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ICAN Reading List

Here is the reading list i give with our chapter's info packet:

SUGGESTED READING LIST

Pregnancy and Birth Preparation:

• *The Birth Book, William and Martha Sears
• Active Birth, Janet and Arthur Balaskas
• Pregnant Feelings, Palmarini and Baldwin
• Commonsense Childbirth, Lester Hazell
• *The VBAC Experience, Lynn Baptisti Richards
• *The Complete Book of Childbirth and Pregnancy, Sheila Kitzinger
• Childbirth with Insight, Elizabeth Noble
• *A Good Birth, A Safe Birth, Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer
• *Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean, Cohen and Estner
• Mind Over Labor, Carl Jones
• Immaculate Deception, Suzanne Arms
• What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know: The Truth About Diet and Drugs in
• Pregnancy, Gail and Thomas Brewer
• Transformation Through Birth: A Woman's Guide, Claudia Panuthos
• Special Delivery: Complete Guide to Birth, Rahima Baldwin
• Giving Birth: Alternatives in Childbirth, Barbara Katz Rothman
• The Rights of the Pregnant Parent, Valmai Howe Elkins
• Joyous Childbirth: Manual for Natural Childbirth, Cybele and E. Gold
• Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Years, Elizabeth Noble
• The Adventure of Birth: Experiences in the Lamaze Method of Prepared
• Childbirth, Elizabeth Noble
• Birth Reborn, Michel Odent
• Life Before Birth, Ashley Montagu
• Birth After Cesarean: The Medical Facts, Bruce L. Flamm
• *Open Season, Nancy Wainer Cohen
• *The Cesarean Myth, Mortimer Rosen
• Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin

Home Birth:

• Home Birth Versus Hospital Birth: Comparison of Outcomes of Matched
• Populations, Lewis Mehl et al.
• Giving Birth at Home, Tonya Brooks and Linda Bennett
• Childbirth at Home, Marion Sousa
• Safe Alternatives in Childbirth, David and Lee Stewart
• Five Standards for Safe Childbearing, David and Lee Stewart

Breastfeeding:

• The Complete Book of Breastfeeding, Marvin Eiger and Sally Olds
• Preparation for Breastfeeding, Donna and Roger Ewy
• *The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League
• Nursing Your Baby, Karen Pryor
• Babies, Breastfeeding and Bonding, Ina May Gaskin

Parenting:

• *Nighttime Parenting, William Sears
• *Creative Parenting, William Sears
• Mom, Dad and I Are Having a Baby, Malecki
• What Now? A Handbook for New Parents, B. Bonet and Mary Rozdilsky
• Effective Parenting, Joan Beck
• How to Parent Alone, Joan Bel Geddes
• *Your Baby and Child, Penelope Leach
• Baby and Child Care, Benjamin Spock
• The Amazing Newborn, Marshall Klaus and Phyllis Klaus