Lending Library

A complementary lending library is provided for clients with the agreement that all video loans will be returned within 3 days to the GV office or 1 week to the Auburn office. Books and audiotapes can be returned at your next prenatal visit or in one month. Returns can deposited in the office mail slots in the office doors if offices are closed. Please log out and check in all loans.  If loans aren’t returned or are damaged you agree to pay to replace the item plus any shipping and handling charges.

I appreciate your help in making sure the library is available for future clients to use as well. Thank You.

* Selections are highly recommended.

DVDs

Birth Day (11 min.) A beautiful documentary of a Mexican midwife's third labor and water birth. Naomi Vinaver Lopez.

*Birth As We Know It (3hrs., 15 min.) Exquisite video demonstrating the new potential in birth when fear is removed. Information on the violence of circumcision and how trauma interferes with our human potential are reviewed.

Birth in the Squatting Position Veronica Wagner.

*Birth Into Being (25 min.) T. and Alexei Sargunas. Five incredible waterbirths including ocean births. 1999

Blessing the Way (28 min.) This video explores the “blessingway” ritual as a tool for healing and transformation during pregnancy.

Born in the USA (56 min.) Maternity care as seen through the eyes of an Obstetrician, a Nurse/Midwife and a Midwife.

Born in Water: A Sacred Journey (33 min.)  A beautiful collection of seven waterbirths. Andaluz Waterbirth Center. 2001

Breast Feeding Meditation Guided meditations and affirmations to enhance your milk supply. 2004

The Business of Being Born (84 min) Insight into the process and options available. 2008

Children At Birth The joy of birth shown in four natural, unmedicated Bradley births, all with children present. This film is from decades ago but excellent. Academy Communications. 

Circumcision Surgery: Choosing a Birth Control. Assisting a Vaginal Breech (8 min.)

Comfort Measures for Childbirth (38 min.) Classic Childbirth  Education Must See.  Penny Simkin and Injoy Productions.

Delivery Self Attachment (6 min.) See unmedicated newborn's ability to crawl up to the breast and attach him/herself unassisted.  Dr Lennart Righard.

Discovery Health Childbirth in the USA: Medical vs. Midwifery. 2004

Giving Birth: Challenges and Choices Suzanne Arms.

The Happiest Baby on the Block  (128 min.)  The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer. Learn the secrets of the world’s best baby calmers! Discover the amazing calming reflex...your baby ‘s natural crying “off-switch”. Harvey Karp, M.D. 2002

How to Save Your Child or Baby

Infant and Child CPR What Every Parent Should Know (Includes General Child Safety Info on various issues) Matty Mo Media. 2006

NEW:!!: Life's Greatest Miracle (60 min.) The Journey from conception to birth. Some never before seen footage.

*The Miracle of Life (60min.) The first filmed record of human conception. Lennart Nilsson.

Pre & Postnatal Yoga ( 36 min.) by Monterey Movie Company.

Relaxation, Rythym and Ritual Very realistic snippets of women's labors shows the intensity of active labor realistically. Penny Simpkin.

The Timeless Way (20 Min.)

Vaccines: The Risks, the Benefits and the Choices Second Edition. A board certified emergency medicine doctor discusses vaccinations and reveals problems not often presented by the medical profession. Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny. 2006

What Babies Want (58 min) An exploration of the consciousness of infants. "Here is a passionate blending of medical science and sociology that compels, enlightens and uplifts while opening our minds." Narrated by Noah Wyle. By Debby Takikawa. 2004

Videos-Favorites

Birth Day (11 min.) A Mexican midwife gives birth to her third child in this beautiful waterbirth video. Naomi Vinaver Lopez.

*Birth Into Being:The Russian Waterbirth Experience (25 min.) T. and Alexei Sargunas. Five incredible waterbirths.1999

Blessing the Way (28 min) This video explores the “blessingway” ritual as a tool for healing and transformation during pregnancy.

*Born In Water: A Sacred Journey (33 min.) A beautiful collection of seven waterbirths. Andaluz Waterbirth Center. 2001

*Comfort Measures for Childbirth (38 min) Classic Childbirth Education Must See. Penny Simkin and Injoy Productions.

Delivery Self Attachment (6 min.) Dr. Lennart Righard’s video of a newborn’s ability to crawl up to the breast and attach him/herself unassisted!

The First Years Last Forever  Hosted by Rob Reiner.  Funded by CA Children & Families Partnership. 6 tape series  The first Yrs. Last Forever, Ready to Learn, Quality Child Care, Safe From the Start, Your Healthy Baby and Discipline.  You can obtain your own copy of these videos for free if interested.

14 Steps to Better Breast Feeding (16 min.) A complete guide on how to breast feed.

Gentle Birth Choices Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Births, Home Births, Hospital Births.  Barbara Harper, R. N. 1994

*Giving Birth: Challenges & Choices Excellent professional video about homebirth with presentations by well-known birth professionals including obstetricians. Suzanne Arms.

The Happiest Baby on the Block The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer.    Learn the secrets of the world’s best baby calmers! Discover the amazing calming reflex...your baby ‘s natural crying “off-switch”. Harvey Karp, M.D. 2002

Hey, What about Me? (30 min.)A video guide for brothers and sisters of new babies. Ages 2-7.

Home Sweet Homebirth (54 min.) Not professional quality but informative. Pro-Traditional Midwifery. Yvonne Lapp Cryns.

*How to Save Your Child or Baby:When Ever Second Counts Child and Baby CPR, choking rescue and Heimlich maneuver.By Video Prescriptions.

Pre & Postnatal Yoga (36 min.) by Monterey Movie Company.

The Timeless Way (20 min) A history of birth from ancient to modern times focusing on the upright postitions to birth.

*Water Baby (35 min.) Excellent professional labor in water and waterbirth video.Includes using water with infants and young children. Karil Daniels.

Videos-Additional

*Auburn Community Television Interview of Vanita Lott and her client Mary Thompson. 6/4/03

A Woman’s Most Important Day  Reknowned childbirth educator discusses making your day of labor and birth the most rewarding possible. Penny Simkin.

Babies Know More Than You Think (69 min.)   Suzanne Arms, birth activist, author and speaker interviews David Chamberlain, PhD about brain capacities in unborn, newborn and infants.  Perinatal psychology.  1994

Birth in the Squatting Position (10 min.) Series of traditional Brazilian women giving birth squatting.

Birth in the Squatting Position 2 Series of another group of Brazilian women giving birth.

Circumcision Surgery (8min) Choosing a birth control Method (5 min),Assisting at a Vaginal Breech Birth.

The First Years Last Forever Hosted by Rob Riener. Funded by CA Children & Families Partnership 6 tape series:The First Yrs. Last Forever, Ready To Learn, Quality Child Care, Safe From the Start, Your Healthy Baby and Discipline.  You can obtain your own copy of these videos for free if interested                                                                                                

Home Sweet Homebirth This low budget video is filled with interviews with leading physicians, historians, midwives and researchers, as well as personal interviews with people who have experienced a homebirth.Yvonne Lapp Cryns. 1997

The Joy Of Natural Childbirth ( 30 min) Mothers and Fathers Tell Their Stories. Local production.

Positive Prenatal Fitness (64 min) A Complete Pregnancy Workout.

Pre and Postnatal Yoga  (36 min) By Monterey Movie Company.

*Today’s CNM Excellent video about the modern nurse-midwife.

*A Woman’s Most Important Day  Reknowned childbirth educator discusses making your day of labor and birth the most rewarding possible. Penny Simkin.

ZenMama Prenatal Yoga Workout.  Rainbeau Mars.  

Birth Stories

*A Midwife’s Story A CNM shares stories from her homebirth practice in the Amish country. Penny Armstrong and Sheryl Feldman. 1990

Baby Catcher Chronicles of a Modern Midwife A CNM shares stories from her home and hospital practice, most well written birth compilation. Peggy Vincent. 2002

*Spiritual Midwifery Third edition. This classic bestselling chronicle of the midwives experience of homebirths on “The Farm” community in Tennesee in the hippie era. Ina MayGaskin. 2 copies.1990

Why Not Me? The Story of Gladys Milton. A "Granny Midwife", trained to do homebirths by physicians, faces prosecution when the medical professions decides they don't want her to practice in the south anymore. W. Bovard & G. Milton. 1993

Preconception Care

Birth Your Way Choosing Birth at Home or in a Birth Center. Kitzinger. 2002

The Complete book of Pregnancy and Childbirth An encyclopedic reference for expectant Mothers. Kitzinger. 2004

Healthy Parents, Better Babies  Couple’s Guide to Natural Preconception Health Care. Francesca Naish and Jannette Roberts. 2 copies

*Gentle Birth Choices Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Births, Home Births, Hospital Births Barbara Harper, R.N. 1994

Hey! Who’s having This Baby Anyway? A Guide and Workbook Breck Hawk, RN & Midwife. 2005 2 copies.

*Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth Ina May Gaskin. 2003

Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy Miriam Erick, M.S.R.D.F. 2002

Taking Charge of Your Fertility The definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health. Toni Weschler, MPH. 2002

*The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth Clear concise information on cesareans, midwives, home birth, alternatives to high-tech birth and more. Henci Goer. 2 copies 1999

*With Child Wisdom and Traditions For Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood. Deborah Jackson. 1999

Pregnancy and Childbirth Books

Active Birth The new approach to giving birth naturally. Janet Balaskas. 1992

The American Way of Birth An expose of the business of obstetrics Jessica Mitford. 1992

The Art of Expecting Simple Ways to Make Room for the Future. Veronique Vienne. 2002

Back Labor No More!! What Every Women Should Know Before Labor. Janie McCoy King.

Birth As An American Rite Of Passage  Anthropologic study of American birth practices that explains why we use technology even when it is unnecessary. Robbie Davis-Floyd. 1992

Birth Balls Use of Physical Therapy Balls in Maternity. Paulina Perez, R.N. 2000

The Birth Book Everything you need to know to have a safe and satisfying birth. William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N. 1994

Birth and the Dialogue of Love Marilyn A. Moran, Pam England & Rob Horowitz. 1998

The Birth Partner Everything You Need to Know to Help a woman through childbirth. Second Edition Penny Simkin. 2001

*Birthing From Within: An Extra Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation  Pam England & Rob Horowitz. 1998 

Birth Over Thirty Kitzinger. 1998

Birthing Normally A Personal Growth Approach To Childbirth. Gayle Peterson. 1981

*Birth Reborn A classic book on alternative birth practices including use of midwives, labor in water, water birth and the use of the squatting position.  Odent is an Ob/Gyn who is an international gentle birth advocate. M.Odent. 1984

Birth without Violence Revised edition of the classic.  Frederick Leboyer, M.D. 2002 & 1990 3 copies

Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissfull The spiritual and physical practices of Kundalini yoga during pregnancy. Gurmukh. 2003 

A Child Is Born Lennart Nilsson. 1993

The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth An encyclopedic reference for expectant mothers. Kitzinger. 2004

The Complete Guide to Pregnancy after 30. From Conception to Delivery All you need to know to make the right decisions. Carol Winkelman. 2002

Conception, Pregnancy and Birth Dr. Miriam Stoppard. 1993

The Doula Book How a a trained labor companion can help you have a shorter easier healthier birth. Klaus, Kennell and Klaus. 1993

Dreaming for Two The hidden emotional life of expectant mothers. Greenberg, Kroll, Grill. 2002

* An Easier Childbirth:A Mother’s Guide For Birthing Normally This book is a workbook to prepare you emotionally and mentally for childbirth.  Gayle Petterson, Ph.D. 2 copies

Exercising Through Your Pregnancy Your guide to an active, healthy pregnancy written by the physician whose research makes the compelling case for exercise before, during and after pregnancy. James F. Clapp III. M.D. 2002

Gestational Diabetes What to Expect. Your guide to a healthy pregnancy and a happy, healthy baby. American Diabetes Association, Fourth Edition, 2000

The Gift of Giving Life, Volumes I & II A woman's guide to self-discovery and natural childbirth, and during the first year after childbirth. A Kundalini yoga approach. Ancient Healing Ways.

Hands of Love Seven Steps to the Miracle of Birth. Planning an optimal birth.Dr. Carol Phillips. 2001

Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood  In the eyes of an ecologist, the mother’s body is the first environment, the mediator between the chemicals-both nourishing and dangerous- in our food, water, and air and her unborn child. Sandra Steingraber.  2001

Help!  She’s Having a Baby: Emergency Childbirth A practical guide to help you know what to do when it’s up to you. Nancy Crowley, R.N. 1993

The Home Birth Advantage A time-honored tradition for the new millennium. Mayer Eisenstein, M.D. 2000

Hot Mama How to have a babe and be a babe: Karen Salmansohn. 2003

How to Relax and Have your Baby Edmund Jacobson, M.D. 1965

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth 2001 (2) copies

Immaculate Deception II:Myth, Magic and Birth This firey author revolutionized birth in America with her first book which was an expose of the medicalization of birth. Suzanne Arms 1994

Integral Yoga Hatha for Pregnant Women Teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda 1997

Labor Pains: Modern Midwives and Home Birth Deborah A. Sullivan and Rose Weitz. 1988

Managing Your Gestational Diabete Lois Jovanovic-Peterson,M.D., Morton B. Stone.  1994

Midwife means “With Woman” A guide to healthy childbearing. Ehrlich Hallett. 1991

Mind Over Labor A classic book on the proper use of the power of the mind. C. Jones. 1987 2 copies

The Miraculous World of Your Unborn Baby A Week-by-Week Guide to Your Pregnancy.  Nikki Bradford 1998.

Mothers Are People Too A Contemporary Analysis of Motherhood.

*Natural Childbirth: The Bradley Way  Susan Mc Cutcheon. 1996 3 copies

Natural Family Living The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting. Peggy O’Mara, Jane McConnell. 2003

Pregnancy Fitness  Okkin. 1987

The Natural Pregnancy Book, Herbs, Nutrition and other Holistic Choices  Aviva Jill Romm 1997 & 2003 2 copies (Not to be removed from office)

The Nurturing Touch at Birth A Labor support handbook. Paulina Perez 1997

The Secret Life of the Unborn Child How to prepare your unborn child for a healthy,happy life. Kelly Verny.1981

The Birth that is Right for You  William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N.

The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth Practical information for a safe, satisfying childbirth. Henci Goer. 1999

Sacred Birthing Birthing a New Humanity. Sunni Karll. 2003

Water Birth: A Midwife’s Perspective Susanna Napierala. 1994

What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section Be informed, know your rights, protect yourself, protect your baby.  27 page publication. Maternity Center Association. 2004

What to Eat When You’re Expecting Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway.  1986 

When Survivors Give Birth Understand and healing the effects of early sexual abuse on child bearing women. P.T. & Phyllis Klaus.

Yoga for Pregnancy Francoise Barbara Freedman and Doriel Hall. 2001

Your Baby, Your Way: Making Pregnancy Decisions & Birth Plan Sheila Kitzinger. 1987

Your Pregnancy Week by Week Glade B. Curtis, M.D.,OB/GYN & Judith Schuler,M.S. 4th Edition

For Fathers

Becoming a Father  The father is crucial to the development of children and the act of fathering is important to the life and soul of men. John Hart. 1998 (2) copies

Help!  She’s Having a Baby: Emergency Childbirth A practical guide to help you know what to do when it’s up to you. Nancy Crowley, R.N. 1993

She’s Having A Baby- and I’m Having A Breakdown (What every Man Needs to Know and Do When the Women He Loves Is Pregnant) A lighthearted look at the father’s perspective.   James Barron. 1998

What to Expect When Your Wife is Expanding A Parody. Thomas Hill. 1993

Postpartum or After the Birth/Motherhood

After the Baby’s Birth A Woman’s Way to Wellness.  A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women. A wonderful book! Robin Lim. 1991

The Fourth Trimester: And You Thought Labor Was Hard Advice, Humor, and Inspiration for New Moms on Surviving the First Six Weeks.  Amy  Einhorn. 2001

The Girlfriends’ Guide to surviving the first year of motherhood Vicki Lovine. First edition. 1997

The Womanly Art 0f Breastfeeding La Leche League International. Seventh Revised Edition. 2004

Audios & CDs

Calm Birth Advanced Childbirth Methods for Conception, Pregnancy and Childbirth.  Three Meditative Relaxation and Breathing Techniques to learn to stay in Awareness and not the Mind. CD

Calm Birth Advanced Postnatal Care & General Medicine:Three Meditative Relaxation and Breathing Techniques to learn to stay in Awareness and not the Mind. CD

Great Expectations The Joy of Pregnancy and Birthing-Techniques for an Easier Delivery.  Emmett Miller, M.D. A loving guided imagery experience with music.  For pregnancy- from conception to post-delivery.You (and those around you) can learn to let go of tension and enjoy the miracle happening within

Healing Journey Guided Imagery and Music to Enhance the Healing Process. Emmett Miller, M.D.

Healthy Pregnancy & Successful Labor  Two tape meditation series including guided imagery and affirmations.   Belleruth Naparstek.

Impact of Births From Conception thru Bonding.Two tape series about the psychological effects of pregnancy and birth on the psyche of our children. Association of Pre-and Perinatal Psychology Association.

Integral Yoga Hatha for Pregnant Women. Teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda. 1997

*Journeying Through Pregnancy and Birth Relaxation and Visualization.  Jennifer Houston, CNM

Letting Go of Stress Four Effective Techniques for Relaxation and Stress Reduction. Emmett Miller, MD and Steven Halpern, Ph.D.

Relaxation for Expectant Mothers   (40 min.) A guided relaxation and imagery process that helps mother before the delivery, as well as in new role as mother.

Transitions Maternal and Fetal Wellness Program.   Music, guided imagery and visualizations to give mother and baby a healthier pregnancy and birth.

Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology

The Enduring Effects of Prenatal Experience Echoes from the Womb Dr. Ludwig Janus. 2001

The Journal of Prenatal and Perninatal Psychology and Heath Lyman.

Natural Development Dr Susan Ludington-Hoe with Susan K. Golant.

The Mind of Your Newborn Baby Formerly titled, Babies Remember Their Births. Dr. David Chamberlain 1998

Rediscovering Birth An informative and honest book on natural childbirth.Kitzinger. 2000

Remembering Our Home:Healing Hurts and Receiving Gifts from Conception to Birth A book on the effects of prenatal and perinatal trauma and how to heal from it.   S. Linn, W. Emerson, D&M Linn. 1999

Pregnancy As A Healing Process

The Healing Power of Birth Rima Beth Star. 1986

Pregnancy As Healing A Holistic Philosophy For Prenatal Care. Gayle Peterson & Lewis Mehl. 1985

Parenting & Childcare

*15,000 Baby Names

Attachment Parenting Instinctive Care for your Baby and Young Child. Granju, Katie.  Healthy attachment is key to a healthy child. 1999

The Baby Name Countdown Janet Schwegel 1996

Baby Wise Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam, M. D. 1995

The Baby Book Everything you need to know about your baby from birth to age two.  William Sears, M.D., Martha Sears R.N. 2003

The Baby Book  Everything you need to know about your baby from birth to age two. William Sears, M.D., Martha Sears R.N. 2003

The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole World Bruce Lansky.1984

Best Exotic Baby Names New, Historical, Ancient & Mystical. Allison Jones. 2007

The Birth Partner Everything you need to know to help a woman through Childbirth. Penny Simkin. 2001 

*The Continuum Concept  In search of happiness lost. The classic bestseller on infant-parent bonding and the need for physical closeness. Jean Liedloff. 1977

Emissary of LoveThe Psychic Children Speak to the World. Twyman. 2002

The First Twelve Months of Life Your baby’s growth month by month. The Princeton Center for infancy and early childhood. Frank Caplan, General Editor 1982

*Giving The Love That Heals A Guide for Parents. Harville Hendricks, Ph.D. and Helen Hunt. 1997

Happiest Baby on the Block  The new way to calm crying. Harvey Carp, M.D, 2003

Happiest Toddler on the Block  A new way to stop the daily battle of wills. Harvey Carp, M.D.

Having a Baby Naturally A book offering the many options of natural childbirth. O’Mara. 2003

Husband Coached Childbirth The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth. Bradley, M.D. 1981

The Indigo Children The New Kids Have Arrived. This book is a must for the parents of unusually bright and active children. Indigo children display a new and unusual set of psychological attributes and behavior generally not documented before. Lee Carroll and Jan Tober.  1999

*Infant Massage A Handbook For Loving Parents  Vimala Schneider. 1982

In Search of Happiness Lost The classic bestseller on infant-parent bonding and the need for physical closeness.  Liedloff Jean. 1977

Living Joyfully with Children Win and Bill Sweet.  1997  (I love this title!)

Love You Forever A children book about growing up and becoming a man.  Robert Munsch.

Magical Child Rediscover Nature’s Plan for Our Children. A classic book with an intellectual style. Joseph C. Pearce. 1977

Magical Parent, Magical Child The Optimum Learning Relationship:The art of playful parenting, peak performan & expansive learning. Michael Mendizza with Joseph C. Pearce . 2002

Making Healthy Familes Learn how to become a healthy couple, empowerment for birth, characteristics of healthy families, communication and conflict resolution, sex and healing in marriage, “good enough parenting” and healthy step-families.Shadow and Light Publications. Gayle Peterson, MSSW, Ph.D. 2000 2 copies

The Mask of Motherhood How Becoming a Mother Changes our lives and Why  We are naming ourselves, naming our children.  Resolving the last name dilemma.  Sharon Lebell. 1998

My Mom’s Having a Baby Elizabeth’s Mom is having a baby and the whole family is involved. Dori Butler.  2005

Naming Ourselves,Naming Our Children  Resolving the last name dilemma. Sharon Lebell. 1988

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth. 1996

The New Age Baby Name Book More than 10000 names. Sue Browder. 1974

Never Talk About it  The Face of Motherhood.  Susan Maushart.  1999

Nighttime Parenting  How to get your baby and child to sleep.  William Sears,M.D.1985, 1999

The No Cry Sleep Solution Gentle Ways to help your baby sleep through the night.  Elizabeth Pantley. 2002

Nighttime Parenting How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep William Sears, M.D. 1985,1999 2 copies

Parent-Infant Bonding Marshall H. Klaus and John H. Kennell. Second Edition 1982

Parenting from the InsIde Out How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. Daniel J. Seigel, M.D. and Mary Hartzell, M. Ed.2004

Positive Discipline A- Z Nelson, Ed.D., Lott, M.A., M.F.C.C., Glenn, Ph.D. 1999

Sleep in Heavenly Peace  The classic sleep reference guide for parents. 1995

Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents Guiding your Children to Success and Fulfillment.  Deepak Chopra. 1997 

Silent Nights for you and Your Baby Jane Asher. 1984

Touchpoints Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development.  Brazelton, M.D.

When You were a Baby Jane Asher. 1984

The Wise Child A Spiritual Guide to Nurturing Your Child’s Intuition. Sonia Choquette, PH.D.

The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child. Sears. 2007 3 copies

Vaccinations – A thoughtful parent’s guide How to make safe, sensible decisions about the risks, benefits, and alternatives.  Aviva Jill Romm. 2001

The Very Best Baby Name Book in the whole wide world.  Bruce Lansky. 1995

Vitamin K and the Newborn Sara Wickham, Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services.2003

Welcoming your Second Baby  Vicki Lansky. 

Circumcision

Circumcision Surgery An eight minute video.  I recommend any parent considering a circumcision watch this video before making a decision. A typical circumcision surgery performed.

Circumcision Exposed Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition Billy Ray Boyd 1998

Circumcision:What It Does Billy Ray Boyd 1990

The Joy of Being a Boy A book to reassure the young boy and family that to remain intact as nature intended is ideal.   Elizabeth Noble with Leo Sorger, MD 1994

Vaginal Birth After C- Section& Cesarean Information

*Open Season A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and VBAC in the 90’s   N. Cohen. 1991 2 copies

*Silent Knife Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean. A Cesarean Prevention Classic!!! Nancy Wainer Cohen & Lois J. Estner. 1983

*VBAC \Companion Why you want a Vaginal Birth after a Cesarean and planning it. Diana Korte.1997

Children’s Birth Books

Angel in the Waters In its mother’s womb, a tiny baby grows, explores the waters, and talks with the angel who is there. Regina Doman. 2004  2 copies

Animal Babies  Harry McNaught.1977

All the Places to Love This is a beautiful story of two children born at home amidst peaceful and incredible landscapes for older children. Patricia MacLachian. 1994

And After That  Helping young children see that some things will change after the birth of a baby and some things won’t! Sweet little book. Jeanne Ashbe. 2002

Baby, Come Out!  Story of a baby who is coaxed to be born by a special offer from Dad. Fran Manushkin.  2002

Baby on the Way Lots of information , about pregnancy, birth and babies, told in a fun, easy to follow, colorful book.   Sears, M.D., Sears, R.N., and Kelly. 2001

Free To Be... A Family A Book About All Kinds Of Belonging. For Non-traditional families. Marlo Thomas & Friends. 1987

Hi, New Baby The arrival of a second child.  A children’s book.  Emberley. 2000

How you were Born Joanna Cole. 1984

I Chose You to Be My Mommy A delightful rendition of children's true stories of life before birth. Akira Ikegawa, M.D., PhD.

My Mommy’s Midwife By Trish Payne CNM and Hayley Holland.

The 12 Gifts of Birth A Message for children of all ages and the child in every adult. Charlene Costanzo. 1999

The Way Mothers Are Miriam Schlein and Joe Lasker. 1993

*Welcome With Love A great story to read to children about a beautiful homebirth.  Jenni Overend. Illustrated by Julie Vivas. 2000

Welcoming Babies  A vibrant and tender celebration of life and diversity.Explore the welcoming of babies the world over. Margy Knight. 1998

*What’s Inside An adorable book for small children to explain the hidden mystery of being with child. Jeanne Ashbe. 2000

*The World is Full of Babies! How All Sorts of Babies Grow and Develop.For ages 2-6. Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom. 1996

Natural Healing and Nutrition

Sugar Blues Exposing sugar, the killer in your diet- offering you a life-saving, sugar-free way to health. William Dufty. 1975 2 copies

Get the Sugar Out 501 simple ways to cut the sugar out of any diet. Ann Louise Gittleman MS CNS. 1996

4 Blood types, 4 diets Eat right for Your Blood Type  The individualized diet solution to staying healthy, living longer eating right for two and achieving your ideal weight. Dr. Peter J.D. Adamo with Catherine Whitney. 1996

Aromatherapy For Pregnancy and Childbirth Margaret Fawcett RGN, RM, LLSA. 1993  

Beyond Antibiotics Healthier Options for Families.  Schmidt, Smith, Sehnert. 1993

Dr. Christensen’s Patient Handbook And Treatment Guide“ For a Lifetime of Good Health….. Naturally”. Kyle D. Christensen, D.C., N.D., M.H,

Herbal First Aid and Health Care  Medicine for a New Millennium. Kyle D. Christensen, D.C., M.H., 2000

Homeopathic Medicines For Pregnancy& Childbirth Richard Moskowitz, M.D. 1992

The Homeopathic Treatment Of Children Pediatric Constitutional types. G.    Vithoulkas. 1991

Love, Medicine and Miracles Lessons learned about self-healing from a surgeon’s experience with exceptional parents. Siegal, M.D 1986

Messages From The Body Their psychological meaning. 1991

Of Monkeys and Dragons, Freedom from the Tyranny of Disease An RN with a holistic healing clinic discusses the healings that occur when we merge with our spiritual connection. Michele Longo O’Donnell. 2000

Pregnancy, Children and the Vegan Diet Michael Klaper,M.D. 1987

Vegetarian Mother Baby Book   Rose Elliot. 1986

Childbirth History

Birth as an American Rite of Passage An anthropological understanding of birthing in this country. Davis-Floyd. 1992

Brought To Bed: Child Bearing In America 1750-1950 Judith Walzer-Leavitt. 1986

Lying-In A History of Childbirth In America. Richard Wertz & DorthyWertz. 1989

A Midwife’s Tale Ballard Life Based on Her Diary 1785-1812. This dairy of a skilled midwife’s homebirth practice shows how safe homebirth can be even before hospitals. T. Ulrich. 1990

Reclaiming Birth History and Heroines Of American Childbirth Reform. M. Edwards & M. Waldorf. 1981 2 copies

Safer Childbirth: A Critical History of Maternity Care Marjorie Tew. 1990

Why Not Me? The Story of Gladys Milton A "granny midwife" trained to do homebirths by physicians faces prosecution when the medical profession decides they don’t want her to practice anymore in the South. W. Bovard & G. Milton. 1993

Childbirth Research

A Guide To Effective Care In Pregnancy & Childbirth (Second Edition) M. Enkin, M. Keirse.

Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities A Guide to the Medical Literature. This book documents the research that shows that midwives and homebirth are desirable options and that lots of common interventions are not scientifically proven to be helpful. H. Goer. 1995

Women's Health

Cooperative Method Of Natural Birth Control (New Edition) Margaret Nofziger. 1993

Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book Susan Love, MD with K. Lindsey. 1990

*The Fertility Awareness Handbook The Natural Guide to Avoiding or Achieving Pregnancy. Barbara Kass-Annese, R.N., C.N.P. & Hal Danzer, M.D. 1992

Menopause Naturally Preparing For The Second Half Of Life. Sadja Greenwood, M.D 1992

*The New Our Bodies, Ourselves A book for Women by Women. The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. 1992

Patterns Natural Family Planning and Fertility Awareness Methods for Women and Men. Barbara Kass-Annese, RN, NP & H. Danzer, MD. 1982

*Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom Creating Physical and Emotional Health and  Healing:  Christine Northrup, M.D. 1994

Spirituality and Women's Issues

Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissfull The spiritual and physical practices of Kundalini yoga during pregnancy. Gurmukh. 2003

Born To Live  A spiritual oriented book from the Edgar Cayce tradition with views on incarnating, deciding to be pregnant or not, abortion, dreams in pregnancy, birth in the New Age, special children and planning your family. Gladys T.McGarey, M.D. 2000

Coming From the Light Spiritual Accounts of Life Before Life. Sarah Hinze. 1994

Imagine A Woman in Love with Herself  Embracing your Wisdom and Wholeness. Patricia Lynn Reilly. 1999

The Miracle Of Birth A Clairvoyant Study Of A Human Embryo. Geoffrey Hodson. 1981

Women Who Run With the Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild Women Archetype. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. 1992

Recovery

Adult Children of Abusive Parents Steven Farmer, MA., M.F.C.C.  1990

Beginning to Heal  A First Book for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse:  Bass & Davis.  1988

Co-dependent No More Melody Beatty.

The Courage to Heal  A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse:  Bass & Davis.  1988

The Danger of Anger A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships.  Harriet G.Lerner, Ph.D.  1985

Don’t Call it Love:  Recovery From Sexual Addiction  Patrick Carnes, PhD. 1992

Facing Co-dependence  Pia Mellody with Andrea Wells Miller and Keith Miller. 1989

The Family:  A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery  John Bradshaw. 1988

*The Grief Recovery Handbook A step by step program for moving beyond loss.  James and Cherry. 1988

Help, Comfort & Hope after Losing your Baby in Pregnancy or the First Year Hannah Lothrop. 1997

Overcoming Addictions The Spiritual Solution.  Deepak Chopra, MD. 1997

Remembering Our Home:Healing Hurts 1986

Receiving Gifts from Conception to Birth  A book on the effects of prenatal and perinatal trauma and how to heal from it. S. Linn, W. Emerson, D& M Linn. 1999

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous The basic Text,  Addiction to romance and sex is common in our culture. 1986

Women, Sex, and Addiction  A Search for Love & Power:  Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph.D. 1989

Women Who Love Too Much When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change. Robin Norwood. 1985

The Wounded Heart  Hope for the Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Dr Allender. 1995

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