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For midwives & wanna be midwives
The Midwife's Labour and Birth HandbookThe Midwife's Labour and Birth Handbook
Buy new: £28.49 / Used from: £15.00
Research based, easy to read, midwifery focussed. Every midwife should have one,
The Vagina MonologuesThe Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £0.01
Brilliant! Helps a better understanding & respect of something you spend a lot of time with!
Baby Catcher: Chronicles ModernBaby Catcher: Chronicles Modern by Vincent Peggy
Buy used from: £6.84
Autobiography. Inspirational, funny and moving. Beautifully written. One of my favourite books.
The Labor Progress HandbookThe Labor Progress Handbook by Penny Simkin
Buy new: £18.03 / Used from: £17.50
Practical tips to help long labours.
Spiritual MidwiferySpiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
Buy new: £10.23 / Used from: £10.59
Hippyish but absolute classic- either of her books essential reading. V important midwife
Ina May's Guide to ChildbirthIna May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £4.52
Recent book by author spiritual midwifery. Bit on orgasmic birth particularly interesting!
The Red TentThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01
Novel. Midwives in bibilical times. Celebration of women and woman-hood.
Monique And the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in MaliMonique And the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway
Buy new: £7.53 / Used from: £6.50
Midwifery in culture very diiferent to our own. Humbiling and moving
Birthing from WithinBirthing from Within by Pam England; Rob Horowitz
Buy new: £10.36 / Used from: £7.50
Hippyish yes but great ideas for antenatal classes. Suggestions to cope with first stage esp good.
Gas and Air: Tales of Pregnancy and BirthGas and Air: Tales of Pregnancy and Birth by Jill Dawson
Buy new: £5.20 / Used from: £0.01
Short stories by different authors. Easy to read. Beautifully written.
Birth and Breastfeeding: Rediscovering the Needs of Women During Pregnancy and ChildbirthBirth and Breastfeeding: Rediscovering the Needs of Women During Pregnancy and Childbirth by Michel Odent
Buy new: £6.95 / Used from: £5.92
If you haven't read any of his books do now! Role of hormones &importance of not intervening
Birth CrisisBirth Crisis by Sheila Kitzinger
Buy new: £13.03 / Used from: £12.25
Any of her books good reading. Advocate of natural childbirth.
The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in PracticeThe New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice by Lesley Ann Page BA MSc PhD RM RN
Buy new: £24.09 / Used from: £53.41
Looks at communication skills and helping women adapt to motherhood. Women focused care.