what to read next...

Mrs.MauiBride24 · November 2011

So far I've read:

Ricki Lake - Your Best Birth

Ina May Gaskin - Guide to Childbirth

Susan McCutcheon - Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way

What should I read next?

Others I've heard of - Hypnobirthing, Birthing From Within, something else?

Harper'smom · November 2011

Are you mixing methods (hypno/Bradley) or is hypno birthing going to be your method? If so I'd probably go there next.

I just started Birthing from Within and I am enjoying it thus far. I have Active Birth and a book on water birth on my list as well but I am not getting as much reading done as I had hoped.

Mrs.MauiBride24 · November 2011

Harper'smom:

Are you mixing methods (hypno/Bradley) or is hypno birthing going to be your method? If so I'd probably go there next.

I just started Birthing from Within and I am enjoying it thus far. I have Active Birth and a book on water birth on my list as well but I am not getting as much reading done as I had hoped.

I'm not sure what my method is yet! Still doing research, I guess. Hosptial birth + doula (who we haven't hired yet)... I need to get on that!

anna7602 · November 2011

I really liked Ina May Gaskin's Spiritual Midwifery. Maybe that's Ina overload, but I felt like I couldn't get enough positive birth stories. Everyone IRL wants to tell you about their own or a friend's emergency C-section or some other "everything went wrong" story. It's nice to counter all of those with positive reading.

Sawyerplus1 · November 2011

If you're interested in sort of general childbirth history then I'd recommend:

1. Pushed: the Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care, by Jennifer Block

2. Birth: the Surprising History of How We Are Born, by Tina Cassidy

I really enjoyed both of these, and found them very educational!

[Deleted User] · November 2011

https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Womans-Guide-Better-Birth/dp/0399525173/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321052287&sr=1-1

tokenhoser · November 2011

The Birth Partner was the most practical book I read. I found after a while reading books about how broken the system was just made me sad/angry - I preferred books about what I could do to have a good birth.

I also liked the most recent Lamaze book: The Official Lamaze Book: Giving Birth With Confidence.

And for breastfeeding, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.