
I highly recommend the following books to pregnant or birth-curious folks!
CW: Most texts contain gender normative and heteronormative language. Some books depict birth related trauma.
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Spiritual Midwifery Ina May Gaskin
Optimal Care in Childbirth; The Case For a Physiologic Approach Goer, Romano
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction Loretta Ross & Rickie Solinger
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks
The Functions of The Orgasms Michel Odent
Where's The Mother? Stories from a Transgender Dad Trevor MacDonald
Breastfeeding Made Simple Mohrbacher, Kendall-Tackett, Newman
The Birth Partner Penny Simkin
Momma Zen: Walking The Crooked Path of Motherhood Karen Maezen Miller
Women Who Run With The Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Birthing From Within Pam England
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Taking Charge of Your Fertility Toni Weschler
The Period Repair Manual Laura Briden
Doulas and Intimate Labour: Boundaries, Bodies and Birth Castañeda, Searcy
Dreaming The Dark Starhawk
When Survivors Give Birth Penny Simkin
Of Further Interest
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving Pete Walker
In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness Peter Levine
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma Bessel Van der Kolk
The Psoas Book Liz Koch
Sweeting The Pill: or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control Holly Grigg-Spall
Women's Anatomy of Arousal Sherri Winston
The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution Aviva Romm
The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
Rising Strong Brené Brown
Of Woman Born Adrienne Rich
Pleasure Activism Adrienne Maree Brown
Birth as an American Rite of Passage Robbie Davis-Floyd
Life's Work Dr. Willie Parker
Ina May's Guide To Childbirth Ina May Gaskin
Mothering The New Mother Sally Placksin
Your Amazing Newborn Klaus, Klaus
Pushed Jennifer Block
Cut, Stapled and Mended Roanna Rosewood
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom Christiane Northrup
Dr. Jack Newman's Guide To Breastfeeding Jack Newman
The Cesarean Michel Odent
Childbirth and the Evolution of Homo Sapiens Michel Odent
Spirit Babies Walter Makichen
Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss Jane Heustis & Marcia Jenkins
Trauma Stewardship Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Urban Tantra Barbara Carrellas
Come As You Are Emily Nagosi
Vagina Naomi Wolf