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Many videos and books, both in and out of print, may be found in C/W MARS, the library system of Central and Western Massachusetts. Ask your local librarian!
Preparing for Labor and Birth
- Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally, Revised Edition
Janet Balaskas - Preparing for Birth with Yoga, Updated Edition: Empowering and Effective Exercise for Pregnancy and Childbirth
Janet Balaskas - Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
Jennifer Block - Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
Pam England and Rob Horowitz - Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin - The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
Henci Goer - Gentle Birth Choices
Barbara Harper - The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Revised)
Sheila Kitzinger - The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts
William Sears and Martha Sears
Doulas and Care Providers
- Heart and Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth
Elizabeth Davis - Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year: A Holistic Approach
Anne Frye - Spiritual Midwifery
Ina May Gaskin - Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature
Henci Goer - The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth
Marshall Klaus, John H. Kennell, Phyllis Klaus - The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia
Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta - When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women
Penny Simkin & Phyllis Klaus - Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
Peggy Vincent
Labor Support
- Easing Labor Pain : The Complete Guide to a More Comfortable and Rewarding Birth, Revised Edition
Adrienne Lieberman - Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way: Revised Edition
Susan McCutcheon - HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method: A natural approach to a safe, easier, more comfortable birthing (3rd Edition)
Marie Mongan - The Nurturing Touch at Birth: A Labor Support Handbook
Paulina Perez - The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth
William Sears and Martha Sears - The Birth Partner, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions
Penny Simkin
Postpartum and Baby Care
- Birth As a Healing Experience: The Emotional Journey of Pregnancy Through Postpartum
Lois Halzel Freedman - Mothering the New Mother: Women's Feelings & Needs After Childbirth: A Support and Resource Guide
Sally Placksin - Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn (4th Edition): The Complete Guide
Penny Simkin - The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
William Sears and Martha Sears - The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)
William Sears and Martha Sears - The Fussy Baby Book: Parenting Your High-Need Child From Birth to Age Five
William Sears and Martha Sears - The Premature Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One
William Sears and Martha Sears
Breastfeeding
- Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
Ina May Gaskin - The Nursing Mother's Companion, Fifth Revised Edition
Kathleen Huggins - The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (La Leche League International Book)
La Leche League International - The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers
Jack Newman, M.D. - Nursing Mother, Working Mother, Revised Edition
Gale Pryor and Kathleen Huggins - Bestfeeding: How to Breastfeed Your Baby
Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms - The Breastfeeding Sourcebook
M. Sara Rosenthal - The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning
William Sears and Martha Sears
Videos
- Laboring Under An Illusion: Mass Media Childbirth vs. The Real Thing
Vicki Elson - The Business of Being Born
Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake - Gentle Birth Choices
Barbara Harper - Birth Day
Naoli Vinaver Lopez - Orgasmic Birth
Debra Pascali-Bonaro