Birth

Books about Birth and Birthing

Balaskas, Janet

Active Birth. (Harvard, MA: Harvard Common Press, 1992).

Baldwin, Rahima

Special Delivery: The Complete Guide to Informed Birth. (Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1986).

Bing, Elizabeth

Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth. (Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub., 1994 (3rd rev. ed.)).

Cohen, Nancy Wainer

Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and Vback in the 90s. (Bergin & Garvey, 1991).

Dick-Read, Grantly

Childbirth Without Fear. (New York: Harper and Row, 1959). (Out of print - last printing 1993.)

England, Pam CNM, MA and Rob Horowitz, PhD

Birthing from Within : An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation. (Partera Press, 1998.)

Flamm, Bruce

Birth After Cesarean: The Medical Facts. (New York: Fireside, 1990).

Harper, Barbara

Gentle Birth Choices. (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 1994).

Jones, Carl

Mind Over Labor. (New York: Viking Penguin, 1987).

Kitzinger, Shiela

The Experience of Childbirth, 5th Edition. (New York: Penguin Books, 1982). (Hard to get.)

Kitzinger, Sheila

Giving Birth: The Parents’ Emotions in Childbirth. (New York: Schocken, 1977). (Out of print.)

Kitzinger, Sheila and Penny Simkin

Episiotomy and the Second Stage of Labor, 2nd ed. (Seattle: Pennypress, 1986).

Koehler, Nan

Artemis Speaks: V.B.A.C. Stories & Natural Childbirth Information. (Nan Ullrike Koehler, 1989). (Out of print.)

Korte, Diana and Roberta Scaer

A Good Birth, A Safe Birth. (Harvard: Harvard Common Press, 1992).

Lichy, Roger, M.D. and Eileen Herzberg.

The Waterbirth Handbook. (Bath, UK: Gateway Books, 1993).

Lieberman, Adrienne B.

Easing Labor Pain: The Complete Guide to Achieving a More Comfortable and Rewarding Birth. Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1987).

Mitford, Jessica

The American Way of Birth. (The Penguin Group, 1992). (Out of print.)

Mc,Cutcheon-Rosegg, Susan

Natural Childbirth The Bradley Way. (Plume, 1996).

Odent, Michel

Birth Reborn. (Birthworks, 1994).

Peterson, Gayle

Birthing Normally. (Berkeley, CA: Mind-body Press, 1984).

Peterson, Gayle, Shelia Kitzinger

An Easier Childbirth. (Shadow and Light Publications, 1994).

Saskia van Rees, Astrid Limburg and Beatrijs Smulders.

Women Giving Birth. (Berkeley,CA: Celestial Arts, 1992). (Out of Print.)

Sears, William and Martha

The Birth Book. (Little Brown & Co., 1994).

 

The Birth Movement

Arms, Suzanne

Immaculate Deception. (South Hadley, MA: Bergin & Garvey, 1985). (Out of Print.)

Arms, Suzanne

Immaculate Deception II--A Fresh Look at Childbirth. (Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1994.)

Ashford, Janet Isaacs .

Mothers and Midwives: A History of Traditional Childbirth. (Solana Beach, CA: Janet Isaacs Ashford, 1988).

Davis-Floyd, Robbie

Birth as an American Rite of Passage. (Univ. California Press, 1992).

Donnison, Jean

Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women's Rights. (Schocken Books, 1977). (Out of print.)

Pamela S. Eakins, editor.

The American Way of Birth. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986). (Out of print.)

Edwards, Margot and Waldorf, Mary

Reclaiming Birth: History and Heroines of American Childbirth Reform. (The Crossing Press, 1984). (Out of print.)

Korte, Diana and Roberta Scaer

A Good Birth, A Safe Birth. (Harvard: Harvard Common Press, 1992).

Mitford, Jessica

The American Way of Birth. (The Penguin Group, 1992). (Out of print.)

Odent, Michel

Birth Reborn. (Birthworks, 1994).

Rothman, Barbara Katz

In Labor: Women and Power in the Birthplace. (New York: Norton, 1991.)

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