ACBE Required Reading Book List
Please read a minimum of 4 of the following books:
REQUIRED:
Penny Simkin’s The Birth Partner https://a.co/d/45LopmC
A breastfeeding book—
Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding https://a.co/d/eQ8fj7s
LLL The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding https://a.co/d/c17lRYY
Breastfeeding Made Simple, N Mohrbacher and K. Kendall-Tackett https://a.co/d/frCKV1D
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding, I. Gaskin https://a.co/d/4G64OUZ
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
Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds, C. Gabriel https://a.co/d/bHP70pR
How to be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive, J. Brown https://a.co/d/8ybrCKT
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, I. Gaskin https://a.co/d/g0wgbb5
Birthing From Within, P. England and R. Horowitz https://a.co/d/3PD9BGl
The Essential Guide to Homebirth, J. Drichta, J. Owen and C. Northrup https://a.co/d/dQsDxdw
Labor Pain: What's Your Best Strategy, H. Goer https://a.co/d/0vzY5q8
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