 | Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Buy new: £7.45 / Used from: £4.57 The doyen of home births in the US- inspiring and real, lots of stories from real mums
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 | Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
Buy new: £10.70 / Used from: £9.97 Her original book- hippy and dated- but a must just for the photos and language and the very different insight into birth which we don't have the language for now
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 | Birthing from within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England
Buy new: £16.99 / Used from: £8.97 If you were to only read one book on childbirth make it this- visionary, real and inspiring an importnat psychologicl and emotional preparation for birth
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 | Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Wolf
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Read it and get angry about the medicalisation of birth, a real political book for women
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 | What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £2.90 indescribably wonderful- give langauge to the important acts of mothering
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 | Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: The Complete Guide to Women's Health and Wellbeing by Christiane Northrup
Buy used from: £16.49 Compassionate and insightful into all areas of women's health on all levels
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 | Women Who Run with the Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Buy new: £8.42 / Used from: £1.96 Emotional and psychological understanding through myth and story
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 | The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (La Leche League International Book)
Buy new: £10.14 / Used from: £7.50 Far more than breastfeeding, mothering, parenting, pregnancy and birth
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 | The Artist's Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £2.84 Creativity is key to femininity and this book is key to unblocking it
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 | The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.19 Get angry and get real about the fashion and beauty industry and women's bodies in our culture
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 | The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 Powerful fiction. A culture that celebrated their fertility and a well known bibilcal family
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 | The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics) by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.43 Ditto, also try the edible woman
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 | The Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £0.01 More fiction- anything by Winterson, Written on the Body is another must
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 | The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Buy new: £6.31 / Used from: £0.01 Some wonderful storiesare told and getting us used to saying the V word without flinching
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 | Mother Rising: The Blessingway Journey into Motherhood by Barbara Lucke
Buy new: £16.50 / Used from: £12.66 A practical guide to celebrating a woman's spiritual journey into motherhood.
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 | The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Buy new: £8.76 / Used from: £6.01 All the research at your finger tips supporting non essential intervention in birth
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 | The Four Agreements: Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Toltec Wisdom) by Don Miguel Ruiz
Buy new: £6.20 / Used from: £1.59 Simple powerful wisdom for men and women
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 | Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey To Herself by Judith Duerk
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £3.07 One of my all time favourites and a new discovery, have given it to all the important women in my life
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 | The Pregnant Woman's Comfort Book by Jennifer Louden
Buy used from: £0.14 Nurturing and supportive in the huge journey of pregnancy and birth
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 | Maps to Ecstasy: The Healing Power of Movement by Gabrielle Roth
Buy new: £7.49 / Used from: £6.38 Movement, healing, dance- a wonderufl mix to pep up your physicality, sexulaity and emotional well being- active and inspiring
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