is 'welcome with love' out of print?

[groovynaturemama]

so, i'm looking to buy a few homebirth books for my dd now, even though having another baby is a couple years off. i was looking on amazon and saw that 'welcome with love' is only available through other sellers and the cheapest one is almost $60!! i remember the book being available at the end of last summer on amazon :

does anyone know if this book is out of print or have some good reccs for other hb kids' books? even though having a second baby is a couple years off for our family, i'd still like to have a book on the subject hanging around the house. dd is only 11 m/o, but she loves to be read to, and i'd like to start early teaching her that birth is normal, especially considering the fact that i'm a hb midwife's apprentice. i know she won't grasp the concept this early, but at least she may enjoy the pictures, kwim?

[alegna]

Yes. It's out of print. Keep watching. They'd all been $60-$80 then I found one at $30 and snatched it up.

-Angela

[hanno]

Hello Baby is the same book, just a different title. I love it!

http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Baby-Jen...7175259&sr=8-2

Looks like someone caught on because I got mine for $15 last month.

[Peony]

Wow. I have a copy I got for couple years for DD1, but it makes me wish i had snatched up the one I found at the thrift store the other day.....

[Treeof3]

Hmmmmm - maybe I need to "lose" the one I checked out of the library? I was thinking it is one we need to own since we have renewed it once already. Ds and dd can't get enough of it - sounds like it will be hard to own it inexpensively.

[SalmonBayDoula]

Please tell me you are joking!

Originally Posted by Treeof3

Hmmmmm - maybe I need to "lose" the one I checked out of the library? I was thinking it is one we need to own since we have renewed it once already. Ds and dd can't get enough of it - sounds like it will be hard to own it inexpensively.

I would hate to think you are serious about this! I borrow this book from the library in my town frequently and would be so sad if this happened!

Say it ain't so!

[SalmonBayDoula]

This is an Australian book...I have an idea

Maybe we could buy a bunch from a source in Australia and combine shipping, then disperse it to those who wanted it once it arrived stateside! It might still be available in Australia?

I am also looking for "My Brother Jimi Jazz" another great book for kids about home birth and it too is from Australia, and I can't find it here.

www.chrissybutler.com

Anyone want to head this effort up?

Sharon

[railyuh]

Wow, I bought this last November from amazon.com and it wasn't out of print then. I'm sad to hear it is out of print now. It's a wonderful book. I noticed that my local library had a new copy as well just the other day.

I just checked and it's going for even more on half.com

[Treeof3]

Originally Posted by salmonbay

I would hate to think you are serious about this! I borrow this book from the library in my town frequently and would be so sad if this happened!

Say it ain't so!

No!!!! I am so not serious!! I wouldn't do that - too many other mommas that would want to borrow it. No way. I was totally kidding. I didn't realize it was out of print until I saw the posts. We like to borrow books before buying when possible to make sure my kids love it as much as I do. Reading its out of print put a damper on my plans to own it. But I wouldn't steal it from the library. Promise.

Late nite pg insomnia - clearly didn't put in any sort of joking emoticons! Thanks for letting me clarify!

[hanno]

I've got to know...why is it so important that the cover say Welcome With Love, when Hello Baby is the same book (as I posted above)?

[groovynaturemama]

i went to amazon and snatched up 'hello baby'- it was $21 something, but waaaay better than the 'welcome with love' price. there are 4 left, and all are from individual sellers, not amazon themselves. amazon is clean out of both versions of the book. it doesn't matter one way or the other- 'welcome with love' or 'hello baby'- if they're the same, then i'm fine with it.

thanks, hanno, for pointing me in the right direction for this book

[ThreeBeans]

I bought "Welcome with Love" from Barnes and Nobel for a perfectly reasonable price last year. When did it go out of print?

[mamaspirit]

Like pp said Hello Baby is the same book. I got mine off of Amazon.com for $15 just a few weeks ago. My ds#2 loves it and is always asking me to read it to him.

[rrandle]

check this out...
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/use...s&WID=17298923

[hanno]

Originally Posted by rrandle

check this out...
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/use...s&WID=17298923

whoa!!!

[jeninejessica]

if you guys get a great deal on the book in a group buy, I want it! I want a copy for my niece, whose mother has recently started embarking on a possible homebirth journey!

[GSMama]

Can't get it in Canada either except secondhand on Chapters.ca. There's a copy on there listed for $500! The cheapest one is $25 but it has a page torn out and is an old library book...guess I'll have to borrow the copy my midwife has until I can find one of our own.

[honeybee]

I had no idea. I think I'll have to take our copy out of the kids' bookshelf and put it up where it can't get messed up so we have it for future babies!

[hapersmion]

I just got mine in the mail last week! I got it with the title "Hello Baby" for $19, used but in perfect condition. I think it was from Amazon... (could have been eBay though.)

DS likes it, but not as much as his truck books.