Recommended Resources for Pregnancy, Childbirth and Afterwards:
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Birth & Beyond by Dr. Yehudi Gordon The Definitive Guide to Your Pregnancy, Your Birth, Your Family: From Minus 9 to Plus 9 months. This provides balanced all round information. Up to date on exercise, technical facts, shows awareness of the emotional side of pregnancy birth and beyond.
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New Active Birth by Janet Balaskas.
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Yoga for Pregnancy by Wendy Teasdale
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Preparing for birth with Yoga by Janet Balaskas
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Complete Book of Pregnancy NCT/Daphne Maitland .
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Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer. Even though much has changed since this was written it is still relevant. Leboyer introduced awareness of the baby's experience of the birth.
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Wild Child: Wisdom and Traditions for Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood.
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The Encyclopaedia of Pregnancy & Birth by Janet Balaskas & Yehudi Gordon.
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Alternative Therapies for Pregnancy & Birth by Pat Thomas. Well researched with some information for everyone.
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The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
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Easy Exercises for Pregnancy by Janet Balaskas
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Birthing from Within By Pam England and Rob Horowitz
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Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
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Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
Post Natal
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Bestfeeding By Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms – the definitive guide to breastfeeding.
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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League. Deals with getting started and the long term with breastfeeding. Chatty in style.
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What Mothers Do –especially when it looks like nothing by Naomi Stadlen
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Baby Yoga by Francoise Barbira Freedman
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No Cry Sleep Solution by Elisabeth Pantely. Ideas to help parents help babies to find their own way of sleeping without imposing an adult-centered routine
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The Social Baby by Lynne Murray and Liz Andrews
Children
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Saying No, Why its important for you and your child by Asha Philips.
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How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish.
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Raising Boys: Why boys are different - and how to help them to become happy and well balanced men by Steve Biddulph.
Yoga - general
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Awakening the Spine by Vanda Scaravelli
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Breath: the essence of Yoga by Sandra Sabatini
Useful Organisations & Websites
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AIMS (Association for the improvement in maternity services) Publications of booklets and books on some controversial aspects of childbirth.
www.aims.org.uk
0870 765 1433.
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NCT (National Childbirth Trust) publish and supply a very good range of books and leaflets covering pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and parenthood.
www.nct.org.uk
0870 112 1120.
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MIDIRS (Midwives Information and Resource Service), The Informed Choice Leaflets on-line. www.midirs.org
0800 581009
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BirthChoice
www.BirthChoiceUK.com
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Association of Radical Midwives. The archives give you a lot of information about pregnancy and birth.
www.radmid.demon.co.uk
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Fathers To Be. Today’s fathers are participating more personally than ever before in the birth and upbringing of their children. This can have a strong impact on the family.
www.fatherstobe.org

