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Best Birth and Baby Books
What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like NothingWhat Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £1.88
simply the best tbook a new mother could hope to read: not a how to, or don't do, just tons of reassurance that what you are doing is fantastic
Three in a Bed: The Benefits of Sleeping with Your BabyThree in a Bed: The Benefits of Sleeping with Your Baby by Deborah Jackson
Buy new: £5.71 / Used from: £2.97
of course it's natural and traditional to sleep with your baby - but how do you fend off all those modern baby trainers?
Ina May's Guide to ChildbirthIna May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Buy new: £6.07 / Used from: £4.10
Read this before birth and ignore all the others! Ina May celebrates birth instead of making you scared of it
Fresh Milk: The Secret Life of BreastsFresh Milk: The Secret Life of Breasts by Fiona Giles
Buy new: £9.08 / Used from: £4.00
fantasic, eye opening and funny
Birthing from within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth PreparationBirthing from within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England
Buy new: £9.92 / Used from: £6.00
OK, if you read one other book pre birth then this is the one
Baby Bliss: Your One-Stop Guide for the First Three Months and BeyondBaby Bliss: Your One-Stop Guide for the First Three Months and Beyond by Harvey Karp
Buy used from: £3.26
I read this in the really early days and it helped those day dreamy late nights with a screaming babe
Your Baby and ChildYour Baby and Child by Penelope Leach
Buy new: £11.39 / Used from: £6.17
Great practical advice and reference