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Best Birth Books You Must Read

Below I’ll give you my selections for the best Birth books by a few categories. I will cover these and other great books more in depth later.

Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born (2007)

 Best Birth Books You Must Read“Well-researched and engaging . . . Birth is a clever, almost irreverent look at an enduring everyday miracle. (A-)” —Entertainment Weekly“Wonderful. Packed full of information, a brilliant mixture of ancient wisdom and modern science.” —Kate Mosse, author of the New York Times best seller, Labyrinth“Birth is a power-packed book. . . .
Author(s): Tina Cassidy

Birth Without Fear: The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum (2019)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadIn Birth Without Fear, January Harshe–founder of the global online community Birth Without Fear–delivers an honest, positive, and passionate message of empowerment surrounding everything that involves having a baby. It’s a guide that fills in the considerable cracks in the information available to women and families when they’re preparing to welcome a child–covering care provider choices, medical freedom, birth options, breastfeeding, intimacy, postpartum depression, and much more.
Author(s): January Harshe

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth “Updated With New Material” (2003)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadWhat you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience.
Author(s): Ina May Gaskin

Birth in Eight Cultures (2019)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadThis stunning sequel to Brigitte Jordan’s landmark Birth in Four Cultures brings together the work of fifteen reproductive anthropologists to address core cultural values and knowledge systems as revealed in contemporary birth practices in Brazil, Greece, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Tanzania, and the United States.
Author(s): Robbie Davis-Floyd, Melissa Cheyney

Birth Partner 5th Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions (2018)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadNow fully revised in its fifth edition, The Birth Partner remains the , and the essential manual to have at hand during the event. The Birth Partner includes thorough information on: For the partner who wishes to , this book is indispensable. #2,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #15 in Pregnancy & Childbirth (Books) #20 in Motherhood (Books) Would you like to ?If you are a seller for this product, would you like to ?
Author(s): Penny Simkin

Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond (2012)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadWith Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond.
Author(s): Nancy Bardacke

Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects (Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology & Birth Defects) (2003)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadThis highly successful resource distills all of the most essential information of human embryology and teratology from presenting the crucial clinical and scientific concepts in an easy-to-use format. Completely revised and updated, the 6th Edition emphasizes the clinical aspects throughout by using clinical correlations as well as hundreds of outstanding illustrations.
Author(s): Moore BA MSc PhD DSc FIAC FRSM FAAA, Keith L., Persaud MD PhD DSc FRCPath (Lond.) FAAA, T. V. N.

BIRT: A Field Guide (3rd Edition) (Eclipse Series) (2011)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadMore than ten million people have downloaded BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) from the Eclipse web site, and more than one million developers are estimated to be using BIRT.
Author(s): Diana Peh , Nola Hague, et al.

Oxorn Foote Human Labor and Birth, Sixth Edition (2013)

 Best Birth Books You Must ReadPublisher’s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.THE CLASSIC CHILDBIRTH HANDBOOK–COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED IN FULL COLORA Doody’s Core Title for 2017!Edition after acclaimed edition, Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth has provided the most comprehensive, yet accessible overvi…
Author(s): Glenn David Posner, Amanda Y. Black, et al.

Best Birth Books You Must Read

We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some birth books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.

The memory of past births

Author(s): Charles Johnston
ID: 877782, Publisher: Theosophical Society , Year: [1899], Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf

Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917–1924

Author(s): Charles Emmerson
ID: 2449802, Publisher: Vintage Digital, Year: 5 Sept 2019, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub

How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language

Author(s): Peter Oborne, Tom Roberts
ID: 2454362, Publisher: Head of Zeus, Year: 4 May 2017, Size: 321 Kb, Format: epub

Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to Los Angeles Times, others are written by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.

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