Here is Praeclarus Press’s recommended reading list. Contact us at info@praeclaruspress.com if you have any suggested additions.
Breastfeeding
- Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy
- The Nursing Mother’s Companion – 7th Edition: The Breastfeeding Book Mothers Trust, from Pregnancy through Weaning
- Breastfeeding in Combat Boots: A Survival Guide to Successful Breastfeeding While Serving in the Military
- Healing Breastfeeding Grief: How mothers feel and heal when breastfeeding does not go as hoped
- The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Uncovered: Who really decides how we feed our babies?
- Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter (Pinter & Martin Why It Matters Book 6)
- Don’t Kill Your Baby: Public Health and the Decline of Breastfeeding in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Women and Health Series: Cultural and Social Perspectives) (WOMEN & HEALTH C&S PERSPECTIVE)
- Work. Pump. Repeat.: The New Mom’s Survival Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work
- Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding: From the Nation’s Leading Midwife
- The Breastfeeding Mother’s Guide to Making More Milk: Foreword by Martha Sears, RN (Family & Relationships)
- The Attachment Parenting Book : A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
- Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family
Maternity
- The Natural Pregnancy Book, Third Edition: Your Complete Guide to a Safe, Organic Pregnancy and Childbirth with Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices
- Natural Health after Birth: The Complete Guide to Postpartum Wellness
- The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices
- The Mommy Plan, Restoring Your Post-pregnancy Body Naturally, Using Women’s Traditional Wisdom
- The Roar Behind the Silence: Why Kindness, Compassion and Respect Matter in Maternity Care
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
- Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth
- Your Plus-Size Pregnancy and Beyond: Positive Information, Advice and Support
- Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds
- Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor’s Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices
- The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide
- Mothering the New Mother: Women’s Feelings & Needs After Childbirth: A Support and Resource Guide
- Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent
- The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother
- Diastasis Recti: The Whole Body Solution to Abdominal Weakness and Separation
- The First 8 Days of Being a Mom. How to take care of the new mom as well as newborn.
- The Hypnobirthing Book: An inspirational guide for calm, confident, natural birth.
Doula and Midwifery
- Pocket Guide to Midwifery Care (The Crossing Press Pocket Series)
- The Nurturing Touch at Birth: a Labor Support Handbook- Third Edition
- Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant
- The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
- Spiritual Midwifery
- The Birth Partner, Revised 4th Edition, with New Illustrations: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions
- Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta
- Heart and Hands, Fifth Edition: A Midwife’s Guide to Pregnancy and Birth
For Lactation Consultants
- Supporting Sucking Skills In Breastfeeding Infants
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Completely Revised and Updated 8th Edition
- Breastfeeding Challenges Made Easy for Late Preterm Infants: The Go-To Guide for Nurses and Lactation Consultants
- Breastfeeding Management For The Clinician: Using the Evidence
- Core Curriculum For Lactation Consultant Practice
- Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review
- Counseling The Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant’s Guide
Trauma
- Trauma Informed Care in the Perinatal Period (Protecting Children and Young People)
- Traumatic Childbirth
- When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women
Mental Health
- Health and Social Relationships: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated
- The Hormone of Closeness: The Role of Oxytocin in Relationships
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