New Books
- Pregnancy & birth: everything you need to know by Mary Steen
- The mommy diet: a month-by-month plan for a healthy body and mind before, during, and after pregnancy by Alison Sweeney
- Preemies: the essential guide for parents of premature babies by Dana Wechsler Linden
- Pregnancy, childbirth, and the newborn: the complete guide
Recommended Books
- Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week by Glade B. Curtis
- The Joy of Pregnancy: The Complete, Candid, and Reassuring Companion for Parents-to-Be by Tori Kropp
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
- Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy by Roger Harms
- Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth
Pregnancy Health Bag
Health Bag: Pregnancy is a kit containing these titles, along with pamphlets and other information.
It checks out as a set and can be requested through the library catalog. It contains:
The Playskool guide for expectant fathers by Brian Lipps
Your pregnancy week by week by Glade B. Curtis, Judith Schuler
I’m pregnant! now what do I eat? by Hope Ricciotti & Vincent Connelly
The complete book of pregnancy & childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
Non-fiction films
- Prenatal Fitness Fix
- Postpartum from pregnant to parent
- First year milestones: a monthly guide to your baby’s growth
- 7 steps to reduce the risk of SIDS
- Life skills for teen parents
- Healthy steps for teen parents.
- Volume 1. Prenatal care
- Volume 2, Labor & birth
- Volume 3, Postpartum
- Your premature baby.
- Volume 1, Preemie basics & medical care
- Volume 2, Interacting with & feeding your preemie
- Volume 3, Going home
- Newborn care: a guide to the first six weeks.
- Better breastfeeding: your guide to a healthy start
- Touchpoints
- Safe from the start
- First year milestones: a monthly guide to your baby’s growth
- Positive discipline: without shaking, shouting or spanking
- Single parenting: the family in harmony
- Volume 1, Creating a healthy life for yourself
- Volume 2, Creating a healthy life for your child
Books for infant health
The wonder years : helping your baby and young child successfully negotiate the major
developmental milestones by American Academy of Pediatrics
Heading home with your newborn : from birth to reality by Laura A. Jana
Your baby’s first year week by week by Glade B. Curtis
Complete baby and childcare by Miriam Stoppard
The baby care book : a complete guide from birth to 12 months old by Jeremy Friedman
For more books and DVDS, browse the Pregnancy books (618.2) in the Health Information Neighborhood or the Parenting Collection across from the aquarium at the back of the Youth Services area.