lending library

I have a growing library of books available to all clients on topics including birth, postpartum, breastfeeding, and parenting.

*Electronic Kindle version only

PREGNANCY

The Birth Partner, Penny Simkin

Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition, Lily Nichols RDN, CDE

postpartum

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother, Heng Ou

The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality, Kimberly Ann Johnson

*Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood—and Trusting Yourself and Your Body, Erica Chidi Cohen

*The Postpartum Depletion Cure, Dr. Oscar Serrallach

Breastfeeding

*The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding, Kimberly Seals Allers

*Healing Breastfeeding Grief, Hilary Jacobson CHT

The Nursing Mother’s Herbal, Sheila Humphrey

*The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding: The Frequency Factor, Sheila K. Kippley

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League International

parenting

*The Conscious Parent, Shefali Tsabary, PhD

Healing Stories for Challenging Behavior, Susan Perrow

Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children, Sharifa Oppenheimer

The Highly Sensitive Child, Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.

5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman

Maternity: coming face to face with your shadow, Laura Gutman

*Mothering From Your Center, Tami Lynn Kent

The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and preschoolers, Elizabeth Pantley

Parenting from the Inside Out, Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Mary Hartzell, M.ED

Sanctuaries of Childhood: Nurturing a Child’s Spiritual Life, Darian

*Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids, Kim John Payne, M.ED

*You are Your Child’s First Teacher: Encouraging Your Child’s Natural Development from Birth to Age Six, Rahima Baldwin Dancy

HERBAL

An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children & Infants, Mary Bove, N.D.

The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook: A Home Manual, Green

Herbal Remedies for Women, Amanda McQuade Crawford

Herbal Well-Being, Wardwell, Dodt, Breedlove

7 Times a Woman: Ancient Wisdom on Health and Beauty for Every Stage of Your Life, Dr. Lia G. Andrews

Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Susun Weed

Other

*Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines and the Forgotten History, Suzanne Humphries, M.D.

*Everyday Grace: The Art of Being a Woman, Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa

A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives, Kelly Brogan, M.D.

*Move Your DNA, Katy Bowman

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Weston A. Price, DDS

Own Yourself: The Surprising Path beyond Depression, Anxiety, and Fatigue to Reclaiming Your Authenticity, Vitality, and Freedom, Kelly Brogan, M.D.

Other Recommended Books

Ancient Map for Modern Birth, Pam England

Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children, Angela J. Hanscom

Birthing From Within, Pam England

The Continuum Concept, Jean Liedloff

Diaper Free, The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene, Ingrid Bauer

Diastasis Recti: The Whole Body Solution to Abdominal Weakness and Separation, Katy Bowman

The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor’s Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices, Sarah J. Buckley

Hypnobirthing: The Breakthrough to Safer, Easier, More Comfortable Childbirth, Marie F. Mongan

How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor, Robert S. Mendelsohn

Ina May’s books, Ina May Gaskin

Mother Food: Food and Herbs that Promote Milk Production and a Mother’s Health, Hilary Jacobson

The No-Cry Sleep Solution books, Elizabeth Pantley

Nourishing Traditions books, Weston A. Price Foundation

Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture, Shannon Hayes

Taking Charge of Your Fertility, Toni Weschler

Tongue-Tied: How a Tiny String under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding and More, Richard Baxter DMD, MS

Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body, Tami Lynn Kent

Your Baby’s Microbiome: The Critical Role of Vaginal Birth and Breastfeeding for Lifelong Health, Alex Wakeford and Toni Harman