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The New Pregnancy & Childbirth: choices and challenges (2003)
Sheila Kitzinger |
The author is a world authority on women's experience of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood and has written numerous books. This book is the completely revised edition of her 1980 classic and covers everything from early pregnancy to new parenthood. The book also includes some useful photographs and diagrams. |
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Sex & Intimacy after Childbirth.
Dr Martien Snellen (2000)
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This book explores the factors that can affect your sex life when you have a new baby, some obvious and expected, but others not so. He offers many practical and useful suggestions and although quite humourous, the author does recognise the seriousness of some problems many experience, for example post natal depression, and addresses these well. |
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin (2003) |
Ina May Gaskin is a famous midwife in the USA where she operates a successful birth centre. Rather than criticise the medicalisation of childbirth, she prefers to seek out ways in which a woman's real capacity in labour and birth can mesh with the most effective use of modern birth technology. |
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The Natural Way to a Better Pregnancy
Francesca Naish & Janette Roberts (1999) |
This book provides essential advice on how to adopt a completely natural approach to life, reaffirming pregnancy as a normal, healthy part of life to be enjoyed rather than endured. It includes information on eating well, nutritional supplements, natural treatments and remedies, choosing a carer and antenatal testing. |
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A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth
Murray Enkin and others (2000) |
This book is aimed at those involved in the care of pregnant women as well as expectant parents. It contains a wealth of information from basic pregnancy care to care after childbirth. It also lists practices which are beneficial, those which appear to be promising, those of unknown effectiveness and those likely to be ineffective or harmful. |
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Prenatal Testing: making choices in pregnancy
Lachlan De Crespigny, Meg Espie & Sophia Holmes (1998) |
Using the personal stories of women and their partners, this book presents a wide range of information about prenatal testing. Its aim is to enable you to make an informed decision about which tests you should undertake and why. |
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Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
Elizabeth Somer (1995) |
This book contains a complete guide of what to eat before, during and after pregnancy. Included in this is information for higher risk pregnancies such as teen, multiple birth, over-forty and HIV positive. The book also includes plenty of recipe ideas for meals and snacks. |
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Up the Duff: the real guide to pregnancy
Kaz Cooke (1999 |
Kaz Cooke, in her usual way, has written a very amusing and entertaining book. It is also extremely informative, covering most things you need to know whilst pregnant, and probably some things you don't wish to know, many based on her own experiences. |
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The Natural Way to Better Birth & Bonding
Francesca Naish & Janette Roberts (2000) |
This book offers plenty of practical information to help you achieve the kind of birth you want including explanations about what a 'natural birth' actually is and how to make decisions about medical management. Also includes information about caring and bonding with the new baby and natural treatments and remedies. |
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Diagnosis of Abnormality in an Unborn Baby: the impact, options and afterwards
SAFDA (1995) |
This booklet is produced by the Support After Fetal Diagnosis of Abnormality network in response to the needs of individuals and families who have experienced the prenatal diagnosis of an abnormality in their baby. It is a valuable resource for those finding themselves in this situation. |
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Help, Comfort & Hope after Losing your Baby in Pregnancy or the First Year
Hannah Lothrop (1992) |
This book has been written for anyone who has lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, sudden infant death and termination of pregnancy. |
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Two at a Time
Jane Symour & Pamela Patrick Novotny (2001) |
Both the authors are mothers of twins and as a result, can impart plenty of practical and helpful advice about all aspects of having twins, from the beginning at conception to the realities of nursing and caring for two babies. |
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The Mother Trip: hip mama's guide to staying sane in the chaos of motherhood
Ariel Gore (2000) |
The author provides an amusing narrative about motherhood, based on her own experiences. The book offers plenty of useful advice and words of wisdom, all in a very readable and entertaining way. |
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The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians
Rachel Pepper (1999) |
Writing from her own experiences, the author presents a detailed account covering everything from pre conception and choosing a donor, through to birth and beyond, taking in pregnancy along the way. Although the book is American which means information on health services and resources available will differ, most of the book provides information relevant and probably essential to know wherever you are if contemplating having a baby as a lesbian or heterosexual woman. |
