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Here I want to share the books (and some articles) I’ve found most helpful to me as an expecting mother, as a doula for expecting mothers, and as a person curious about birth.  I love good books—send me suggestions!

Recommended Books

Pregnancy and Childbirth

  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
  • The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
  • The New Pregnancy & Childbirth
: Choices & Challenges by Sheila Kitzinger
  • The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
  • New Active Birth : A Concise Guide to Natural Childbirth by Janet Balaskas (Her original “Active Birth” is also excellent.)
  • Birth Matters:  A Midwife’s Manifesta by Ina May Gaskin

Nutrition

  • Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Mary G. Enig PhD, Pat Connolly, Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig
  • Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition by Paul Pitchford

History of Birth

  • Short History of Birth (article)
  • Lying-In:  A History of Childbirth in America by Richard W. Wertz and Dorothy C. Wertz
  • Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block
  • The Doctors’ Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries) by Sherwin B. Nuland

Serving the Panhandle

I’m Adelaine Fox, a homeschooling mother, childbirth doula, childbirth educator, and dance instructor who loves nature, family, philosophy, and good food. My classes are held in Sandpoint or Sagle, and my doula clients deliver their babies in their homes, in area hospitals, or in area birth centers.

Moving to Motherhood provides childbirth doula services, prenatal and postpartum dance and art classes, and private childbirth education in the Triangle area of NC. Learn more about me and my services.

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