Pregnancy & Childbirth

  • Book cover titled "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by Ina May Gaskin, with a soft image of a newborn baby in the background and a red starburst indicating over 500,000 copies sold.

    Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

    By: Ina May Gaskin

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  • Book titled "The Pregnancy & Postpartum Anxiety Workbook" with a pregnant woman gently holding her belly on the cover.

    The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions, and Compulsions

    By: Pamela S. Wiegartz & Kevin L. Gyoerkoe

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  • Book cover titled 'Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful' with a group of diverse women practicing yoga or meditation in a studio.

    Beautiful, Bountiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation

    By: Gurmukh

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  • Book cover titled "The Mindful Mom-to-Be" shows a woman sitting cross-legged in a meditative pose with her hands in a prayer position.

    Mindful Mom-to-Be: A Modern Doula's Guide to Building a Healthy Foundation from Pregnancy Through Birth

    By: Lori Bregman

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  • Book cover titled 'Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself' by Lisa Marchiano, featuring an illustration of a woman with closed eyes surrounded by colorful leaves and abstract shapes.

    Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself

    By: Lisa Marchiano LCSW NCPsyA

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  • Book cover titled 'Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide' with a woman and a baby lying on a white surface.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide

    By: Ann Keppler, Janet Whalley, and Penny Simkin

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  • The book cover for 'Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care' by Jennifer Block, featuring a black background with a curved white shape at the bottom.

    Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

    By: Jennifer Block

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  • Cover of The Labor Progress Handbook, Fourth Edition, by Penny Simkin, Lisa Hanson, and Ruth Ancheta, published by Wiley Blackwell, featuring a green-tinted photo of a baby and a woman.

    The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia

    By: Penny Simkin, Lisa Hanson, Ruth Ancheta

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  • Book cover titled 'Birth Without Fear' featuring an illustration of a pregnant woman with glasses and a blue dress, subtitle reads 'The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum' by January Harshe.

    Birth Without Fear: The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum

    By: January Harshe

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  • Book cover titled 'Babies Are Not Pizzas' by Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN, with a woman sitting on the floor holding a baby, surrounded by three other babies sitting on the floor.

    Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered

    By: Rebecca Dekker

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  • Book cover titled 'PORTAL' by Yolande Norris-Clark, featuring the subtitle 'The Art of Choosing Orgasmic Pain-Free Blissful Birth' with a minimalist design of concentric ovals and radiant lines.

    Portal: The Art of Choosing Orgasmic, Pain-Free, Blissful Birth

    By: Yolande Norris-Clark

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  • A mother and a newborn baby touching foreheads, smiling and embracing closely.

    Home Birth On Your Own Terms: A How To Guide For Birthing Unassisted

    By: Heather Baker

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  • Birth Becomes Hers

    By: Bree Moore

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  • Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond

    By: Nancy Bardacke

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  • GentleBirth: Your Positive Birth Begins Here

    By: Tracy Donegan

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Postpartum

  • Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers

    By: Karen Kleiman & Molly McIntyre

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  • Mothering the New Mother: Women's Feelings & Needs After Childbirth: A Support and Resource Guide

    By: Sally Placksin

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  • Latch: A Handbook for Breastfeeding with Confidence at Every Stage

    By: Robin Kaplan

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  • Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #MOMLife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos

    By: Caitlin Slavens and Chelsea Bodie

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  • The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

    By: Heng Ou, Amely Greeven, & Marisa Belger

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  • Breathe, Mama, Breathe: 5-Minute Mindfulness for Busy Moms

    By: Shonda Moralis MSW LCSW

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Partners

  • What About Us?: A New Parents Guide to Safeguarding Your Over-Anxious, Over-Extended, Sleep-Deprived Relationship

    By: Karen Kleiman & Molly McIntyre

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  • The Birth Partner 5th Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions By: Penny Simken

    By: Penny Simken

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  • The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids

    By: Ryan Holiday

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  • Becoming a Dad: The First-Time Dad's Guide to Pregnancy Preparation (101 Tips For Expectant Dads)

    By: Lisa Marshall

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Foster & Adoption

  • The Adoptive Parents' Handbook: A Guide to Healing Trauma and Thriving with Your Foster or Adopted Child

    By: Barbara Tantrum & Deborah Gray MPA LICSW

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  • Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

    By: Sherrie Eldridge

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  • We Waited for You: Now We're a Family

    By: Cindy Chupack & Emily Hamilton

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  • Raising Other People's Children: What Foster Parenting Taught Me About Bringing Together A Blended Family

    By: Debbie Ausburn & Natalie Ford

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  • Thriving Families: A Trauma-Informed Guidebook for the Foster and Adoptive Journey

    By: Jenn Ranter Hook, Ph.D & Joshua N.

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  • Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families

    by: Jayne E. Schooler, Betsy Keefer Smalley, & Timothy J. Callahan

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Bereavement

  • Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief

    By: Martha Whitmore Hickman

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  • Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss

    By: Rachel Lewis

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  • You Are Not Alone: Love Letters From Loss Mom to Loss Mom

    By: Emily R. Long

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  • The Miscarriage Map: What To Expect When You Are No Longer Expecting

    By: Dr. Sunita Osborn & Catherine Knepper

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  • It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

    By: Megan Devine

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  • Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief

    By: Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

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  • Moving On Doesn't Mean Letting Go: A Modern Guide to Navigating Loss

    By: Gina Moffa LCSW

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  • My Miscarriage: And Other Uninvited Events

    By: Traci McCombs

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  • Your Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss: Hope and healing when you’re no longer expecting

    By: Dr. Kate White M.D. M.P.H.

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  • Healing Your Grieving Heart After Stillbirth: 100 Practical Ideas

    By: Alan Wolfelt

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  • Pregnancy Loss Affirmation Coloring Book

    Pregnancy Loss Affirmation Coloring Book

    By: Vallen Webb

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  • Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back

    By: Kelly Farley & David DiCola

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  • He Lost His Baby Too: Survival Guide for the Grieving Dad

    By: Kelly Farley & David DiCola

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  • Stillbirth, Yet Still Born: Grieving and Honoring Your Precious Baby

    By: Deborah L. Davis

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Bereavement for Young Minds

  • Children's book on loss

    The Invisible String

    By: Patrice Karst & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

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  • Cry, Heart, But Never Break

    By: Glenn Ringtved & Charlotte Pardi

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  • Some Babies Can't Stay

    By: Jessica Ells & Stefanie St. Dennis

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  • My Sibling Still: for those who've lost a sibling to miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death

    By: Megan Lacourrege & Joshua Wichterich

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