Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical And Emotional Health And Healing

HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method

Marie F. Mongan · 326 pages

Spiritual Midwifery

Ina May Gaskin · 473 pages

Shares the birthing stories of women who chose to have their babies at home with the help of a midwife, provides information about the safety of techniques used in the hospital before and after birth, discusses postpartum depression and maternal death, and includes resources for doulas, birth centers, and other organizations.

A Woman's Guide to Natural Hormones

Christine Conrad · 228 pages

More doctors are recommending natural (also called bio-identical) hormones-because they offer all the advantages of synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) without the negative side effects or long-term health risks. Unlike synthetic HRT, natural hormones are bio-identical: they match a woman's own hormones exactly and don't interfere with the body's normal hormone production. They are safer a

Reflections of the Moon on Water 20th Anniversary Edition

Xiaolan Zhao, CMD with Kanae Kinoshita

Herbal Healing for Women

Rosemary Gladstar · 303 pages

The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again

Mary Claire Haver

**The #1 *New York Times* bestselling author of *The New Menopause* explains everything a woman needs to know to thrive during the often-misdiagnosed and medically ignored perimenopausal years** *I’m just not feeling like myself!* This is the battle cry of the perimenopausal woman. Though menstrual cycle changes and the emotional rollercoaster that accompanies them are the hallmarks of the t

Energy Medicine for Women: Aligning Your Body's Energies to Boost Your Health and Vitality

Donna Eden · 352 pages

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski · 416 pages

The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions

Penny Simkin · 337 pages

The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook: A Hot-Mess Guide for Women in Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond Who Are Over It

Melani Sanders

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathaway · 616 pages

We're expecting again! Announcing the completely revised and updated third edition of America's best-selling pregnancy book, What to Expect When You're Expecting. Two years in the making, it's a cover-to-cover, chapter-by-chapter, line-by-line revision and update. Everything that the original did-which, at just shy of 10 million copies in print, it did extraordinarily well-the third edition does,

What's Up Down There?: Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend

Lissa Rankin · 381 pages

An informative and yet light-hearted look at various issues related to women's health.

Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, The Sleep You're Missing, The Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy

Julie Holland · 449 pages

"A groundbreaking guide for women of all ages that shows women's inherent moodiness is a strength, not a weakness"--

How the Pill Changes Everything: Your Brain on Birth Control

Sarah E. Hill · 320 pages

Rough Guide To Pregnancy And Birth

Kaz Cooke · 432 pages

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this best-selling Rough Guide gives you the up-to-date lowdown on pregnancy, birth and coping when you first get home. A week by week guide to what's happening to you and the baby, from choosing where to give birth, coping with nausea and understanding the tests you will need to dealing with stretch marks, breastfeeding for the first time and adapti

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

Diane Wiessinger, La Leche League International, Diana West, Teresa Pitman

Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

Emily Oster · 328 pages

Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We're told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee, but aren't told why. Rules for prenatal testing are hard and fast--and unexplained. Are all of these recommendations right for every mom-to-be? Here, the author shows that pregnancy rules are oft

Skinny Bitch Bun in the Oven: A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot (and Healthy) Mother!

Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin · 329 pages

Over 1,000,000 Skinny Bitches worldwide! Skinny Bitch created a movement when it exposed the horrors of the food industry, while inspiring people across the world to stop eating "crap." Now the "Bitches" are back-this time with a book geared to pregnant women. And just because their audience is in a "delicate condition" doesn't mean they'll deliver a gentle message. As they did with Skinny Bitch,

Active Birth : The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally

Janet Balaskas · 192 pages

Janet Balaskas led a movement of women who refused to give birth lying down. She has been teaching women about “active birth” ever since. In this updated and Americanized guide, Balaskas explains how to prepare for and experience a truly natural birth. She leads the pregnant woman through yoga-based stretching exercises and massage practice, and describes the stages of labor and comfortable positi

Heart and Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth

Elizabeth Davis · 287 pages

This manual for lay midwives includes chapters on prenatal care; problems in pregnancy, labor, and birth; and postpartum care.

8 Weeks to Optimum Health

Andrew Weil · 280 pages

The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy

Vicki Iovine · 275 pages

Offers practical, light-hearted advice to pregnant women, including tips on dealing with mood swings, sex during pregnancy, common fears, and physical fitness.

When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy

Barbara Luke, Tamara Eberlein · 360 pages

A Clinically Proven Program for Women Pregnant with MultiplesCompletely Updated, with 50 Recipes for Optimal Birth WeightYou're expecting more than one baby? Congratulations! In When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads, Dr. Barbara Luke's practical, nutrition-based program has been proven to lower complications, resulting in much healthier babies. This revision offers more nutritional infor

Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard

Leah Hayes

"Not Funny Ha-Ha is a bold, slightly wry graphic novel illustrating the lives of two young women from different cultural, family, and financial backgrounds who go through two different abortions (medical and surgical). It does not address the events leading up to the pregnancy, or even the decision-making before choosing abortion as an option. It simply shows what happens when a woman goes through