The Birth Hub recommends the following good reads…
so put down that magazine and switch off the TV
and let’s get down to business… 

• Birth Without Violence – Frederick Leboyer
• Pregnancy and Childbirth – Sheila Kitzinger
• The Mama Bamba Way – Robyn Sheldon
• Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering – Sarah J Buckley
• Gentle Birth Choices – Barbara Harper
• HypnoBirthing – Marie Mongan
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin
• The Practical Pregnancy Handbook – Irene Bourquin
• Baby – Desmond Morris
• Childbirth Without Fear – Grantly Dick-Read
• Water, Birth and Sexuality – Michel Odent
• The Functions of the Orgasm – Michel Odent
• Childbirth in the Age of Plastics – Michel Odent
• Childbirth and the Future of Homo Sapiens – Michel Odent
• Birth and Breastfeeding – Michel Odent
• Birth Reborn – Michel Odent
• Eve’s Wisdom – Deborah Jackson
• Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding – Ina May Gaskin
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding – La Leche League International
• Helping Your Baby to Sleep – Anni Gethin and Beth Macgregor
• The Child Within the Lotus – Margaret Stephenson Meere
• The Wonder Weeks – Hetty van de Rijt and Frans Plooij
• The Continuum Concept – Jean Leidloff
• Three in a Bed – Deborah Jackson
• Gentle First Year – Gowrie Motha
• Tears and Tantrums – Aletha Solter
• The Aware Baby – Aletha Solter
• Playful Parenting – Lawrence Cohen
• Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves – Naomi Aldort
• The Whole Brain Child – Dan Siegel
• The Vaccine Book – Robert W Sears
• Hold your Prem – Jill Bergman
• Brain Development, Milestones and Learning – Melodie de Jager