Until you’ve consumed all of the best Birthing books, can you even claim to be a true fan?
- Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation (1998)
- Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond (2012)
- Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth (2015)
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth “Updated With New Material” (2003)
- HypnoBirthing, Fourth Edition: The natural approach to safer, easier, more comfortable birthing – The Mongan Method, 4th Edition (2015)
- Fearless Birthing: Clear Your Fears for a Positive Birth (2018)
- Breastfeeding Without Birthing: A Breastfeeding Guide for Mothers through Adoption, Surrogacy, and Other Special Circumstances (2013)
- Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South (2009)
- The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the Best Birthing Plan for a Safe, Less Painful, and Successful Delivery for You and Your Baby (2013)
- Sacred Birthing: Birthing A New Humanity, 2nd Edition, 2017 (Sacred Birthinng Series) (Volume 1) (2017)
- Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) (2012)
- The Birthing Room: The First Trimester (2019)
- Birthing the Sermon: Women Preachers on the Creative Process (2001)
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation (1998)
Here is a holistic approach to childbirth that examines this profound rite-of-passage not as a medical event but as an act of self-discovery. Exercises and activities such as journal writing, meditation, and painting will help mothers analyze their thoughts and face their fears during pregnancy.
Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond (2012)
With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.
Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth (2015)
There is a global crisis in maternal health care for black women. In the United States, black women are over three times more likely to perish from pregnancy-related complications than white women; their babies are half as likely to survive the first year. Many black women experience policing, coercion, and disempowerment during pregnancy and childbirth and are disconnected from alternative birthing traditions.
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth “Updated With New Material” (2003)
What 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.
HypnoBirthing, Fourth Edition: The natural approach to safer, easier, more comfortable birthing – The Mongan Method, 4th Edition (2015)
HypnoBirthing® has gained momentum around the globe as a positive and empowering method of childbirth. Here’s why: HypnoBirthing helps women to become empowered by developing an awareness of the instinctive birthing capability of their bodies.
Fearless Birthing: Clear Your Fears for a Positive Birth (2018)
Does the thought of childbirth scare you? Are you fearing the countdown to your due date? Discover a new birth preparation approach to help guide you from conception to childbirth with peace of mind. Have your pregnancy fears left you stressed out and anxious? Are you looking for an alternative to hypnobirthing?
Breastfeeding Without Birthing: A Breastfeeding Guide for Mothers through Adoption, Surrogacy, and Other Special Circumstances (2013)
Breastfeeding without Birthing is an essential guide to breastfeeding for mothers through adoption, surrogacy, and other special circumstances. All breastfeeding-without-birthing mothers who wish to provide their own milk for their baby will learn the tools and techniques for inducing lactation without pregnancy and birth.
Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South (2009)
The deprivations and cruelty of slavery have overshadowed our understanding of the institution’s most human dimension: birth. We often don’t realize that after the United States stopped importing slaves in 1808, births were more important than ever; slavery and the southern way of life could continue only through babies born in bondage.
The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the Best Birthing Plan for a Safe, Less Painful, and Successful Delivery for You and Your Baby (2013)
How to give birth is the most important decision of a woman’s pregnancy, but navigating the maze of options is overwhelming. The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion clearly lays out the process for eight successful birthing plans from home births and hospital births to a natural unmedicated delivery and C-sections.
Sacred Birthing: Birthing A New Humanity, 2nd Edition, 2017 (Sacred Birthinng Series) (Volume 1) (2017)
“The babies I helped birth taught me that babies are far more than just the tiny body they present visually. They taught me about the vibration of consciousness that enlivens the body. They taught me, that taking utmost care of their body is the best care for the soul, for only a pristine body can carry its full divinity.
Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) (2012)
Patrisia Gonzales addresses "Red Medicine" as a system of healing that includes birthing practices, dreaming, and purification rites to re-establish personal and social equilibrium. The book explores Indigenous medicine across North America, with a special emphasis on how Indigenous knowledge has endured and persisted among peoples with a legacy to Mexico.
The Birthing Room: The First Trimester (2019)
Have you been working towards pursuing your purpose, but don’t know where to start? You’ve been fasting, praying, starting over, hoping to get an answer only to find yourself in the same place with years passing by and little to no progress? If that’s you, this prophetic revelation on how to begin walking in your purpose is your blueprint.
Birthing the Sermon: Women Preachers on the Creative Process (2001)
Where do preachers get their ideas for sermons, and how do they turn those ideas into great sermons week after week? Sharing their experiences, these dynamic women preachers take us through their process from conception, through development, to the actual delivery of the sermon and beyond. Each chapter includes a sermon that illustrates the results of that preacher’s labor of love. Contributors include: Barbara Shires Blaisdell, Teresa L. Fry Brown, Jana Childers, Linda L.
Best Birthing Books Worth Your Attention
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Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains
Author(s): Jennifer J. Hill
ID: 3386359, Publisher: Bison Books, Year: 2022, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
Tarot for Pregnancy: A Companion for Radical Magical Birthing Folks
Author(s): Brittany Carmona-Holt
ID: 3606098, Publisher: Row House Publishing, Year: 2022, Size: 18 Mb, Format: epub
Birthing Mama: Your Companion for a Holistic Pregnancy Journey with Week-by-Week Reflections, Yoga, Wellness Recipes, Journal Prompts, and More
Author(s): Corinne Andrews
ID: 3081068, Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, Year: 2021, Size: 10 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are truly hot items according to Chicago Tribune, others are drafted by unknown writers. 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.