Suggested Reading
Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
Ten Questions to Ask Your Care Provider, from the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.
Articles by Rochester area Bradley instructors
- How to Stay Healthy and Low Risk during Pregnancy and Birth - Amy V. Haas, BCCE
- Nutrition During Pregnancy - Amy V. Haas, BCCE
- The Emotional Side to Drugs in Labor: The Beginning of Learning to Parent - Amy V. Haas, BCCE
- Preventing Pregnancy Complications with Nutrition - Amy V. Haas, BCCE
- Prematurity is Preventable! - Amy V. Haas, BCCE
Birth stories
Reading list for Bradley classes
The following titles are available in the class library for students. Or, you may wish to check out a book from the Monroe County Library System. Follow a "Buy it now" link to purchase a book (in association with Amazon.com). Or, a title may be available directly from the publisher.
Required reading
- Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way - Susan McCutcheon
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- Husband Coached Childbirth, 4th Ed. - Dr. Robert Bradley
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth - Henci Goer- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- Bradley Student Workbook - I will supply a copy for you to keep
Recommended reading
- The Birth Book - Dr. William Sears and Martha Sears, RN
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- Ina May's Guide to Childbirth - Ina May Gaskin
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- Active Birth - Janet Balaskas
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- Gentle Birth Choices - Barbara Harper, RN
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- The Nutrition Almanac - Gayle and John Kirschmann, Nutrition Search Inc. 4th Ed.
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- The Brewer Pregnancy Hotline - Gail Sforza Krebs, with Thomas H. Brewer, M.D., Medical Consultant
- Buy it from PregnancyBooksOnline.com
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding - 5th Ed. La Leche League
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities - Henci Goer
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- In Labor - Woman and Power in the Birth Place - Barbara Katz Rothman
- Buy it now
- Not available in the Monroe County Library System
- Silent Knife - Cohen and Estner
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- The Birth Partner - Penny Simpkin, PT
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- The Pregnancy Book - William and Martha Sears, and Linda Holt
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
- A Wise Birth - Armstrong and Feldman
- Buy it now
- Find it in the Monroe County Library System
= Highly recommended, comprehensive.