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Videos

  • The Business of Being Born
  • Your Body, Your Baby, Your Birth
  • Birth Day
  • Born in Water – A Sacred Journey
  • Water Babies – The Aquanatal Experience in Ostend
  • Birth of Sabine
  • Gentle Birth Choices
  • Orgasmic Birth
  • Birth into Being – The Russian Waterbirth Experience
  • What Babies Want
  • The Power of Birth
  • Waterbirth in the 21st Century

Books

  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth (Ina May Gaskin)
  • Your Best Birth (Ricki Lake, Abby Epstein, & Jacques Moritz)
  • Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering (Sarah J. Buckley, MD)
  • Adventures in Natural Childbirth (Janet Schwegel)
  • Birthing the Easy Way, Learning the Hard Way (Sheila Stubbs)
  • Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities (Henci Goer)
  • Gentle Birth Choices (Barbara Harper & Suzanne Arms)
  • Birth Reborn (Michel Odent, MD)
  • Birthing from Within (Pam England, CNM & Rob Horowitz, PhD)
  • Hypnobirthing: The Marie Mongan Method (Marie Mongan)
  • Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth (Suzanne Arms)
  • Having a Baby, Naturally (Peggy O’Mara)
  • The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth (Henci Goer & Rhonda Wheeler)
  • Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth (Boston Women’s Health)
  • The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Sheila Kitzinger)
  • Waterbirth: A Midwife’s Perspective (Susanna Napierala)
  • Choosing Waterbirth (Bertram)
  • Childbirth without Fear (Grantly Dick-Read & Michel Odent)
  • Cesarean Voices (ICAN)
  • Silent Knife (Nancy Wainer Cohen)
  • The VBAC Companion (Diana Korte)
  • Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care (Jennifer Block)
  • Born in the USA (Marsden Wagner, MD, MS)
  • Your Amazing Newborn (Marshall Klaus and Phyllis Klaus)
  • The Baby Book (Dr. Sears)
  • Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding (Ina May Gaskin)
  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (LLL)
  • The Breastfeeding Book (Dr. Sears)
  • Nighttime Parenting (Dr. Sears)
  • Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond (Hilary Flower)
  • Mothering Your Nursing Toddler (Norma J. Bumgarner)
  • The Vaccination Book (Dr. Sears)
  • What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children’s Vaccinations (Stephanie Cave & Deborah Mitchell)
  • Vaccinations: The Thoughtful Parent’s Guide (Aviva Jill Rohm)
  • Raising Baby Green: The Earth Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care (Alan Greene)
  • Green Babies, Sage Moms (Lynda Fassa)

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