Homebirth Library

The Canterbury Home Birth Association has a collection of books on pregnancy, birth and parenting. They are available from our library at the Midwifery Resource Centre (376 Manchester Street, Christchurch) and members are welcome to call in and borrow them.

Library Rules

Please put the books back on the shelf respecting the alphabetical order (author's name) to make it easier for the next person to locate them. NB: the reference number on the book always starts with the first three letters of the author's name, followed by the first letter of every word in the title.

Books are available only for ONE MONTH. Other expecting mothers are waiting to read them too.

Don't forget to fill in the card with your details and the date you take the books out and bring them back. If you are late to bring them back, please still put the date you return them. There is no overdue charges but we need to have the date so if it is missingwe know when it was last borrowed and returned.

Thank you very much for your help and happy reading.

NB: If you have particularly enjoyed a book and would like to write a review of it for the newsletters, let me know. If you have negative comments about a book I would also like to know.

You can contact the librarian Marnie via email by clicking here.

Books

For a list of Videos we have on offer, follow this link.

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A

A Child is Born

Lennart Nilsson - NILACIB

A Guide for Healthy Pregnancy and Childbirth

AHBAGFHPAC#1

A Guide for Healthy Pregnancy and Childbirth

AHBAGFHPAC#2

A Guide for Healthy Pregnancy and Childbirth

AHBAGFHPAC#3

A Herbal Approach to Pregnancy and Baby Care in NZ

Margaret Roberts - ROBAHATPABCINZ

A Labour Of Love: An Australian Guide To Natural Childbirth

Gabrielle Targett - TGALOL

A Toolbox for Our Daughters

Annette Geffer and Diane Brown - GEFATFOD

A Woman's Guide to Homeopathic Medicine

AWGTHM

Active Birth

Janet Balaskas - BALAB

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B

Babies Need Books

Dorothy Butter - BUTBNB

Baby & Child

Penelope Leach - LEABAC

Baby Crazy

Helen Townsend - TOWBC

Baby Massage

Peter Walker - WALBM

Baby Massage

Amelia Auckett - AUCBM

Baby Relax

Peter Walker - WALBR

Babywatching

Desmond Morris - MORB

Becoming a Grandmother

Sheila Kitzinger - KITBAG

Birth and Beyond

Sally Williams - WILBAB

Birth and Our Bodies

Paddy O'Brien - OBRBAOB

Birth at Home

David Millar - MILBAH

Birth Reborn

Michael Odent - ODEBR

Born Dancing

Evelyn Thomas and Sue Browder - THOBD

Breast Is Best

Dr Penny and Andrew Stanway - STABIB#1

Breast Is Best

Dr Penny and Andrew Stanway - STABIB#2

Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing

Sheila Kipley - KIPBBANCS

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C

Caesarean Birth

Zena Armstrong - ARMCB

Celebrating Girls

Virginia Beane Rutter - RUTCG

Childbirth At Home

Marion Sousa - SOUCAH

Childbirth Choices

Adrienne Bennet et al - BENCC

Childbirth Without Fear

Dick-Reads - DICCWF#1

Cooking For Your Baby

Laraine Toms - TOMCFYB

Coping With Miscarriage

Kitch Cuthbert and Sandra Van Eden Long - CUTCWM

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D

Daughters And Sons

June Statham - STADAS

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E

Empty Arms

Deborah J. Watkins-Fairless - WATEA

Energetic Pregnancy

Elizabeth Davis - DAVEP

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F

Fast Food For Ben

Ruth Brodbeck (available with birthing pool hire)

Food For Under Fives

Rosemary STanton - STAFFUF

For Better Or For Worse

Susan Squire - SQUFBOFW

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G

Giving Birth

Sheila Kitzinger - KITGB

Green Babies

Dr Penny Stanway - STANGB

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H

Having A Baby After Thirty

Elizabeth Bing & Libby Colman - BINHABAT

Healing Your Child

Frances Darragh - DARHYC

Hello Baby

Jenni Overend (available with birthing pool hire)

Herbs For Pregnancy And Childbirth

Anne McIntyre - MCIHFPAC

Home Birth Bound

Maggie Banks - BANHBB

Home Birth Handbook

Viki Junor and Marianne Monaco - JUNHBH

Homeopathic Remedies For Women's Ailments

Phillis Speight - SPEHRFWA

How To Stop Your Children Fighting

Adele Faber and Elainie Mazlish - FABHTSYCF

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L

Learning Begins At Home

Mabeth Goldfinch, Antonia Jones and Jeanette McNeil - GOLLBAH

Let's Have Healthy Children

Adelle Davis - DAVLHHC

Life Before Birth And A Time To Be Born

Peter W. Nathanielsz - NATLBBAATTBB

Listen To Your Child

David Crystal - CRYLTYC

Loving Hands

Frederic Leboyer - LEBLH#1

Loving Hands

Frederic Leboyer - LEBLH#2

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M

Macrobiotic Child Care And Family Health

Michio & Aveline Kushi - KUSMCCAFH

Making Love During Pregnancy

Elizabeth Bing & Libby Colman - BINMLDP#1

Making Love During Pregnancy

Elizabeth Bing & Libby Colman - BINMLDP#2

Morning Sickness

Nicky Wesson - WESMS

Mothering Your Nursing Toddler

Norma Jane Burmgarner - BURMYNT

Mothers Matter Too

Jenny Phillips - PHIMMT

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N

Natural Childhood

John B Thomson - THONC

Natural Fertility

Francesca Nash - NASNF

Natural Pregancy

Janet Balaskas - BALNP

New Life

Arthur and Janet Balaskas - BALNL

New Pregancy and Birth Book

Miriam Stoppard - STONPABB

New Zealand Pregancy Book

Sue Pullon - PULNZPB

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O

Our Bodies, Our Selves

Boston Women's Book Collective - BOSOBOS

Ourselves and Our Children

Boston Women's Book Collective - BOSOAOC

Ourselves As Mothers

Sheila Kitzinger - KITOAM

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P

Prenatal Yoga And Natural Birth

Jeannine Parvati Baker - BAKPYANB

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S

Sheila Kitzinger's Birth Book

Sheila Kitzinger - KITSKBB

Sleeping With Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Cosleeping

James McKenna - MJSWYB

Sleepless Children

David Haslam - HASSC

Special Delivery

Rahima Baldwin - BALSD

Successful Breastfeeding

Virginia Phillips - PHISB

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T

Tenth Month

Lynne Haslett and Lyn Eder - HASTM

The Billings Method

Evelyn Billings and Ann Westmore - BILTBM

The Birth of A First Child

Dana Breen BRETBOAFC

The Birth Revolution

Ed. Wendy Whiton - WHITBR

The Breastfeeding Book

Maire Messenger - MESTBB

The Caesarean Experience

Sarah Clement - CLETCE

The Childbirth Book

Christine Beels - BEETCB#1

The Childbirth Book

Christine Beels - BEETCB#2

The Crying Baby

Sheila Kizinger - KITTCB

The Experience Of Breastfeeding

Sheila Kitzinger - KITTEOB

The Experience Of Childbirth

Sheila Kitzinger - KITTEOC

The Family Bed

Tine Thevenin - THETFB

The First Six Months

Penelope Leach - LEATFSM

The Home Birth Book

Charlotte and Fred Ward - WARTHBB

The Joy Of Breastfeeding

Linda McDonald - MCDTJOB

The Making Of Love

Steve & Sharron Biddulph - BIDTMOL

The Mother Manual

Jenny Phillips - PHITMM

The Natural Birth Control Book

Rosenblum - ROSTNBCB

The New Good Birth Guide

Sheila Kitzinger - KITTNGBG

The New Pregnancy And Childbirth

Sheila Kitzinger - KITTNPAC#1

The New Pregnancy And Childbirth

Sheila Kitzinger - KITTNPAC#2

The Nursing Mother's Companion

Kathleen Huggins - HUGTNMC

The Paper Midwife

Ingrid and Paul Johnson - JOHTPM

The Secret Of Happy Children

Steve Biddulph - BIDTSOHC

The Tender Gift

Dana Raphael - RAPTTG

The Womanly Art Of Breastfeeding

La Leche League - LLLTWAOB#1

The Womanly Art Of Breastfeeding

La Leche League - LLLTWAOB#2

The World Of The Newborn

Daphne and Charles Mauer - MAUTWOTN

This Isn't What I Was Expecting

Kleinman & Raskin - KLETIWIWE

Three In A Bed

Deborah Jackson - JACTIAB

Tracking Down Hidden Food Allergy

William G Crook - CROTDHFA

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V

Vaccines: Are They Really Safe And Effective?

Neil Z. Miller - MILVATRSAE

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W

Water And Sexuality

Michel Odent - ODEWAS

What Every Woman Should Know

Gail Sforza and Tom Brewer - BREWEWSK

 

What To Eat When You're Expecting

Arlene Eisenberg et al - EISWTEWYE

Women And Depression

Deidre Sanders - SANWAD

Women And Home Based Work

Kathleen Christensen - CHRWAHBW

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Y

You And Your New Born Baby

Linda Todd - TODYAYNBB

Your Pregancy Week By Week

Alison MacKonochie - MACYPWBW

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Videos

Gentle Birth Choices

USA - 46mins - GBC

Home Birth - Your Choice

HBYC

The Foetal Effects Of Ultrasound

TFEOU

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Last updated 20 July 2011.

Get involved

Membership

Want to become involved with an organisation that promotes positive birth outcomes? Do you also want to receive our great quarterly magazine birthplace? Become a member of the Canterbury Homebirth Association.

Birth Pool Hire

Enhance your birthing experience with a birthing pool:
- soothes labour pains
- allows for a water birth option
- easy to use and operate

For more information, please click here.