What are you reading?

tak2002

So I'm beginning to feel like I'm 100% unprepared to have a baby.... What books are you all reading (any baby/birth related subject)?

4realyo

Currently Im reading "Happiest Baby on the Block" and "The Womany Act of Breastfeeding". I just finished husband coached childbirth & ina may's guide to natural childbirth.

ashy22lou

I just started "The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth", and, to be honest, it's freaking me out a little. It may be just a bit too "natural birth" mentality for me.I am considering returning it to the library.

Otherwise, I haven't really read many books about the birth process, but I've read a few about bringing baby home. I really loved "The Happiest Baby on the Block". 

ashy22lou

Oh, I also read "Nursing Mother, Working Mother" and found it really helpful.

lkich

I keep going back to I'm Pregnant (all about pregnancy), but have read The Post Pregnancy Book, Happiest Baby on the Block, thumbed through The Womenly Art of Breastfeeding and am doing the same with The Baby Book.

So far, I can recommend all of them. Another that I have that was recommended to me is The Breastfeeding Mothers Companion but I haven't picked it up yet. Check at your library or buy used on Amazon, there's tons listed.

snsgurl728

WTEWYE and an amazing book on bf'ing

Sharon216

I'm reading 'Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child' by Marc Weissbluth, MD (it came highly recommended).  A friend also got me 'The Nursing Mother's Companion' and 'What to Expect - The First Year'.

lujain

Baby 411

The Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood by Dr. Sears

The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears

almariebennett

What to Expect the First Year.  It's just okay, but I can see myself going back to it for reference once the baby gets here, and maybe then, I will find it more infomative.

lovesazzie

I have read:

- Birth by Tina Cassiday (History of maternity/birth care)

- Pushed by Jennifer Block (Pro NCB book, interesting read)

- Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin (Highly recommend for birth stories and information about pregnancy and birth)

- The Thinking Woman's Guide to Better Birth by Henci Goer (Highly recommend, but not a cover to cover read -- it's a wonderful reference and resource for information about common interventions and options for birth)

- Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy (Silly book/comic relief)

- The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy (Silly book/comic relief)

- Your Pregnancy Week By Week

- What to Expect

On my list to read next:

- Happiest Baby on the Block

- The Baby Book by Dr. Sears

- Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

- Babyproofing Your Marriage

Taunya98

I read Happiest Baby on the Block and really liked it.  Makes me feel way more prepared to comfort a newborn than I did w/ DD and DS.

Next on my list are No Cry Sleep Solution and Nursing Mother's Companion.

ToledoDeux

Here is my booklist from this pregnancy and last:

The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy (wayyyyy better than WTEWYE)

Creating Your Birth Plan (Marsden Wagner)

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth (Henci Goer)

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth (Ina May Gaskin)

Pushed (Jennifer Block)

Birth (Tina Cassidy)

Born in the USA (Marsden Wagner)

Your Best Birth (Lake & Epstein)

Babycatcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife (Peggy Vincent)

Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir (Cara Muhlhahn)