeding
Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding- Ina May Gaskin
Mother Food- Hilary Jacobson
New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding- American Academy of Pediatrics
Nursing Mother’s Companion- Kathleen Huggins R.N. M.S.
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding- La Leche League
Parenting
Organic Baby: Simple Steps for Healthy Living - Kimberly Rider
Amazing Baby- Desmond Morris
Midwifery Care
Baby Catcher- Peggy Vincent
Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First- Marsden Wagner, M.D, M.S.
New Choices in Natural Healing- Bill Gotlieb
Postpartum Mood Disorders
This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression- Karen R. Kleiman, Valerie Davis Raskin MD
The Postnatal Depletion Cure- Dr. Oscar Serrallach
Sexual Health
Divine Sex- Caroline Aldred
Karma Sutra
The Sacred Marriage- Lira Silbury
Self-Help
12 Rules for Life- Jordan Peterson
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck- Mark Manson
Lean In- Sheryl Sandburg
The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation- Marion Woodman
The Birth Order Book- Kevin Leman
Fiction
Handmaid’s Tale- Margot Atlas
The Secrets of Midwives- Sally Hepworth
Podcasts
Documentaries
