Pregnancy Guide: Recommended Reading for Pregnancy, Baby Care and Kids
This Pregnancy Guide is full of books recommended by members of the Ma Yoga community. There are also sections for breastfeeding, baby care and starting your kids out on the right yoga foot.
Don’t forget you can try before you buy – go to www.lapl.org and have them sent to your branch. They’ll call you when they’re ready.
Happy reading!
Books On Pregnancy and Birth
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin – if you read one book, read this one!
The Gentle Birth Method – Gowri Motha
Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally – Janet Balaskas
A Good Birth, A Safe Birth: Choosing and Having the Childbirth Experience You Want, Third Revised Edition – Diana Korte, Roberta Scaeral
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation – Pam England, Rob Horowitz
Sweet Dreams – Paul Fliess, MD
Magical Child – Joseph Clinton Pearce
The Secret Life of the Unborn Child – Thomas Verny, MD with John Kelly
Meditations for Pregnancy: 36 Weekly Practices for Bonding with Your Unborn Baby – Michelle LeClaire
Mind Over Labor – Carl Jones
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth – Henci Goer
The Birth Partner – Penny Simkin
Our Babies, Ourselves – Meredith F. Small
Birth Without Violence – Federick Leboyer
The Pregnancy Journal – A. Christine Harris, PhD
The Expectant Father – Armin A. Brott, Jennifer Ash
The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy – Vicki Iovine
Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy and Baby’s First Year
Dear Parents, Caring for Infants with Respect – Magda Gerber
Birth and Beyond: the Definitive Guide to Your Pregnancy, Your Birth, Your Family – from Minus 9 to Plus 9 Months – Yehudi Gordon (available from Amazon.co.uk with a credit card – they deliver Airmail. This book has a particularly useful A-Z Health Guide that is very detailed and became my bible with my newborn.)
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth – Sheila Kitzinger.
Books on Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Your Baby, Shela Kitzinger
Bestfeeding. Getting Breastfeeding Right for You, 2nd edition, Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher, and Suzanne Arms
Breastfeeding, Pure and Simple, La Leche League International, Gwen Gotsch, 2000
New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding, The American Academy of Pediatrics, Joan Younger Meeks
Nursing Mother, Working Mother, Gale Pryor
The Breastfeeding Book, Martha Sears, RN and William Sears MD
The Nursing Mother’s Companion, Kathleen Huggins, 1999
The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning, Kathleen Huggins and Linda Ziedrich
The Nursing Mother’s Problem Solver, Claire Martin, 2000
The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, Jack Newman, MD, and Teresa Pitman, 2002
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League International
Books on Infant and Baby Care
Trees Make the Best Mobiles: Simple Ways to Raise Your Child in a Complex World by Jessica Teich, Brandel France de Bravo
The Baby Book – Dr. William Sears (or any of his other books including The Attachment Parenting Book)
The Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby (check out the E.A.S.Y. routine – saved us) — by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
The Vital Touch : How Intimate Contact With Your Baby Leads To Happier, Healthier Development – Sharon Heller, PhD
The New Father: A Dad’s Guide to The First Year; A Dad’s Guide to the Toddler Years – by Armin A. Brott
Listening to Your Baby: A New Approach to Parenting Your Newborn – Jay Gordon, MD
Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer – Harvey Karp (and check out the dvd at the public library – lapl.org)
Sweet Dreams – Paul Fliess, MD
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (A La Leche League International Book) – Gwen Gotsch, etal.
Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy and Baby’s First Year
Dear Parents, Caring for Infants with Respect – Magda Gerber
Birth and Beyond: the Definitive Guide to Your Pregnancy, Your Birth, Your Family – from Minus 9 to Plus 9 Months – Yehudi Gordon (available from Amazon.co.uk with a credit card – they deliver Airmail. This book has a particularly useful A-Z Health Guide that is very detailed and became our bible with our newborn.)
Books on Yoga Lifestyle Techniques Kids
Mindful Child: How to Help Your Kid Manage Stress and Become Happier, Kinder, and More Compassionate – Susan K Greenland
Fly Like a Butterfly – Shakta Kaur Khalsa
If you have books you’ve loved, please email them to me at jessica@mayoga.com and I will add it to this list!
