Below is a list of suggested reading materials that you may find helpful. If you have any resources that you believe would be benificial, please contact me. I would be happy to add the resources to my list.

• The Birth Partner - Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman through Childbirth 3^rd edition, 2008 Penny Simpkin
• The Christian Childbirth Handbook – Jennifer Vanderlaan
• The Lord of the Birth – Devotional Bible Study for Pregnancy – Jennifer Vanderlaan
• Christ Centered Childbirth – Kelly Townsend
• The Nursing Mother’s Companion – 5^th edition, 2005 Huggins & Lawrence
• The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers – 2000 Newman & Pitman
• Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding - 2000 Newman & Pitman
• The Breastfeeding Answer Book 3^rd edition Mohrbacher, Stock & Newton
• Breastfeeding Made Simple 2005 Mohrbacher & Kendall-Tackett
• The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth – 4^th edition 2004 Kitzinger
• Prayers and Promises for Supernatural Childbirth – Jackie Mize
• The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: The Ultimate Guide to Conception, Birth and Everything in Between 2002 Douglas
• The Simple Guide to Having a Baby Whalley, Simkin & Keppler 2005
• Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making InformedDecisions about Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, Hospital Birth Harper 2005
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth Gaskin 2004
• The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth Goer 1999
• Homebirth: The Essential Guide to Giving Birth Outside of the Hospital 1991 Kitzinger
• Choosing Waterbirth: Reclaiming the Sacred Power f Birth 2000 Lakshmi Bertram
• The New Mother Egan
• Miscnceptions Wolf
• Ourselves as Mothers Kitzinger
• Mothering the New Mother Placksin
• Mothering the Mother Klaus
• The Year After Childbrith Kitzinger
• Your Amazing Newborn Klaus and Klaus
• The Mind of Your Newborn Baby Chamberlain
• Infancy Field
• Touchpoints Brazelton
• The Vital Touch Heller
• The Baby Book Sears
• The Mother of All Baby Books Douglas
• Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newbrn Simpkin
• The Vital Touch Heller
• The Family Bed Thevin
• Becoming a Father Sears
• Fathering Right From the Start Heinowitz
• Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Sebastian
• The Postartum Handbook Kleiman
• This Isn’t What I expected Kleiman
• I’m Listening Hnikman
• Depression in New Mothers Kendall-Tackett
• The  Birth Book Sears
• Having Twins and More Noble
• Multiple Blessings Rothbart
• The Art of Parenting Twins Malstrom
• Mothering Multiples Kerkhoff Gromada
• Essential Exercises for the Chidlbearing Year Noble
• The Happiest Baby on the Block Harvey Karp

Suggested for Children

• What Baby Needs William Sears
• Baby on the Way William Sears
• I’m a Big Sister Joanna Cole
• What to expect when the new baby comes home Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff
• What to expect when Mommy’s Having a Baby Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff
• Before You Were Born Jennifer Davis
• How You Were Born Joanna Cole
• When you were inside mommy Joanna Cole
• Welcome with Love Jennie Overend (homebirth)
• Hello Baby Jenni Overend
• Lizzy and the Baby DVD
• I watched my Brother Being Born (waterbirth) Anne Vondruska
• Angels in the waters Regina Doman
• What’s inside your tummy mommy? Abby Cocovini
• The Lapsnatcher Bruce Coville