Your Personal Library
(For doula clients only, those lucky ducks!)

When I was pregnant, I was a reader.  Anything I could get my hands on regarding birth, pregnancy, healthcare, early parenting, nutrition, and more - I wanted to take it all in.  Maybe you're a reader, too?  You are welcome to borrow books from my collection to enhance your understanding of what's happening and what's to come.
Spoiler alert: there has never been anything written that will actually prepare you; but, it's fun to pretend!
Disclaimer: These are books not written by me.  If they are in my collection it's because I found something useful in them, but that doesn't mean I endorse all content. Take what you like, leave what you don't.

Want to borrow? Email me what you'd like and we'll figure out how to get it into your hands.
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* denotes that this is one of Kate's recommended reads.

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Pregnancy & Birth

Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered!* (Dekker)
Birth Matters (Gaskin)
The Doula Guide to Birth (Lowe, Zimmerman)
Gentle Birth Choices (Harper)
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way  (McCutcheon)
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn (Simkin, Whalley, Keppler)
HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method (Mongan)
Lamaze (Michaels)
​The Birth Partner* (Simkin)

Postpartum Care

The First Forty Days (Ou, Greeven, Belger)

General & Other

I Wish Someone Had Told Me (Barrett)
​Baby Massage (Walker)
​The Vaccine Book (Sears)
Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child (Davis, Stein)

Breastfeeding & Weaning

Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple (Mohrbacher)
Adventures in Tandem Nursing (Flower)
Baby-Led Weaning (Rapley, Murkett)
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding*(La Leche League)

Early Parenting

Parenting from the Inside Out (Siegel, Hartzell)
The Discipline Book (Sears & Sears)
​Elevating Childcare (Lansbury)
The No-Cry Sleep Solution (Pantley)
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