Mothering the New Mother: Your Postpartum Resource Companion

By Sally Placksin, New York, NY: Newmarket Press, 1994.)

Drawn from three years of research including interviews with over 100 new mothers, Placksin covers everything from homecare options, postpartum depression, breastfeeding problems, workplace negotiation strategies, adjusting to full-time motherhood, and more.

Natural Pregnancy

Create an extraordinary pregnancy and birth. Learn how to make the most of your health in pregnancy. The book guides you through the choices you have to prepare your body, mind and spirit for a natural birth.

The DVD includes an introduction to:
-Yoga for pregnancy
-Pilates and keeping fit
-Meditation, relaxation and emotions

Natural birth choices such as active and water birth are explained, including the use of a birth ball.

Natural Ways to Induce Labor and Other Essential Tidbits for the Expectant Mother: A simple guide on inducing labor naturally, what to take to ... of labor and the first days of motherhood

by Jenny Greene, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 15, 2010.

This simple guide has brought natural labor induction methods together with what you can expect during labor, and the early days of motherhood. With inspirational quotes for new mothers, there is support with every page that is turned. Expectant mothers who are looking for natural ways to induce labor to avoid invasive medical methods of induction will benefit the most from this fresh and friendly guide. Written for a new generation of moms-to-be, the book contains not just natural induction methods but information on: * foods to eat during labor * the top 5 comfortable and effective labor positions * stages of labor and what to do * breastfeeding and sleeping basics * baby names and how to choose a name * new baby routine and bonding with baby This book also makes a pleasing gift for a new mom-to-be and is something to take along to baby showers. Labor should never be induced before your body and the baby is ready, please do not attempt this without having a discussion with your healthcare provider. This book is not intended to take the place of medical advice from a health care professional.

New Mother, Using a Doula, Midwife, Postpartum Doul, Maid, Cook, or Nanny to Support Health, Bonding and Growth

New Mother... Reclaim the magic in motherhood!
It is possible to have it all: a more natural birthing experience; fun, relaxing family time; time to care for yourself; time to take care of your home; and the ability to choose whatever vision you hold for your experience of childbirth and motherhood. That's not what we've been told, taught, or empowered to do... until now. There's more to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum than what is usually discussed in literature and doctors' offices: the next problem, pain, or procedure! New Mother offers a delightful, clear vision for reclaiming the beauty and sacred nature of pregnancy and parenthood.

New Pregnancy Week-by-Week: Understand the Changes and Chart the Progress of You and Your Baby

by Jane MacDougall, William Morrow Paperbacks, December 27, 2005.

Be in the know about your baby's progress — from conception through to birth — and what you need to do to ensure a healthy and problem-free pregnancy

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities (Paperback) by Henci Goer

Anyone wanting to improve the childbearing experience and help women avoid unnecessary intervention can fill in the blank on a long, frustrating list that begins, "But the doctor said...," where the doctor was wrong.

This book is Goer's attempt to make the medical literature on a variety of obstetric issues accessible to people who do not have the time, expertise, access or proximity to a medical library to research it on their own.

Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, and Pleasurable Birth Experience

Based on the hit documentary that inspired a vibrant online community, this innovative approach to birthing shows women how to maximize childbirth's emotional and physical rewards

With more than 4 million babies born in the United States each year, too many women experience birth as nothing more than a routine or painful event. In her much-praised film Orgasmic Birth, acclaimed filmmaker Debra Pascali-Bonaro showed that in fact childbirth is a natural process to be enjoyed and cherished. Now she joins forces with renowned author and activist Elizabeth Davis to offer an enlightening program to help women attain the most empowering and satisfying birth experience possible. While an orgasmic birth can, for some, induce feelings of intense, ecstatic pleasure, it is ultimately about taking control of one's own body and making the most informed decisions to have a safe, memorable, and joyful birth day.
Whether women choose to give birth at home, in a hospital, or in a birthing center, Orgasmic Birth provides all the necessary tools and guidance to design the birth plan that's best for them. Featuring inspiring stories from mothers and their partners and filled with practical advice and solutions, this one-of-a-kind resource is the next frontier of natural, intimate childbirth.

Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Childbirth

By Giuditta Tornetta

This practical, heartfelt volume provides soon-to-be mothers with a road map to painless, joyful childbirth. Rather than telling you what and what not to do, it offers a nine-step process that leads women to discover their innate ability to give birth to their children naturally.In "Painless Childbirth" natural birthing expert Giuditta Tornetta, shows that although many women react strongly the use of the word 'painless' in connection with childbirth, thousands of women all over the world experience just that. She then goes on to explain that pain is what we feel when something goes wrong. By contrast, childbirth is a natural event with a positive outcome, and while birth contraction is indeed intense, it lasts only a minute. When a woman learns to manage these contractions one at a time, the whole birthing experience takes on a new, more positive, empowering dimension - and ends with the miracle of a loving baby in your arms.

Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakers

by Marcy Axness, PhD, Sentient Publications, January 30, 2012.

If we really want to change the world, let's raise a generation "built for peace"... from the very beginning. Parenting for Peace is a user-friendly scientific roadmap for how to do exactly that... while bringing more joy into family life!

Parenting for Peace details a unique seven-step, seven-principle matrix for hardwiring our babies and children with the brain circuitry for such essential peacemaker capacities as self-regulation, empathy, intelligence, trust and imagination. The win-win is that a child wired in this vibrantly healthy way is a joy to parent, and as an adult has the heart to embrace and exemplify peace, the mind to innovate solutions to social and ecological challenges, and the will to enact them to be successful in a changing world.

Parenting for Peace offers readers a user-friendly shortcut around today's information overload, because it gives them the most important research from dozens of leading experts woven together with its own empowering perspectives on bringing more joy into family life.

Parenting From the Inside Out: How A Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

By Daniel Siegel, Mary Hartzell

How many parents have found themselves thinking: I can't believe I just said to my child the very thing my parents used to say to me! Am I just destined to repeat the mistakes of my parents? In Parenting from the Inside Out, child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., explore the extent to which our childhood experiences actually do shape the way we parent. Drawing upon stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children.