Book Recommendations
Fertility
- Queer Conception by Liam Kali
Pregnancy & Birth
- Birth Partner 5th Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companion By Penny Simkin (Latest edition contains gender-inclusive language)
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide By Penny Simkin & Colleagues
- When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women By Penny Simkin & Phyllis Klaus
- Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) By Patrisa Gonzales
- Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood--And Trusting Yourself and Your Body By Erica Chidi
- Birthing from Within By Pam England
- My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide By Jen McLellan
- Queer & Pregnant: A Pregnancy Journal By Jenna M. Brown
- Heart Centered Pregnancy Journal: Cultivating Intuition, Connection, and Resilience for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum By Nikki Shaheed
Mental Health
Infant Feeding
- The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding: The Definitive Guide to Nursing for African American Mothers By Katherine Barbern
- Queer Nursing by Liesel Burisch
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Completely Revised and Updated 8th Edition By Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, & Teresa Pitman
Postpartum, Parenting & Newborns
- The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother By Heng Ou, amely Greeven & Marisa Belger
- The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality By Kimerly Ann Johnson
- The Baby Book By Sears, Sears, Sears, & Sears
For Siblings
- What Makes a Baby By Cory Silverburg
- Welcome With Love By Jenni Overend
- There's a Baby video by Penny Simkin
- Mama Midwife: A Birth Adventure By Christy Tyner
- Umi & Uma: The Story of Two Mommies and a Baby By Nyesha & Samantha Davis-Williams