Pregnancy is a special time in a woman's life. It is a time when women have lots of questions about their pregnancy, breastfeeding, and pregnancy complications. Women with infertility issues have their own questions and fears about getting pregnant and staying pregnant. If you are pregnant or just thinking about pregnancy, here are some wonderful books to answer your pregnancy questions.
1) Good Housekeeping Book of Pregnancy and Baby Care
Over 800 color illustrations and easy-to-follow text and format make this book my favorite pregnancy book. Illustrations of one woman record the changes to her body throughout her pregnancy. Includes advice and tips for both pregnancy and caring for your newborn. A superb book for yourself or as a gift.
2) Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing
Shelia Matgen Kippley, Cofounder of the Couple to Couple League and the author, teaches women how to prevent pregnancy while breastfeeeding through ecological breastfeeding or natural mothering. This book provides a wealth of advice, tips, and support for mothers who want to use this method of breastfeeding and natural family planning.
3) Diary of a Midwife: The Power of Positive Childbearing
Every pregnant woman should read this outstanding book! The author accurately describes the state of midwifery in the United States today with accurate and scientifically valid facts. This book clearly demonstrates that midwifery should be the standard for women with low-risk pregnancies.
4) Getting Pregnant When You Thought You Couldn't
A comprehensive guide to getting pregnant that answers the questions that infertile couples most often ask, and arms couples with accurate information to help them get pregnant and stay pregnant.
5) The Twelve Gifts of Birth
A beautiful gift for pregnant women. This book presents the gifts that all children were born with that makes each child a "royal prince or princess," and includes a page for inscribing your thoughts to the person receiving the book. Not only are the words beautiful in this touching book, but the quality of the workmanship will make this a treasured gift for a lifetime.
6) At the Breast: Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Conte
Understand breastfeeding and how it has evolved over the last century, as the author offers page after page of nourishing wisdom about the practice of breastfeeding. Excellent and comprehensive information that is organized in an easy-to-Diabetes & Pregnancy: What to Expectfollow format.
7) Diabetes & Pregnancy: What to Expect
A comprehensive guide designed for the woman with type 1 diabetes who is pregnant or who is considering pregnancy. Contains advice about proper diabetes care during pregnancy, meal planning, exercise, insulin therapy, and blood sugar monitoring, as well as subjects related to the pregnancy such as fetal development, and tests during pregnancy
8) Gestational Diabetes: What to Expect
Details about this rare type of diabetes that appears only during pregnancy and usually disappears afterward are explained. A comprehensive guide for women that covers meal planning, insulin therapy, safe exercise, accurate blood sugar monitoring, and other useful material. Designed to help women with gestational diabetes have successful pregnancies that end with healthy, happy babies.
9) Inconceivable: Winning the Fertility Game
Read one woman's inspiring story that shows how even when they say it can't never happen--they can be wrong. You might recognize your own struggle to have a child. Discover some surprising alternative treatments. An empowering read!
