This is a spinoff of the are you gonna BF thread. Someone was asking about books.
My Favorite Breastfeeding book is by Dr. Jack Newman, He addressess all sorts of problems/issues and has a message throughout the book which tells the mom that she is normal and can do it. I randomly had this book with my first and it was amazing how it helped me through all of our troubles (Which were abundant and seemingly never-ending
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For Birth books, I love "Ina May Gaskin's birth book" and her "Spiritual Midwifery", both which have beautiful birth stories. In fact, in her birth book (not sure if that is the exact title) some of the women giving birth are the babies who's birth stories were told in Spiritual Midwifery a generation before. They are so inspiring and lovely to read. "Spiritual Midwifery" is also interesting and can be appreciated because it captures the history of an important time in our country, from the perspective of birthing families. I also love "Birthing from Within", and did a BFW class before I had DD2.
So what books do you think are terrific and worth the read?
ND
My Favorite Breastfeeding book is by Dr. Jack Newman, He addressess all sorts of problems/issues and has a message throughout the book which tells the mom that she is normal and can do it. I randomly had this book with my first and it was amazing how it helped me through all of our troubles (Which were abundant and seemingly never-ending
).For Birth books, I love "Ina May Gaskin's birth book" and her "Spiritual Midwifery", both which have beautiful birth stories. In fact, in her birth book (not sure if that is the exact title) some of the women giving birth are the babies who's birth stories were told in Spiritual Midwifery a generation before. They are so inspiring and lovely to read. "Spiritual Midwifery" is also interesting and can be appreciated because it captures the history of an important time in our country, from the perspective of birthing families. I also love "Birthing from Within", and did a BFW class before I had DD2.
So what books do you think are terrific and worth the read?
ND
those mamas! There are other good ones, but that is a classic.
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