Essential Bookshelf

Educators

• Andrea Robertson, Empowering Women: Teaching active birth
• Pam England and Rob Horowitz, Birthing form Within
• Ronnie Pratt, Games for Childbirth Educators
• Bronny Handfield, Thrown in at the Deep End
• Catherine Cram, Prenatal Fitness: Exercise during pregnancy
• Penny Simkin, The Labour Progress Handbook

Midwifes

• M. Enkin, M. Kierse, M. Renfrew & J Neilson, A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Andrea Robertson, The Midwife Companion: The art of support during birth
• Maggie Banks, Breech Birth Woman Wise
• S. Pairman, J. Pincombe, C. Thorogood, S. Tracy, Midwifery - Preparation for Practice
• Denis Walsh, Evidence based care for normal labour and birth
• Sarah Buckley, Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering
• Denis Walsh, Improving Maternity Services: small is beautiful
• Shivam Rachana, Lotus Birth
• Australian College of Midwives, Practice Development Resource
• Ina May Gaskin, Spiritual Midwifery
• Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus, When survivors give birth

Breastfeeding

• Jan Riordan and Kathleen Auerbach, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 3rd edition
• N Morbacher and J Stock, Breastfeeding Answer Book
• Mary Kroeger and Linda Smith, The impact of birthing practices on breastfeeding

Parenting

• Andrea Robertson, Preparing for Birth: Mothers
• Andrea Robertson, Preparing for Birth: Fathers
• Kaz Cook, Up the Duff
• Jenny Lesley, Birth After Caesarean
• Beverley Beech, Am I allowed?
• Pam England and Rob Horowitz, Birthing form Within
• Nadine Edwards and Beverley Beech, Birthing your baby - the 2nd stage
• AIMS UK, Delivering your placenta
• Sarah Buckley, Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering
• Sara Wickham, Induction - do I really need it
• Catherine Cram, Prenatal Fitness: Exercise during pregnancy
• Sara Wickham, Vitamin K and the newborn
• Annie Sprague, Water Labour Water Birth
• Sara Wickham, What’s right for me?