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Our Current Selection
The Natural Pregnancy Book,
by Aviva Jill Romm

Reading THE NATURAL PREGNANCY BOOK is like having your own personal herbalist and midwife at your side. Expertly written by Aviva Jill Romm, who has been providing family-centered natural health care for almost 20 years, it was one of the first books to explore botanical medicine and pregnancy. In this revised and updated edition, Ms. Romm thoughtfully follows the woman’s journey from conception to birth, focusing on natural health. She describes herbs that can promote and maintain a healthy pregnancy (along with those you should avoid during your term) and the basics of a healthy diet, with an emphasis on natural foods. THE NATURAL PREGNANCY BOOK is a complete guide for the woman who envisions a safe pregnancy without technological intervention, as nature intended.

Our Next Selection

In May:

Rediscovering Birth,
by Sheila Kitzinger
Kitzinger, a well-known childbirth educator, activist and author of Pregnancy and Childbirth, wants to open women's eyes to the meanings of childbirth that have been lost through the widespread use of the technocratic model of birth now prevalent in Europe and the United States. She uses observations from years of fieldwork, as well as research from the literature, to examine childbirth practices and beliefs in many cultures. We have moved away from the social model of traditional cultures, Kitzinger tells us, in which childbirth is a normal life process controlled by the woman and her community, and have allowed birth to become a medical event associated with pathology and controlled by specialists. The political task at hand is to take back control from the technocracy and put it into the hands of women so that the best elements of both models may be available.

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In May:
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering,
by Dr. Sarah Buckley
Pregnancy and birth can be ecstatic, instinctive, fulfilling, and safe for you and your baby. Gentel birth and gentle parenting lay a strong foundatin for life-long health and wellbeing for all the family. In this book, Dr. Sarah J. Buckley combines the best medical evidence with her gentle mothering wisdom. Her articles, all published internationally, give you authoritative information, inspiration, and support with your important questions. Sarah shares her own stories of birth, breastfeeding, co-sleeping and gentle parenting, and her compelling research on the benefits and safety of natural, undisturbed birth is backed by extensive medical research.

About CRR:

We choose books that promote the truth about birth. We believe that telling the TRUTH about birth is the only way we will ever get back to trusting birth.

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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. – John Locke, 1632-1704, English Philosopher