Recommended Readings

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#300032″ size=”22″ force_font_size=”true” size_smallscreen=”20″ size_tablet=”18″ size_phone=”18″ font_family=”none”]Choose a Topic or a Course to preview Book Requirements or Recommendations:[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1605034496123{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Doula Canada students are asked to choose three (3) books to read prior to submitting a reading review for their certification (1 reading review per book, as per certification requirements updated in November 2020).

Students are encouraged to pick books that speak to their interests and their program but are welcome to choose books from any category.

Example:  a labour doula may want to choose something related to postpartum recovery or loss, or a postpartum doula may wish to read something about fertility or sex and birth.

Have fun choosing – there are some amazing books on perinatal topics out there![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_accordions style=”simple-style” open_toggle=”-1″ responsive=”false”][vc_accordion_tab title=”History of Birth Support”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”523″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3z2LkKQ”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722345893559{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Birth Conspiracy
Rivka Cymbalist
Canada: Curioso Books, 2011[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1750″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3zadsLP”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722345981126{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Birth – The Surprising History of How We Are Born
Tina Cassidy
New York, USA: Grove Press, 2006[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”277052″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3KJdH33″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346071100{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Rutgers University Press (1998)

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De Capo Press, 2008

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The Birth House (fiction)
Amy McKay
Vintage Canada, 2007[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1759″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/45rgJCK”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346366306{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

The Mother of All Baby Books
Ann Douglas
Collins, 2015[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”277048″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3KGvKXV”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346416666{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Taylor Trade Publishing (2000)

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Dundurn (2019)

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Birth Ambassadors, Doulas and the Re-Emergence of Woman-Supported Birth in America
Christine H. Morton with Elayne G. Clift
Praeclarus Press, 2014[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1764″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3VrsYum”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346585794{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

The Doula Advantage
Rachel Gurevich
New York, USA: Three Rivers Press, 2003[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1765″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4eq5f6o”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346605493{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

The Doula Guide to Birth – Secrets Every Pregnant Woman Should Know
Ananda Lowe and Rachel Zimmerman
New York, USA: Bantam, 2009[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”277049″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4b1ieIX”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346632519{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Running Press Adult (2020)

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The Doula’s Guide to Empowering Your Birth
Lindsey Bliss
Harvard Common Press, 2018[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1770″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3yZnXBM”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346696939{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Gentle Birth Choices
Barbara Harper
Rochester, USA: Inner Tradition, 2005[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1771″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4eqPuwj”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346720153{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives: A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth
Deepak Chopra and David Simon
Harmony, 2005[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1774″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3RrlVkg”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346777647{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

The Labour Progress Handbook – Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia
Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta
West Sussex, UK: The Atrium, Southern Gate, 2011[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1775″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4bZe3yJ”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346808219{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Birthing from Within
Pam England
Partera Books, 1995[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”371961″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3z2rSOa”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722346860104{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Birth Partner 5th Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doula and All Other Labour Companions

Penny Simkin
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, 2018[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545742″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4fIHnvI”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722875622391{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn

Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, Ann Keppler, Janelle Durham, April Bolding

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][mk_image src=”https://stefanie-techops.wisdmlabs.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/transformed-by-birth.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”https://a.co/d/iBlu69z” target=”_blank”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1738077827416{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Resilience, and Strength for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood

Britta Bushnell[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”553469″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://a.co/d/4ZhvtXf”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1738074492868{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

A Doula’s Journey: Into the World of Birth 
Sarah Goldstein
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014)

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Hannah Tait Neufeld and Jaime Cidro
Demeter Press, 2017.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1773″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Rn7FZB”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722347680489{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing
Patrisia Gonzales
University of Arizona, 2012[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”277018″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/45ne78M”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722347698758{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine 
Kim Anderson
University of Manitoba Press, 2011.

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University of Georgia Press, 2018

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Praeclarus Press (Dec 2 2017)

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Vintage (1998)

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University Press of Mississippi (2018)

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Soft Skull Press (2014)

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Postpartum Transition and Recovery”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1779″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3z2FTLS”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722375883220{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Mothering the New Mother
Sally Plaskin
Newmarket Press, 2000.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1780″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4clYYHi”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722375901525{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Nurturing Beginnings: Guide to Postpartum Care for Doulas and Community Outreach Workers
Debra Pascali Bonaro
Debra Pascali-Bonaro, 2014[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1781″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4eoFJi8″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722375923490{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Misconceptions, Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected On the Journey to Motherhood
Naomi Wolf
First Anchor Books, 2003.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1782″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3RtsSBo”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722375942737{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Fourth Trimester Companion
Cynthia Gabriel
Harvard Common Press, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1784″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3KIrN4N”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722627570370{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression This Isn’t What I expected 

by Karen R. Kleiman, Valerie Davis Raskin[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1785″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3KKpG0i”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722375977939{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother
Heng Ou
Harry M. Abrams, 2016[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545649″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Yx7X4C”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722627368253{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide  to the Secret Fears of New Mothers

Karen Kleiman[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545650″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://www.amazon.ca/Myself-Again-PARENTS-Postpartum-Survival/dp/1946665525?crid=R8EZ0KTV367F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Qu9rSKfxDlFjfRdkI60DsA.uOYwNKj4pVnkBoaMNGSii56UtRxd7EjG01XMIds2__w&dib_tag=se&keywords=Myself+Again%3A+The+PARENTS+Postpartum+Survival+Guide+Paperback&qid=1722005463&sprefix=myself+again+the+parents+postpartum+survival+guide+paperback%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=doulaschool-20&linkId=1cc0a9b233c467aeac7c36c6b31f89eb&language=en_CA&ref_=as_li_ss_tl”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722627685769{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions to Living with Postpartum Depression

Gabrielle Mauren, Michelle Wiersgalla[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Loss”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1832″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3VnleJS”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722628664804{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]After Miscarriage: Medical Facts and Emotional Support for Pregnancy Loss
Krissi Danielsson
Harvard Common Press, 2008[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1792″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3KPtu0d”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722518234420{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss
Jane Heustis, RN, & Marcia Jenkings, RN
Companion Press, Colorado, 2005[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1799″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/45rHRS1″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722628694807{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go

Amy Wright Glenn, Parallax Press, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545652″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3AkSScc”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722628803334{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Healing the Impact of Loss

Claire Bidwell Smith, De Capo, 2018[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”268188″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4emJ01c”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722518671768{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

What God Is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color
Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang 
Univ Of Minnesota Press (Oct. 15 2019)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”208710″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722518749976{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”208714″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3VKUlkI”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722518768968{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Joy at the End of the Rainbow

Ross-White/ Henke (2017)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545653″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3XtPHZD”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722629284628{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand

Sounds True, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1838″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4eoLufK”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722629414713{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Without Apology: Writing on Abortion in Canada

Shannon Stettner Athabasca, University Press, 2016[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Trauma”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”277028″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Vndrf6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722630881060{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk M.D,Penguin Books, 2015.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545658″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4bZOL3u”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722631095743{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”135297″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/45nlbSQ”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722631298288{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]When Survivors Give Birth

Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus, Quality Code Publishing, 2004[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545660″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4fxZDYG”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722631568978{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté MD, Daniel Maté[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545661″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3LT4KVD”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722631746540{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Healing After Birth: Navigating Your Emotions After A Difficult Childbirth

Jennifer Summerfeldt[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Lactation and Infant Care”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545663″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3LQR8dm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722632444182{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby’s Brain and Transform Their Mental Health through the Art of Nurtured Parenting

Greer Kirshenbaum[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545664″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/46wTGa2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722632626570{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Safe Infant Sleep: Expert Answers to Your Cosleeping Questions

James J McKenna[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1804″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/45rl4Gb”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722519738623{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Sweet Sleep
Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, Linda J. Smith and Teresa Pitman
Ballantine Books, 2014[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545665″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4c6lVxH”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722633176596{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers

Nancy Mohrbacher, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”545666″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3LRlFYM”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722633405264{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide To Breastfeeding

Dr. Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman, Collins, 2014[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1808″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4cbGCIW”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722519927759{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Nursing Mother’s Companion, 7th Edition
Kathleen Huggins
Harvard Common Press, 2015[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Sex & Birth Course”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1824″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3z2PUss”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520349567{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Sexual intimacy for women: a guide for same-sex couples.
Corwin, G.
Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2010[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1825″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3z2PUss”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520457375{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Sex After Baby: Why there is none
Hamilton, K.
Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Press, 2007[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1826″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Vmjf8J”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518965381185{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Birth & Sex: The power and the passion
Kitzinger, S.
London, UK: Pinter & Martin Ltd, 2012[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1827″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B075DT1N3C/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=doulabirthlov-20&camp=15121&creative=330641&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B075DT1N3C&linkId=3276ffd4171966597d908a036fe6572a”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518965494618{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Anatomy of Arousal: Secret maps to buried pleasure
Winston, S.
Kingston, NY: Mango Garden Press, 2010[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1820″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3KJ92yk”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520287591{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Come As You Are: The surprising new science that will transform your sex life.
Nagoski, E.
New York, NY: Simon & Schustere Paperbacks, 2015[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Fertility Support”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”39197″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4engH2M”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1734114787679{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Taking Charge of Your Fertility, The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement and Reproductive Health, 20th Anniversary Edition 

Toni Weschler

William Morrow Paperbacks, 2015.

REQUIRED TEXT FOR PROGRAM[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”551689″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3ZSHQ8L”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1734112464835{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Period Repair Manual: Natural Treatment for Better Hormones and Better Periods

Lara Briden, 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”551690″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/4isO9qR”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1734112470476{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Fat and Fertile: How to Get Pregnant in a Bigger Body

Nicola Salmon, 2019[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1734112477253{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy

Amely Greeven, Heng Ou, and Marisa Belger, 2020[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”551694″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3ZDtTKx”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1734112449139{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Nurturing Yourself Through IVF: Improve Your Experience, Maximize Your Odds of Success 

Lynn Daley, 2006[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”551686″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Dg78EL”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1734128593470{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]It Starts with the Egg 

Rebecca Fett, 2019[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”551693″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3ZQErXL”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1734112477253{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy

Amely Greeven, Heng Ou, and Marisa Belger, 2020[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Menopause Doula”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/5″][vc_single_image image=”208728″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3z4siUo”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520564247{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

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Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause

Ann Louise Gittleman (HarperOne, 2017)

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”Business and Business Inspiration”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1810″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Xn8VzM”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520726971{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
Gay Hendricks
Bellweather Books, 2010[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1811″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Rt8Cj4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520748903{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brené Brown
Avery Books, 2012[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1812″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/45mz2ZP”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520803550{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Body of Work, Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together
Pamela Slim
Penguin, 2013[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1813″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://amzn.to/3Rp8iC4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722520841625{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
Knopf, 2013[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_accordion_tab][/vc_accordions][/vc_column][/vc_row]