Birth Book Recommendations
Books that I recommend you read during your pregnancy to prepare you for labour, birth and your postpartum journeys.
Absolutely essential reading to understand the importance of the postpartum period. My number one postpartum book.
Anything Ina May is going to give you an insight into natural physiological birth and help you develop self trust.
Tangible tools and techniques you can use in labour to help manage pain. I love this book.
A beautiful read.
If you want to understand how the maternity system came to be the way it is today, you need to read this. In fact, you need to read this in your pregnancy regardless.
Another great postpartum book.
I haven't actually read this one myself, but I have seen it recommended time and time again.
Intro to hypnobirthing
Another postpartum book with some beautiful recipes included.
This one also comes highly recommended
Not just birth and postpartum related, but includes a tonne of info you should know in your pregnancy. In fact this is probably a good one to read before you fall pregnant.
Rhea Dempsey, another powerhouse in the birth world. Any of her books will do you good.
Jane Hardwicke Collings. She is bold and honest and this is well worth a read.