Bearth Lending Library

Pregnancy & Birth Preparation

  • Ten Moons by Jane Hardwicke Collings

  • Transformed by Birth by Britta Bushnell, Ph.D.

  • The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

  • Birthing from Within by Pam England & Rob Horowitz

  • Why Did No One Tell Me This? by Natalia Hailes & Ash Spivak

  • Expecting Better by Emily Oster

  • Nurture by Erica Chidi Cohen

  • The Doula Book by Klaus, Kennell, & Klaus

  • Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper

  • The Mother of All Pregnancy Books by Ann Douglas

  • The Natural Pregnancy Book by Aviva Jill Romm

  • Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin

  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

  • The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

  • When Survivors Give Birth by Penny Simkin & Phyllis Klaus

  • Natural Hospital Birth by Cynthia Gabriel

 

Postpartum & Chest/Breastfeeding

  • The First Forty Days by Heng Ou

  • After the Baby's Birth - A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women by Robin Lim

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher & Kathleen Kendall-Tackett

  • Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants by Catherine Watson Genna

  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International

  • Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC

 

For Students

  • Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year 7th Edition by Anne Frye, CPM

  • Heart and Hands by Elizabeth Davis

  • Midwifery Management of Twin Gestations by B. Maria Cranford, CPM

  • The Skin, Tongue ,and Nails Speak by Donna Burka Wild

  • Baillière’s Midwives’ Dictionary

  • Human Labor & Birth 5th Edition by Harry Oxorn

  • Headaches by Type by Dr. Royal Lee

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health 4th Edition by Nell L. Tharpe, Cindy L. Farley, & Robin G. Jordan

  • Healing Passage 6th Edition by Anne Frye

  • Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice by Illysa R. Foster & Jos Lasser

  • Holistic Midwifery Volume I & II by Anne Frye

 

Herbs, Health & Nutrition

  • Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols

  • Food Rules - A Doctor's Guide to Healthy Eating by Dr. Catherine Shanahan, MD

  • Deep Nutrition by Dr. Catherine Shanahan, MD

  • The Green Pharmacy by James A. Duke

  • The Healing Remedies Sourcebook by C. Norman Shealy, MD

  • Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar

  • Medicinal Plants and Herbs by Steven Foster & James A. Duke

  • Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

  • Real Food - What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck

  • Super Nutrition for Babies by Katherine Erlich, MD & Kelly Genzlinger, CNC, CMTA

  • Traditional Foods are Your Best Medicine by Ronald F. Schmid, ND

  • The Way of Herbs by Michael Tierra, LAc

  • Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susan S. Weed

  • Going Back to the Basics of Human Health by Mary Frost, M.A.

  • Folk Medicine by D.C. Jarvis, M.D.

 

Reproductive Health & Fertility

  • Justisse Method - Fertility Awareness and Body Literacy by Geraldine Matus, HRHP

  • Natural Birth Control Made Simple by Barbara Kass-Annese, RN & Hal C. Danzer, MD

  • Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH

  • 50 Things You Need to Know About Periods by Claire Baker

 

Other

  • Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph.D.

  • Ayerveda - The Science of Self Healing by Dr. Vasant Lad

  • The Art of Medicine by Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong

  • Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

  • Chinese Medicine by Siamak F. Shirazi, LAc & Julie A Chivley, BS, DEM

  • A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong & Sheryl Feldman

  • Modern Essentials - A Contemporary Guide to the Therapeutic Use of Essential Oils by dōTERRA

  • Woman by Natalie Angier

  • The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Clair Davies, NCTMB

  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

  • How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

  • Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness by Thomas Cowan, MD