I’m obsessed with reading. If you love it, too (or maybe just want to figure something out), these are my top recommendations.
I don’t necessarily agree with everything in every book, but you have to decide what to take and what to leave for yourself in your life. Happy reading :)
Fertility Awareness
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
Garden of Fertility by Katie Singer
Natural Family Planning: The complete approach by John and Sheila Kippley
Cycle Savvy by Toni Weschler
The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding by Sheila Kippley*
Justisse Method: Fertility Awareness and Body Literacy by Geraldine Matus and Megan LaLonde
Hormonal Support
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom by Dr. Christiane Northrup MD
Period Repair Manual by Dr. Lara Briden
Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar
Fertility, Cycles, and Nutrition by Marilyn Shannon
Natural Solutions to PCOS by Marilyn Glenville
The Pill: Are you sure it’s for you? by Jane Bennett and Alexandra Pope
Living Well With Hypothyroidism by Mary Shomon
Hormone Deception by D. Lindsey Berkson
Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn
The New Menopausal Years by Susan Weed
Pre-conception, Pregnancy, Birth, Parenting
Parenting Begins Before Conception by Carista Luminare-Rosen
The Natural Way to Better Babies by Fancesca Naish and Janette Roberts
The Continuum Concept by Jean Leidloff
The Diaper Free Baby by Cristine Gross-Loh
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
Pride and Joy: The lives and passions of women without children by Terri Casey
Infertility
Conquering Infertility by Alice Domar
Natural Solutions to Infertility by Marilyn Glenville
Nutrition
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Real Food: What to eat and why by Nina Planck
The Yoga of Eating by Charles Eisenstein
Women’s studies, Sexuality
Our Bodies, Ourselves by The Boston Womens Health Collective
A New View of a Women’s Body by The Federation of Feminist Womens Health Center
Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives by Wenda Travathan
On Fertile Ground: A natural history of human reproduction by Peter Ellison
Woman by Natalie Angier
The V book by Elizabeth Stewart
Let Me Count the Ways: Discovering great sex without intercourse by Marti Klein and Riki Robbins
* Note from Hannah: Ecological breastfeeding promotes bedsharing. While its’ every family’s choice to make, it’s important to me to disclose that bedsharing, even if done following all safety guidelines, is LESS SAFE than having a baby on their own sleep surface (and following all proper rules of safe sleep). Room sharing, however, is protective against SIDS.
(Some links are affiliate links, meaning if you buy using that link I get a tiny bit of money – YAY! I would never use a link if it meant you had to pay extra and I only endorse things I have read or used and loved)