Recommended Reading List for Pregnancy 

GENERAL REFERENCES

• Great Expectations: Your All-in-one Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth. Sandy Jones and Marcia Jones with Peter Bernstein, MD, MPH, FACNM, and Claire Westdahl, CNM, MPH, FACNM.
• The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (revised). Sheila Kitzinger.
• Easing Labor Pain: The Complete Guide to a More Comfortable and Rewarding Birth (revised). Adrienne Lieberman.
• Gentle Birth Choices. Barbara Harper.
• Pregnancy, Childbirth and The Newborn (revised). P. Simkins, J. Whalley, and A. Keppler.
• The Birth Partner (2nd edition). Penny Simkin.
• The Well Pregnancy Book. Samuels and Samuels.
• An Easier Childbirth: A Mother’s Guide for Birthing Normally. Gayle H. Peterson.
• Birth Without Violence. Leboyer.

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FATHERS

• The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-to-be. Armin A. Brott.
• Fathering Right: Straight Talk About Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond. Wade Horn.

CESAREAN BIRTH

• The Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Experience. Richards.
• The Essential C-Section Guide. Maureen Connolly and Dana Sullivan.

TEEN PREGNANCY

• Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey: A Guide For Pregnant Teens. Lindsay and Brunelli.
• You Look Too Young To Be A Mom: Teen Mothers on Love, Learning and Success. Deborah Davis (editor).

NUTRITION

• Eating For Pregnancy: An Essential Guide to Nutrition With Recipes for the Whole Family. Catherine Cheremeteff Jones.

TWINS

• Having Twins and More: A Parent’s Guide to Multiple Pregnancy, Birth and Early Childhood. Elizabeth Noble.
• The Parent’s Guide to Raising Twins. Elizabeth Frederich and Cherry Rowland.

EXERCISE

• Maternal Fitness: Preparing For a Healthy Pregnancy, an Easier Labor, and a Quick Recovery. Julie Tupler and Andrea Thompson.
• Fit To Deliver: An Innovative Prenatal and Postpartum Fitness Program: Safe and Fun Exercises Tailored by Professionals to Benefit Both You and Your Baby. Karen Nordahl, Carl Petersen, and Renne Minges Jeffreys.
• Exercising Through Your Pregnancy. James F. Clapp III, M.D.

BREASTFEEDING

• The Nursing Mother’s Companion (5th edition). Kathleen Huggins.
• Breastfeeding Your Baby. Sheila Kitzinger.
• Nursing Your Baby (revised). K. Pryor and G. Pryor.

PARENTING/CHILDCARE

• Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems: New, Revised and Expanded Edition. Richard Ferber, M.D.
• Your Baby and Child. Penelope Leach
• Liberated Parents, Liberated Children: Your Guide to a Happier Family. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
• The Well Baby Book (revised). Mike Samuels and Nancy Samuels.
• Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition. Benjamin Spock, M.D.

SIBLINGS

• The New Baby at Your House. Joanna Cole and Margaret Miller.
• We Have a Baby. Cathryn Maryann Falwell.
• Mom and Dad and I are Having a Baby. Malecki.

BIRTH AFTER 35 (PRENATAL TESTING)

• The Tentative Pregnancy. Barbara Katz Rothman.
• Which Tests For My Unborn Baby: Ultrasound and Other Prenatal Tests. Lachlande Crespigny and Rhonda Dredge.