ACBE Required Reading Book List

 Please read a minimum of 4 of the following books:

 

REQUIRED:

A breastfeeding book

 

CHOOSE 2 OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Postpartum

  • Nobody Told Me That:  The First Six Weeks, G. Breedlove https://a.co/d/5ETOIrN

  • Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers, K. Kleiman https://a.co/d/j5Tn8Ul

  • Beyond the Blues:  Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression and Anxiety,  S. Bennett and P. Indman https://a.co/d/0xAkzzW 

Diversity

  • Reproductive Injustice, Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth, D. Ain-Davis

  • Indigenous Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth, T.H. Heufield and J. Cidro https://a.co/d/3vHIxQ2

  • Where’s the Mother?  Stories from a Transgender Dad, T. MacDonald https://a.co/d/0AcL4Hm

  • Like A Mother—A Feminist Journey through the Science  and Culture of Pregnancy, A. Garbes https://a.co/d/hYmUwzv

Birth Planning

Difficult or Traumatic Births

  • When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women, P. Simkin and P. Klaus https://a.co/d/f7sG0WC

  • Supporting Survivors of Sexual Abuse Through Pregnancy and Childbirth, K. Hansard https://a.co/d/7rurjPL

  •  Labor Pain: What's Your Best Strategy, H. Goer https://a.co/d/0vzY5q8