Birth


Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
The Birth Partner
Spiritual Midwifery
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method
Birth Matters:  A Midwife's Manifesta
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide (medically updated)
Childbirth without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth
Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The Wisdom and Science of Gentle Choices in Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting
Active Birth : The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Revised)
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class... by Josh LiebNutshell by Ian McEwanThe Report Card by Andrew ClementsSeraphina by Rachel HartmanEnder's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
No Infantile Amnesia
14 books — 2 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithBeloved by Toni Morrison
Childbirth in Fiction
134 books — 21 voters

Touching by Ashley MontaguThe Science of Parenting by Margot SunderlandTrapped Indoors with Kids by Matt BrownMotherland by Jonathan KorbeckiWHERE THE LIGHT FALLS by Tara Raines
The Importance of Touch
23 books — 5 voters
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May GaskinYour Pregnancy and Childbirth by American College of Obstetr...Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May GaskinThe Midwife by Jennifer WorthThe Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
Birthy Goodness
17 books — 13 voters

William Blake
My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt.
William Blake

Hunter S. Thompson
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness. ...more
Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

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