Childbirth and Afterwards:

• Birth & Beyond by Dr. Yehudi Gordon The Definitive Guide to Your Pregnancy, Your Birth, Your Family: From Minus 9 to Plus 9 months. This provides balanced all round information. Up to date on exercise, technical facts, shows awareness of the emotional side of pregnancy birth and beyond.
• New Active Birth by Janet Balaskas.
• Yoga for Pregnancy by Wendy Teasdale
• Preparing for birth with Yoga by Janet Balaskas
• Complete Book of Pregnancy NCT/Daphne Maitland .
• Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer. Even though much has changed since this was written it is still relevant. Leboyer introduced awareness of the baby’s experience of the birth.
• Wild Child: Wisdom and Traditions for Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood.
• The Encyclopaedia of Pregnancy & Birth by Janet Balaskas & Yehudi Gordon.
• Alternative Therapies for Pregnancy & Birth by Pat Thomas. Well researched with some information for everyone.
• The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
• Easy Exercises for Pregnancy by Janet Balaskas
• Birthing from Within By Pam England and Rob Horowitz
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
• Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
• Gentle birth, Gentle mothering by Sarah J. Buckley

Post Natal

• Bestfeeding By Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms – the definitive guide to breastfeeding.
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League. Deals with getting started and the long term with breastfeeding. Chatty in style.
• What Mothers Do – especially when it looks like nothing by Naomi Stadlen
• Baby Yoga by Francoise Barbira Freedman
• No Cry Sleep Solution by Elisabeth Pantely. Ideas to help parents help babies to find their own way of sleeping without imposing an adult-centered routine
• The Social Baby by Lynne Murray and Liz Andrews
• Baby Massage books by Peter Walker recommended

Children

• Saying No, Why its important for you and your child by Asha Philips.
• How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish.
• Raising Boys: Why boys are different – and how to help them to become happy and well balanced men by Steve Biddulph.

Yoga – general

• Awakening the Spine by Vanda Scaravelli
• Breath: the essence of Yoga by Sandra Sabatini