A Selection Of Useful Books

Many of these books and DVDs can be bought from the NCT, the La Leche League and AIMS.

Antenatal

Easy Exercises For Pregnancy

Janet Balaskas

Preparing for Birth with Yoga

Janet Balaskas

Birth and Beyond

Yehudi Gordon

New Active Birth

Janet Balaskas

The New Pregnancy and Childbirth

Kitzinger S.

Birthing from Within

Pam England and Rob Horowitz

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering

Dr. Sarah J Buckley

Instinctive Birthing

Val Clarke

Where To Be Born, The Debate And The Evidence

Rona Cambell & Alison Macfarlane

Home Birth - A Practical Guide

Nicky Wesson

Birth Reborn

Michel Odent

Choosing A Water Birth

Beverly Beech

The Water Birth Book

Janet Balaskas

Birthing Your Baby: The Second Stage

AIMS

Informed Choice series of leaflets for professionals

MIDIRS

The Caesarean

Odent M.

How to Avoid an Unnecessary Caesarean

Helen Churchill & Wendy Savage

Caesarean Birth - Your Questions Answered

NCT / Derrick, Lowdon, Barlow

Vaginal Birth After Caesearean - The VBAC Handbook

Helen Churchall & Wendy Savage

Birth After Caesearean

Jenny Lesley (AIMS)

Breech Birth

Benna Waites

Mother's Breath

Dinsmore-Tuli U.

Natural Remedies for Morning Sickness and Other Pregnancy Problems

Tiran D.

The Alternative Pregnancy Handbook

Jamil Dr. T. and Evennett K.

Fathers To Be Handbook

Patrick Houser

Postnatal

Breast Feeding Made Simple

K. Kendall-Tackett, N. Mohrbacher (LLL)

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

La Leche League

Bestfeeding

Renfrew, Fisher, Arms

The Vaccination Bible

Lynne McTaggart

What Mothers Do: especially when it looks like nothing

Naomi Stadlen

Nighttime Parenting

Dr William Sears

DVDs

Childbirth Massage Techniques

Linda Kimber

Water And Birth

Janet Balaskas & Amy Hardie

Towards Natural Childbirth and Beyond

Linda Kimber & Anne Haines

The Business of Being Born

Ricky Lake & Abby Epstein

Happy Birth Day

The NCT

NCT Breastfeeding Tips

The NCT

Understanding Postnatal Depression

Liz Wise