
Required Reading
BBDC Approved Reading List
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Required Titles
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Babies are not Pizzas: They’re Born Not Delivered!
Rebecca Dekker
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Breastfeeding Made Simple
Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett 2nd edition
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The Doula Book
Marshall H. Klaus
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The Birth Partner
Penny Simpkin
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Ina May Gaskin’s Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin
Approved Titles
Narratives
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Rediscovering Birth
Sheila Kitzinger
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Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery
Rachel Adams
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Listen to me Good: The life story of an Alabama Midwife
Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes
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Supernatural childbirth
Jackie Mize
Parent-Focused
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Taking Charge of your fertility, 20th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health
Toni Weschler
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Home Birth: a practical guide 4th edition
Nicky Wesson
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Birthing Normally After a Cesarean or Two
Helene Vadeboncoeur
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Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A doctor’s guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices
James J. McKenna PH.D.
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The Expectant father 4th edition
Armin a. Brott and Jennifer Ash
Nutrition & Breastfeeding
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Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and wisdom of Optional Prenatal Nutrition
Lily Nichols
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Your Baby’s Microbiome: The Critical Role of Vaginal Birth and Breastfeeding for Lifelong Health
Toni Herman and Alex Wakeford
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Why the politics of breastfeeding Matters
Susan Last and Gabrielle Palmer
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Breastfeeding: Empowering Parents
Dr. Jack Newman FRCPC
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The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers
Jack Newman
Politics & Evidence-Based
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What’s Right for me? : Making decisions in pregnancy and childbirth
Sara Whickham RM MA BA(Hons) PGGCE(A)
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Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions about Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, and Hospital Birth
Barbra Harper
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Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and childbirth
Julia Chinyere Oparah and Alicia D. Bonaparte
Skill Development & Overcoming Challenges
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Oxytocin: The Biological Guide to Motherhood
Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg 2016
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Traumatic Childbirth
Cheryl Tatano Beck, Jeanne Watson Driscoll, and Sue Watson
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How to Heal a Bad Birth: Making Sense, Making Peace and Moving On
Melissa J. Bruijn and Debby A Gould
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Beyond the Blues, Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
Shoshana s. Benett and Pec Indman
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Disability in Pregnancy and Childbirth
Stella Frances McKay-Moffat MPhil
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Women’s Health Communication: High-Risk Pregnancy and Premature Birth Narratives
Jennifer G Hall
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Natural Hospital Birth
Cynthia Gabriel
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Cut, Stapled and Mended
Rosanna Rosewood
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