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Recommended Reading List:

• Your Baby Your Way by Sheila Kitzinger
• The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
• The Five Standards of Safe Childbearing by David Stewart
• Birth Reborn by Michael Odent
• Pushed by Jennifer Block
• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
• The Nature of Birth and Breastfeeding by Michael Odent
• What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know by Gail Brewer
• Childbirth Without Pain by Grantly Dick-read
• Husband Coached Childbirth by Robert Bradley
• A Good Birth, A Safe Birth by Korte and Scaer
• Immaculate Deception by Suzanne Arms
• Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean by Nancy Wainer Cohen & Lois J. Estner
• The Birth Book by William Sears, M.D. & Martha Sears, R.N.
• Obstetric Myths Vs. Research Reality by Henci Goer
• Birth by Penny Simpson
• Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan Rosegg
• Birthing From Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England
• Birthing Normally by Gayle Peterson
• Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper, R.N.
• Breastfeeding Made Simple, Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Nancy Mohrbcher, IBCLC & Kathleen Kendall-tackett, Ph.D, IBCLC
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League

Additional  Resources:
Pregnancy, Parenting, and Beyond:

• International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) Omaha/Lincoln

              1-800-686-ICAN
              www.ican-online.org

• Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)

              1-888-282-CIMS
              www.motherfriendly.org

• www.transitiontoparenthood.com

• Nebraska Friends of Midwives:  www.nemidwives.org

Breastfeeding:

• Milkworks (Lincoln):  www.milkworks.org
  

• La Leche League: www.llli.org