There’s a lot to learn, consider, and think about in pregnancy, but it can be fun too! Here are some helpful resources and some fun stuff too! — Amy

MUSIC PLAYLISTS:

LOON Pregnancy LOON Birth LOON Postpartum

BIRTH PREP BOOK LIST:

The Birth Partner, Penny Simkin (Birth Prep)

Nurture, Erica Chidi Cohen (Great comprehensive pregnancy+birth guide)

*Birthing from Within,* Pam England (A personal favorite)

Transformed by Birth, Britta Bushnell (Exploring birth as a rite of passage)

The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson (Really sinking into postpartum)

Here’s a link to all the books together with notes about why I recommend each!

Most of these are available in the PGH library system, or can be found pretty inexpensively used online. If you want to buy new and you use the links above I’ll get a tiny cut because they’re affiliate links through bookshop, so that’s always nice too!

BIRTH PREP ZINES AND WORKBOOKS FROM AMY (FREE FOR CLIENTS):

Birth Plan Moving Through Labor Little Labor Book Warm Postpartum

OTHER BOOKS:

Check out my zine, *Matrescence Reading List.* It’s a pretty detailed list of all my favorite books that engage motherhood — lots of novels, lots of non-fiction, lots of information, all kinds of angles! Happy to share it with clients for free, just let me know you’re interested!

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