I've picked out what I think are the best books available. Answers to your questions and validation of your instincts can be found in these books which I recommend. If I've missed one of your favorites, e-mail me at rugratz3@geocities.com and let me know! You can read my on-site review or follow the links to Amazon.com to order books or read more reviews. I'll be adding more books and reviews as time permits.
So read and ask questions, and remember; it's your birth and your family's birth. You do have the ability to make decisions for yourself, and as long as you educate yourself you'll discover what you want.
Pregnancy & Birth| Parenting & Breastfeeding| Books for Children
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn
by Simkin, Whalley and Keppler
The Birth Partner
by Penny Simkin
My review of this book...
Birth as An American Rite of Passage
by Robbie Davis-Floyd
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
by Sheila Kitzinger
The Birth Book
by Bill and Martha Sears
Obstetric Myth vs. Research Realities
by Henci Goer
A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
by Korte and Scaer
Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year
by Elizabeth Noble
The American Way of Birth
by Jessica Mitford
The Baby Book
by Bill and Martha Sears
Touchpoints
by T. Berry Brazelton
The Nursing Mother's Companion
by Kathleen Huggins
Breastfeeding Your Baby
by Sheila Kitzinger
The A.D.D. Book
by Bill Sears and Linda Thompson
Welcome, Little Baby
by Aliki
We Like to Nurse
by Chia Martin
Welcoming Babies
by Margy Burns Knight
A Teeny Tiny Baby
by Amy Schwartz
Arthur's Baby
by Marc Brown
hardback edition
Happy Birth Day!
by Robie H. Harris
We Have a Baby
by Cathryn Falwell
Only the Cat Saw
by Ashley Wolff
Will There Be a Lap For Me?
by Dorothy Corey