Making Plans
618.2 OGL
Before Your Pregnancy: A 90-Day Guide for Couples on How to Prepare for a Healthy Conception by Amy Ogle2002, 426 p.

649.1 VER
Tomorrow’s Baby: The Art and Science of Parenting from Conception through Infancy by Thomas R. Verny2002, 336 p.

Conception
616.692 BRU
Making a Baby: Everything You Need to Know to Get Pregnant by Debra Fulghum Bruce2000, 379 p.

616.692 CAT
The Fertility Plan: A Holistic Program for Conceiving a Healthy Baby by Helen Caton2000, 143 p.

616.692 DOH
The Fertility Handbook: A Guide to Getting Pregnant by C. Maude Doherty2002, 160 p.

618.178 LAU
Getting Pregnant: What You Need to Know Right Now by Niels H. Lauersen2000, 573 p.

618.178 WIL
The Fastest Way to Get Pregnant Naturally: The Latest Information on Conceiving a Healthy Baby on Your Timetable by Christopher D. Williams2001, 300 p.

618.2 TSI
From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds by Alexander Tsiaras2002, 283 p.
Color photographs and computer imaging provide a portrait of the growth of a baby from conception to birth, tracing the development of individual body parts and systems.

Pregnancy
General Guides
618.2 MAC
Happy, Healthy Pregnancy: A Week-by-Week Guide to You and Your Growing Baby, with Expert Advice on Every Stage from Conception to Birth and Post-Natal Care by Alison MacKonochie2003, 96 p.

618.2 MAR
The Pregnant Couple’s Guide to Sex, Romance, and Intimacy by Sandra Margot2002, 212 p.

618.24 FOR
The Everything Pregnancy Book: What Every Woman Needs to Know—Month-by-Month—to Ensure a Worry-Free Pregnancy by Paula Ford-Martin2003, 353 p.

618.24 MUR
What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff2002, 597 p.

618.24 PEC
Pregnant Woman’s Pill Book by Theodore Peck2003, 159 p.

618.24 PET
What Your Unborn Baby Wants You to Know: A Complete Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy by Boris M. Petrikovsky 2001, 296 p.

618.24 PRE
The Pregnancy Bible: Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Early Parenthood2003, 392 p.

618.24 REI
How to Make a Pregnant Woman Happy: Solving Pregnancy’s Most Common Problems—Quickly & Effectively by Uzzi Reiss2002, 215 p.

618.24 WES
Pregnancy the Natural Way by Zita West2001, 160 p.

Nutrition
618.24 DAD
Eat Right 4 Your Baby: The Individualized Guide to Fertility and Maximum Health during Pregnancy, Nursing, and Your Baby’s First Year by Peter J. D’Adamo2003, 429 p.
Uses blood type as a basis for determining an eating plan for conception and pregnancy.

618.24 ROB
Your Vegetarian Pregnancy: A Month-by-Month Guide to Health and Nutrition by Holly Roberts2003, 378 p.

618.24 SHU
Every Woman’s Guide to Eating during Pregnancy by Martha Rose Shulman2002, 420 p.

618.24 SOM
Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy: The Complete Guide to Eating Before, During, and After Your Pregnancy by Elizabeth Somer2002, 359 p.

Fitness
613.7 HAL
Prenatal Yoga for Conception, Pregnancy and Birth by Doriel Hall2002, 96 p.

618.24 AUS
Denise Austin’s Ultimate Pregnancy Book: How to Stay Fit and Healthy through the Nine Months, and Bounce Back after Baby by Denise Austin1999, 236 p.
Full of instructive color photographs of yoga exercises appropriate for each trimester and preparation for labor.

618.24 KIN
Pilates for Pregnancy by Michael King2002, 96 p.

618.24 NOB
Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year: A Guide to Health and Comfort Before and After Your Baby Is Born by Elizabeth Noble2003, 286 p.

618.24 TEA
Step-by-Step Yoga for Pregnancy by Wendy Teasdill2000, 143 p.

DVD 618.24 LEI
Video 618.24 LEI
Leisa Hart’s Fit Mama Prenatal Workout2003, 60 minutes
Exercises to stay healthy and prepare for childbirth. Suggests different exercises for each trimester.


Special Weight Concerns
618.2 BER
Carrying a Little Extra: A Guide to Healthy Pregnancy for the Plus-Size Woman by Paula Bernstein2003, 197 p.

618.24 BEH
The Pregnancy Diet: A Healthy Weight Control Program for Pregnant Women by Eileen Behan1999, 194 p.

For Dads-in-Waiting
618.2 SKI
Do I Look Like a Daddy to You?: A Survival Guide for First-Time Fathers by Quinton Skinner2001, 216 p.

618.24 CUR
Your Pregnancy for the Father-to-Be: Everything Dads Need to Know about Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Getting Ready for a New Baby by Glade B. Curtis2003, 288 p.

618.24 HEI
Fathering: Right from the Start: Straight Talk about Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond by Jack Heinowitz2001, 163 p.

649.1 BRO
The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be by Armin A. Brot2001, 271 p.

The Big Day: Labor and Birth
618.4 BYR
Birthing: Choices You Have to Create the Best Birth Experience for You and Your Baby by Irene Byrne2003, 222 p.
Comprehensive coverage of the options available to you, with help on choosing birth professionals, birth techniques, birth environment, location and more.

618.4 DAT
Childbirth and Pain Relief: An Anesthesiologist Explains Your Options by Sanjay Datta2001, 91 p.

618.4 MOO
Cesarean Section: Understanding and Celebrating Your Baby’s Birth by Michele Moore2003, 149 p.

618.45 CON
Hypnosis for a Joyful Pregnancy and Pain-Free Labor and Delivery by Winifred Conkling2002, 170 p.

618.45 GAS
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth: Discover the Proven Wisdom That Has Guided Thousands of Women through Childbirth with More Confidence, Less Pain, and Little or No Medical Intervention—Whether in a Hospital, Birthing Center, or the Comfort of a Home by Ina May Gaskin2003, 348 p.

618.45 GUR
The Doula Advantage: Your Complete Guide to Having an Empowered and Positive Birth with the Help of a Professional Childbirth Assistant by Rachel Gurevich2003, 272 p.
While mom and dad are busy with labor and delivery, a doula can be the mom’s advocate with medical staff.

618.45 KIT
Birth Your Way by Sheila Kitzinger2002, 208 p.

618.45 WES
Labor Pain: A Natural Approach to Easing Delivery by Nicky Wesson2000, 154 p.

Video 618.4 CHO
Choices in Childbirth. Volume I, Epidural Anesthesia2000, 20 minutes

Video 618.4 CHO
Choices in Childbirth. Volume II, Induction & Augmentation2000, 17 minutes

Video 618.4 TRI
Tried & True: A Collection of Labor Techniques2000, 32 minutes

Video 618.45 GEN
Gentle Birth Choices2000, 46 minutes

Post Pregnancy
618.6 BRO
The Post-Pregnancy Handbook: The Only Book That Tells What the First Year after Childbirth Is Really All About, Physically, Emotionally, Sexually by Sylvia Brown2002, 334 p.

618.6 CAS
Win the Fat War for Moms: 113 Real-Life Secrets to Losing Postpregnancy Pounds by Catherine Cassidy2001, 280 p.

618.6 CUR
Bouncing Back after Your Pregnancy: What You Need to Know about Recovering from Labor and Delivery and Caring for Your New Family by Glade B. Curtis2002, 192 p.

618.6 WAT
Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell—after Pregnancy: Every Woman’s Guide to Shaping Up, Slimming Down, and Staying Sane after the Baby by Debra Waterhouse2002, 242 p.

618.76 ROS
Conquering Postpartum Depression: A Proven Plan for Recovery by Ronald Rosenberg2003, 188 p.

Mothers Share Their Stories
618.2 CAN
Pregnancy Stories: Real Women Share the Joys, Fears, Thrills, and Anxieties of Pregnancy from Conception to Birth by Cecelia A. Cancellaro2001, 260 p.

618.24 BLE
I’ll Never Have Sex with You Again: Tales from the Delivery Room by Larry Bleidner2002, 201 p.

618.24 MAT
Navel Gazing: The Days and Nights of a Mother in the Making by Jennifer Matesa2001, 254 p.

618.4 GRE
Real Birth: Women Share Their Stories by Robin Greene2000, 227 p.

618.76 MAU
The Darkest Days of My Life: Stories of Postpartum Depression by Natasha S. Mauthner2002, 260 p.

Prepared by Martha M. Krause, January 2004