Reading List: Past, Present, Future

Future:

Current:

  • Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Coming to Term by Jon Cohen (much more interesting and relevant than I had expected; one of the most recommended books in the RPL community; more recent than the Regan book mentioned below)
  • Resources for the philosophy of music education course I’ll be teaching on-line, Spring 2009!

Ongoing:

Recent:

  • Marsden Wagner with Stephanie Gunning, Creating Your Birth Plan, which is much more than a birth plan book. This is a must read for all mothers regardless of birth venue.
  • ICAN’s Cesarean Voices (I can’t begin to tell you how important this book is)
  • Linda Layne’s Motherhood Lost: a feminist account of pregnancy loss in America: an incredible read if you like a more academic sociological/anthropological look at pregnancy loss. Henci Goer & Rhonda Wheeler’s The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth
  • Lesley Regan’s Miscarriage: What Every Woman Needs to Know (it was recommended to me several times, but I didn’t find it particularly helpful)
  • Bruce Feiler’s Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths (fascinating; take your time with this one)
  • LB Cowman’s Streams in the Desert: Hope for Hurting Hearts (Jim Reimann, ed.)

3 Comments

  1. HeatherN3Boys said,

    March 7, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    PUSHED was INCREDIBLE. So incredible that we’re (Birth Matters Virginia) bringing Ms. Block to our area on March 17th. It made me sick at times, but gives me hope that we can turn around our maternity system, too.

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  2. Jennifer said,

    November 20, 2008 at 9:21 am

    Our mutual friend GC enlightened me about your blog existence. You should add “Birthing from within” to your reading list as it has a few really good chapters with exercises on overcoming birthing fears – including both fears from previous births or fears from inexperience. There’s also a chapter for dad to read.

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  3. babyonthemind said,

    December 1, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    You might like the book “Birth- The surprising history of how we are born” by Tina Cassidy. It was really interesting to learn about how birthing has changed through the years.

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