This list includes all the books recommended by my favorite blogger, Clare. Plus all my favorite poetry books! I already had some of these on my wishlist but I decided to add them all so I can buy them all until baby #2 is here! Hopefully these can h...
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Postpartum Recs
Baby And Beyond
Tami Lynn Kent
Poetry Favorites
Postpartum Recs
From nutrition to pelvic floor, these are all about the unspoken 4th trimester.
Excellent information about all the healing that takes place during postpartum. Great for everyone to prep and especially for those with any postpartum ailments like pelvic floor issues.
The Fourth Trimester: Postpartum Healing Guide
Aviva Romm (who is a M.D., midwife, and herbalist!) rocks and shares straight forward info regarding health, herbs, and lifestyle practices for new moms.
Natural Health After Birth: Postpartum Guide
This lovely book shares a Traditional Chinese approach to caring for mamas after birth. Beautifully created, this book itself is medicine!
The First Forty Days: Nourishing New Mother
Baby And Beyond
Nourishing tips, different traditions for parenting, these are hands on skills that every mom should read about
This light hearted and super enjoyable read shares some tips and tricks from French culture about having and raising babies. It's a fun read!
Bringing Up Bébé: American Mom on French Parenting
An interesting look into child rearing in different cultures and the simple wisdom they can offer us westerners that are doing it without a village. Many nuggets of wisdom in there that make things feel simpler!
Hunt, Gather, Parent: Raising Happy Kids
This book provides lots of information about the root causes of common imbalances in babies and young children. While I may not agree 100% with every piece of information, this book is extremely helpful for navigating the inevitable health challenges...
Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care
Keep this book on hand for solid info about your growing baby (divided by month) so you can understand what's going on with baby and what's coming up.
Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Years
Tami Lynn Kent
She’s a women’s health physical therapist and amazing author!
Ladies! Tap into the wisdom of your womanhood and learn through real stories, helpful visualizations, and creative exercises how the sacred pelvic bowl supports and informs your ability to be creative, self-heal, and feel empowered in your life.
Wild Feminine: Power, Spirit & Joy in Body
Tami Lynn Kent, women’s health physical therapist, acclaimed author, and founder of Holistic Pelvic Care, applies her groundbreaking approach to women’s health to the journey of motherhood with this easy-to-follow and warm-hearted guide.
Wild Mothering: Power, Spirit & Joy in Birth
Whether you are pregnant, trying to conceive, recovering from childbirth, or raising children today, Mothering from Your Center will help you tap into your core feminine energy while exploring a creative holistic approach to women’s health.
Mothering from Your Center: Tapping Energy for Pregnancy & Parenting
Poetry Favorites
My favorite poetry books about motherhood
'From One Mom to a Mother' is written in a refreshingly honest tone that will touch the soul of so many on this same beautiful, yet challenging journey. Whether you laugh or cry you will put it down feeling less alone and having made a friend in a bo...
From One Mom to a Mother: Poetry & Momisms
'All I See Is You', captures the heartfelt and honest moments of early motherhood including popular viral poem 'AlI I See Is You'.
All I See Is You: Poetry & Prose for Moms
The hand holding you need as you face the depths of your continued early motherhood with an expanding family and the bittersweet journey that is your last baby.
Everlasting Motherhood
Ultimately, this poignant poetry book is for the cycle-breakers; the ones who had to mother themselves along the path to self-empowerment and transformation.
trigger warnings include references to:
child abuse;self harm;domestic violence