Books we like on Yoga during pregnancy

  • The Yoga of Pregnancy by Mel Campbell
  • Preparing for Birth with Yoga by Janet Balaskas
  • Yoga and Breathing for Pregnancy and Birth by Susannah Dean
  • Yoga for Pregnancy by Wendy Teasdill
  • Awakening the Spine by Vanda Scaravelli
  • Breath: the essence of Yoga by Sandra Sabatini

Books we like on Birth

  • Am I allowed?, Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS), aims.org.uk
  • Birthing your Placenta: the Third Stage, AIMS, aims.org.uk
  • Inducing Labour, AIMS, aims.org.uk
  • Vitamin K and the Newborn, AIMS, aims.org.uk
  • Group B Strep Explained, AIMS, aims.org.uk
  • Birth & Beyond by Dr. Yehudi Gordon
  • New Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
  • Stand and Deliver by Emma Mahoney
  • Complete Book of Pregnancy by NCT & Daphne Maitland
  • Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer
  • The Encyclopaedia of Pregnancy & Birth by Janet Balaskas & Yehudi Gordon
  • Alternative Therapies for Pregnancy & Birth by Pat Thomas
  • The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
  • Easy Exercises for Pregnancy by Janet Balaskas
  • Birthing from Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz
  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
  • Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
  • Gentle birth, Gentle mothering by Sarah J. Buckley
  • The Oxytocin Factor by Kerstin Uvnas Moberg
  • Orgasmic Birth by Deborah Pascali Bonaro
  • Placenta the Forgotten Chakra by Robin Lim
  • Seven Secrets of a Joyful Birth by Dominique Sakoilsky
  • Birth Stories for the Soul by Denis Walsh and Sheena Byrom

Books we like on the postnatal period

  • The Food of Love by Kate Evans
  • Nightime Parenting and The Fussy Baby: How to Bring Out the Best in Your High-Need Child by William Sears
  • Birth Crisis by Sheila Kitzinger
  • Bestfeeding by Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms
  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League
  • What Mothers Do –especially when it looks like nothing by Naomi Stadlen
  • Baby Yoga by Francoise Barbira Freedman
  • No Cry Sleep Solution by Elisabeth Pantely
  • The Social Baby by Lynne Murray and Liz Andrews
  • Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May

Books we like on Parenting

  • Connected Parenting by Jennifer Kolar
  • Three in a Bed, and Do Not Disturb, both by Deborah Jackson
  • Your Child Your Way by Tanya Byron
  • Tears and Tantrums by Aletha J. Solter
  • Saying No, Why its important for you and your child by Asha Philips.
  • How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish.
  • Raising Boys: Why boys are different – and how to help them to become happy and well balanced men by Steve Biddulph

A totally natural delivery

I gave birth to a baby girl (3 kilos!) at 1.41 am on Thursday The birth team (A wonderful midwife and acupuncturist) was amazing and with the help of the positions you taught us we managed to get through with a totally natural labour and delivery.

Thankfully there were no complications, no need for drugs, and the full labour lasted for less than 4 hours. We left the hospital on Thursday afternoon and have been at home ever since adapting to our new family life and trying to get used to sleepless nights!

Just wanted to thank you for all your support, without which it might have been quite a different experience. I will make a booking for your postnatal yoga classes.