Resources

Books for Birth Preparation

• The Birth Partner by Penny Simpkin
• Birthing from Within by Pamela England
• Ina May’s Guide To Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
  

Books for Postpartum 

• After the Baby’s Birth by Robin Lim
• Natural Health after Birth by Aviva Jill Romm
• The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou, Amely Greeven, and Marisa Belger
• The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers by Jack Newman, MD
• The Baby Book by Sears & Sears
• Your Amazing Newborn by Klaus and Klaus

Books on Birth Justice and Diverse Birth Cultures

• Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy and Childbirth by Julia Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte
• Pushed by Jennifer Block
• Birth in Four Cultures: A Crosscultural Investigation of Childbirth in Yucatan, Holland, Sweden, and the United States by Brigette Stevens
• Listen to Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife by Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes

Local Berlin Resources coming soon!