Favorite Pregnancy, Birth & Parenting Books
Our doula clients get access to our ever-growing lending library. We’re always adding new books and resources so you don’t have to buy every book out there as you prepare for your birth and baby. So, what’s in our lending library? We can’t wait to show you.
Discover our lending library!
"But there are so many great books out there. How do I know where to start?!” We know! There’s an overwhelming amount of information available around pregnancy and birth.
To make it easier for you, our lending library only includes books that we highly recommend, that our clients have loved, and that are frequently requested. You can’t go wrong with any book in our library, and if you’re unsure where to start just reach out to us for a personalized suggestion!
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BIRTH CULTURE AND CRITIQUE
Expecting Better - Oster
Misconceptions - Wolf
Birthing Liberation - Wade
Transformed by Birth - Bushnell
Fair Play - Rodsky
Managing the Mother Load - Borucki
Breast / chest feeding
Queer Nursing - Gorilla Milk
Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck - Kenddall-Tackett
Feed the Baby - Facelli
Breastfeeding Without Birthing - Schnell
Working and Breastfeeding Made Simple - Mohrbacher
Work. Pump. Repeat - Shortall
Breastfeeding Made Simple - Mohrbacher
CESAREAN BIRTH
My Cesarean - Fields & Moritz
The Essential C-Section Guide - Connolly & Sullivan
FERTILITY AND GETTING PREGNANT
Untold Stories: Life, Love and Reproduction - Cockrill, Gimeno & Herold
LGBTQ+ Birth
The Other Mothers - Bernie
Supporting Queer Birth - Silver
Swelling with Pride - Graefe
Baby Making for Every Body - Rachlin & Goodman
Queer Conception - Kali
Newborns/ New Parenthood
Calm Mama, Happy Baby - O'Neill & Waldburger
Your Amazing Newborn - Klaus & Klaus
Happiest Baby on the Block - Karp
Heading Home With Your Newborn - Jana & Shu
The Baby Book - Sears & Sears
Nutrition
The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook - Cathe & Olson
Nine Golden Months - Ou, Greeven & Belger
Vegan Pregnancy Survival Guide - Sayward & Rebhal
The First Forty Days - Ou, Greeven & Belger
Partners and Support Team
The Postpartum Book for Partners - Charles
Father Figure - Shapiro
First Time Dad - Bell
The Expectant Father - Brott & Ash
Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads - Greenberg & Hayden
Dude, You're Gonna Be a Dad! - Pfeiffer
The Birth Partner - Simkin
Fatherhood - Fatherly
Postpartum
Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book - Slavens & Bodie
The Honest Guide on Postpartum for New Moms - Filippone
The Second Baby Book - Ockwell-Smith
Milk and Blood - Monsen
Postpartum Challenges/ PMADS
Heal Your Birth Story - Campion
This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression - Kleinman & Raskin
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts - Kleinman, Wenzel, Waller & Mandel
What No One Tells You -Sacks & Birndorf
Mom Rage - Dubin
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts - Kleiman
Enough About the Baby - Viera
How to Keep House While Drowning - Davis
Pregnancy/ Birth
Nine Golden Months - Ou, Greeven, Belger
The Complete Book of Pregnancy & Childbirth - Kitzinger
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn - Simkin, Whalley, Keppler
Your Pregnancy Week by Week - Curtis & Schuler
Your Birth Plan - Rowman & Littlefield
Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy - Schrock
Childbirth Without Fear -Dick-Read
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth - Gaskin
Hypnobirthing - Mongan
Mindful Birthing - Bardacke
Birthing from Within - England & Horowitz
Fat Birth - Mayefske
Nurture - Chidi
Trauma / Loss
Ghostbelly - Heineman
When Survivors Give Birth - Simkin & Klaus
Birth, Breath & Death - Wright Glenn