Recommended
Free Session!
Attend a free, one-hour meet- and- greet session.
This small group event, held once a month, provides an opportunity for you to meet with me and have your questions about working with a
doula answered. Call or email for this month’s date, time and location.
Did you know?
Help and support after birth decreases the possibility of postpartum depression.
Did you know?
Doula support makes a great gift. Certificates available.
Did you know?
Help and support after birth increases the likelihood of breastfeeding success.
Reading List
This list contains input from DONA training courses and former clients, all expectant families who found the following to be
especially helpful in preparing them for the birth of a new baby:
- Andersson, Una Cunningham and Staffan Andersson, Growing Up with Two Languages: A Practical Guide, Routledge, NY. 212-216-7800
- Barron, James Douglas, She's Had a Baby and I'm Having a Meltdown, Quill, 1999
- * Eigher, Marvin S. and Sally Wendkos Olds, The Complete Book of Breastfeeding, third edition, Workmen Publishing, 1999
- *England, Pam, Birthing From Within , Partera Press, 1998
- * Goer, Henci, The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, Berkley,1999
- Kitzinger, Sheila, The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Kitzinger, Sheila, The Year After Childbirth: Enjoy Your Body, Your Relationships and Yourself in Your Baby's First Year, Fireside /Simon & Schuster, 1996
- * Klaus, M.H. and P.H. Klaus, Your Amazing Newborn, Addison Wesley, 1985
- Korte, Diana and Roberta M. Scaer, A Good Birth, A Safe Birth; Choosing and Having the Childbirth Experience You Want, third revised edition, Harvard Common Press, 1992
- Lamott, Anne, Operating Instructions, A Journal of My Son's First Year Fawcett Columbine, NY, 1993
- Leach, Penelope, Your Baby and Child from Birth to Age Five, revised ed., New York, Knopf, 1997
- Placksin, Sally, Mothering the New Mother, second edition
- Rothbart, Betty, Multiple Blessings: A Guide for the Parents of Twins, Triplets or More
- Sears, William, M.D., Growing Together: A Parent's Guide to Baby's 1st Year, La Leche League, 1998
- Sears, William M. D., Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby & Child to Sleep, New American Library '95
- *Simkin, Penny and J. Whalley and A. Keppler, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn, Meadowbrook, 1991
* Most highly recommended