Books Every Mama Should Read

As a lover of books I struggle every time I walk into a bookstore. But since moving in to the Tiny House, I’ve had to pare down my selections quite a bit. If you’re a book-buying-struggler like me, it probably also doesn’t help that there are endless titles to choose from when it comes to all things motherhood, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, parenti….well, you get the picture.

After thirteen years, I’ve spent many hours recommending reading material for new families. Below are some of my favorite titles, and I’ll make a special note of any that I think you’ll want to own forever.

Check with other friends or your midwife to see if they have some of these titles to loan you for the short term!

Pregnancy & Birth

• The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama (you should own this!)

• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

• Real Food for Pregnancy (you should own this!)

• Mama Natural’s Week by Week Guide to Pregnancy

• Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong

• Birthing from Within

• The Birth Partner (you should own this!)

• Hypnobirthing

Postpartum

• Your Postpartum Guide (you should own this!)

• Seven Sisters for Seven Days: Manual for Community Based Postpartum

Breastfeeding

• Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

• Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding

Baby/Parenting

• Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting (you should own this!)

• The Vaccine Friendly Plan (you should own this!)

• How to Raise a Healthy Child (you should own this!)

• The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care

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