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Push back: guilt in the age of natural parenting
By Amy B. Tuteur. 2016
Harvard-trained ob-gyn examines the myths and potential harm of the natural parenting movement, which advocates minimal medical interference, advocates breastfeeding…
for all mothers, and hails attachment parenting. Discusses the movement's history and modern practices and incorporates the author's experiences as a mother and doctor. 2016Political scientist explores the world of breastfeeding advocacy. Examines the social history of breastfeeding in America, governmental policy changes--such as…
having breast pumps covered under the Affordable Care Act--and lifestyle companies catering to new mothers. Discusses what motivates otherwise disparate groups to unite over an issue in common. 2015Work. Pump. Repeat: the new mom's survival guide to breastfeeding and going back to work
By Jessica Shortall. 2015
A working mother shares the basics for surviving as both a working and a breastfeeding mother. She provides a guide…
to negotiating a pumping schedule, navigating business travel, and pumping in less-than-ideal locales. She draws on stories from both her own experiences and those of others. 2015In this collection of essays, sixteen writers discuss cultural pressures to become parents and provide their own perspectives and experiences…
with this decision. Each of the authors makes a case for valid reasons to forgo having children. 2015Heart & hands: a midwife's guide to pregnancy and birth
By Elizabeth Davis. 2012
Revised and updated guide from a practicing midwife. She discusses how to become a midwife and establish a practice. Includes…
instructions, advice, and anecdotes for midwives and expectant parents on prenatal and postpartum care, assisting at births, and problems that may arise during pregnancy and labor. 2012Small: life and death on the front lines of pediatric surgery
By Catherine Musemeche. 2014
Pediatric surgeon recounts the history of the field, her day-to-day experiences, and the emotional highs and lows of dealing with…
the families of her patients. Examines the development of treatments for conditions which would have been death sentences in years previous. 2014Qué puedes esperar cuando estás esperando: 4th Edition (What to Expect)
By Heidi Murkoff, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff. 2010
Bestselling guide that mitigates the confusion surrounding pregnancy and birth by debunking myths that mislead parents, offering explanations of medical…
terms and covering a variety of issues, including prenatal care, birth defects, and amniocentesis. Descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2010Bumpology: the myth-busting pregnancy book for curious parents-to-be
By Linda Geddes. 2014
Prompted by her own first pregnancy, science journalist investigates old wives' tales, news reports, and governmental regulations surrounding pregnancy and…
childbirth. Covers nutrition, body reactions, exercise, the birth process, newborns, sleep, breastfeeding, subsequent pregnancies, and more. Expanded from a fourteen-part series originally published by New Scientist. 2013Labor day: true birth stories by today's best women writers
By Eleanor Henderson, Anna Solomon. 2014
Thirty writers describe their own experiences of giving birth. Discuss overcoming infertility, feeling frustration about medical staff attitudes and derailed…
birth plans, having twins after miscarriage, and the thrill of finishing labor and meeting their babies. Contributors include Ann Hood, Dani Shapiro, Julia Glass, and Cheryl Strayed. Strong language. 2014Otherhood: modern women finding a new kind of happiness
By Melanie Notkin. 2014
Fortysomething New York City writer and entrepreneur examines the growing number of women who are remaining childless, usually by situational…
chance rather than choice or infertility. Discusses society's preconceptions of such women, a possible sociological basis for the phenomenon, and coping techniques. 2014Call the midwife: a memoir of birth, joy, and hard times (The Midwife Trilogy #1)
By Jennifer Worth. 2012
Autobiography of woman who trained as a nurse/midwife and served in London's impoverished East End during the 1950s. Describes her…
sheltered background, life in an Anglican convent, and long hours among poverty-stricken patients. Basis for the PBS series. 2002Origins: how the nine months before birth shape the rest of our lives
By Annie Murphy Paul. 2010
Science writer explores the field of fetal origins. Includes Paul's interviews with scientists, anecdotes from her own pregnancies, and research…
on the lifelong effects of gestational influences. Traces our evolving understanding of prenatal issues such as diet and nutrition, stress, environmental toxins, exercise, and drug and alcohol use. 2010Two is enough: a couple's guide to living childless by choice
By Laura S. Scott. 2009
Scott, the founder of the Childless by Choice Project, researches the motives of couples who choose to remain child-free and…
their decision-making processes. Analyzes results of a survey taken to determine the top eighteen reasons people do not have kids. 2009You having a baby: the owner's manual to a happy and healthy pregnancy
By Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Mehmet Oz. 2009
Physicians Roizen and Oz, authors of the "You" medical books, offer a layman's guide to pregnancy. They describe fetal development…
and maternal health; cover nutrition, hormones, medications, exercise, and stress; and discuss labor, delivery, and the first month of the infant's life. 2009Erased: missing women, murdered wives
By Marilee Strong, Mark Powelson. 2008
Drawing upon her research of the Scott and Laci Peterson case, journalist Strong explores more than fifty similar murders she…
terms "eraser killings." Describes well-planned intimate-partner homicides that employed soft-kill methods and left no evidence to link the murderer to his victim. Some violence and some strong language. 2008The art of waiting: on fertility, medicine, and motherhood
By Belle Boggs. 2016
In her new book The Art of Waiting, author Belle Boggs ponders the nature of reproduction in modern America, which…
is of necessity a means of pondering the nature of family, which in turn is a means of pondering the nature of intimacy and love. The word 'infertility' is no longer a single word but is transformed into a thousand stories and a thousand possible families--thwarted, growing, reimagined. UnratedBetter breastfeeding: A doctor's guide to nursing without pain and frustration
By Linda D Dahl. 2022
The ultimate modern-day breastfeeding guide, with empowering, medically sound advice and solutions for the trickiest issues—from a pioneering ENT doctor…
and breastfeeding expert. In today&’s breastfeeding-friendly environment, the pressure to nurse is intense. We hear over and over that breastfeeding is natural, and every woman can do it. The truth is, the majority of moms need help breastfeeding, but they&’re forced to sift through varying viewpoints from a dizzying host of sources instead of being able to turn to a doctor for advice. And when breastfeeding doesn&’t work, they&’re the ones getting blamed for failure. In Better Breastfeeding , you will find information, not opinions: science-backed facts to help you make informed decisions, without feeling ashamed or bullied. Dr. Linda Dahl presents a new paradigm for breastfeeding based on diagnosing and treating mothers and babies using anatomy and physiology, offering a comprehensive overview of how breastfeeding works, why it fails, and what to do about it. Dr. Dahl takes you through the basics of breastfeeding in a week-by-week guide and explores solutions for little-understood difficulties like gape restriction and tongue tie, nipple and breast pain, issues with milk supply, or abnormal nursing behaviors. Better Breastfeeding is the no-holds-barred primer that every mom needs before and during her breastfeeding journey so she can advocate for herself and her baby.  Expecting (Gravel Road Rural Ser.)
By Shannon Freeman. 2016
Three very different girls meet at a program for pregnant teens. Will they be able to learn from each other…
and see through the drama? Some strong language. For junior and senior highExpecting Adam: a true story of birth, rebirth, and everyday magic
By Martha Beck, Martha Nibley Beck. 2011
John and Martha Beck had two Harvard degrees apiece when the conceived their second child. Further graduate studies, budding careers,…
and a growing family meant major stress - not that they'd have admitted it to anyone (or themselves). As the pregnancy progressed, Martha battled constant nausea and dehydration. And when she learned her unborn son had Down syndrome, she battled nearly everyone over her decision to continue the pregnancy. She still can't explain many of the things that happened to her while she was expecting Adam, but by the time he was born, Martha, as she puts it, "had to unlearn virtually everything Harvard taught [her] about what is precious and what is garbage."Hannah and the mountain: notes toward a wilderness fatherhood (American lives)
By Jonathan Johnson. 2005
This story is a timeless memory of two people's unique intersection with landscape, imagination, hope, and love. It contains hard…
truths and great beauty. The subject--making a life of worth under challenging circumstances--is universal and powerfully wrought