Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth - Ina May Gaskin
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering - Dr. Sarah Buckley
Give Birth Like a Feminist - Milli Hill
The Positive Birth Book - Milli Hill
Expecting Better - Emily Oster
Nine Golden Months - Heng Ou
The First Forty Days - Heng Ou
Pushed - Jennifer Block
The Birth Partner - Penny Simkin
Linea Negra - Jazmina Barrera Velazquez
Orgasmic Birth - Debra Pascali-Bonaro and Elizabeth Davis
The Natural Pregnancy Book - Aviva Romm
Mindful Birthing- Nancy Bardacke, CNM
Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Julia Chinyere Oparah and Alicia D. Bonaparte
Books
Please consider purchasing books from your local, independent bookstore.
Real Food for Pregnancy - Lily Nichols
Real Food for Gestational Diabetes - Lily Nichols
Functional Maternity - Sarah Thompson
The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth — Stephanie Brill
Awakening Fertility — Heng Ou
Natural Fertility Info
Kelly Mom
Black Women Do Breastfeed
La Leche League International
Baby Cafe USA
Breastfeeding Online
Nutrition
Fertility / Conception
Feeding
Nutritious Movement — physical education
Positive Birth Company
Evidence based birth
Spinning babies
sista midwife productions — find a black doula/midwife
Mama natural — education
functional maternity
trans/queer friendly childbirth class
trans/queer birth evidence-based education
the educated birth — intersectional reproductive health
Websites
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