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Baby Steps: Having the Child I Always Wanted (Just Not as I Expected)

by Elisabeth Rohm

From actress and People.com blogger, a no-holds-barred sassy and heartfelt memoir about infertility, IVF, and becoming a mother

The Best Baby Names in the World

by J.M. Congemi

Around the world and into your heart!

Everywhere you go—no matter how far you travel— from Amsterdam to Zambia, one thing remains the same: a parent's love for her newborn child. Our wide world is becoming...

The Perfect Name for the Perfect Baby: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby

by Lydia Wilen

You've talked to everyone and your mind still isn't made up.

Your mother or mother-in-law has the perfect name -- her own!

Your next door neighbors just named their baby what you were going to name your own child....

The Politics of Maternity

by Rosemary Mander & Jo Murphy-Lawless

The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstacles facing women and midwives who strive to achieve good...

The Low GI Eating Plan for an Optimal Pregnancy: The Authoritative Science-Based Nutrition Guide for Mother and Baby

by Jennie Brand-Miller, Kate Marsh & Robert Moses

A scientifically proven, safe and effective program to help boost your chances of conceiving, ensure a healthy pregnancy, avoid gestational diabetes and give your baby the best possible start toward lifelong...

Feeding Baby Green: The Earth Friendly Program for Healthy, Safe Nutrition During Pregnancy, Childhood, and Beyond

by Alan Greene

The new "baby feeding bible" from the award-wining author of Raising Baby Green

Called the "Al Gore of Parenting" by Parenting Magazine, Dr. Alan Greene has written the follow up to his best-selling book and...

Family Ever After: Simple Ways To Achieve Extraordinary Happiness With Your Ordinary Family

by Michelle H. Packard

Wife and mother of four Michelle Packard knows how crazy a family life can be and shares tips and tricks to not just appreciate the chaos but to appreciate and love those who can make your life the most difficult....

Birthing Autonomy: Women's Experiences of Planning Home Births

by Nadine Edwards

Birthing Autonomy brings some balance to the difficult arguments that arise from debates about home births, and focuses on women's views and their experiences of planning home births. It provides an in-depth...

Single Mothers by Choice: A Guidebook for Single Women Who Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood

by Jane Mattes

The first handbook for the rapidly growing number of American women choosing single motherhood, written by the director of the national organization, Single Mothers by Choice.

The Business of Baby: What Doctors Don't Tell You, What Corporations Try to Sell You, and How to Put Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Be

by Jennifer Margulis

Why, despite our state-of-the-art medical technology, does the United States have among the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the industrialized world? Why do pregnant women who are planning to...

Mothering and Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years

by Eliza Reynolds & Sil Reynolds Rn

Mothers and daughters share, and want, a bond for life-one that can remain positive and grow stronger with each passing year. Sil and Eliza Reynolds have designed a set of tools to assist you in nurturing that...

Mom's the Word: The Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder of Motherhood

by Allen Klein & Kate Hopper

Heartwarming and humorous, this tribute to moms of the world gathers the best things anyone ever said about motherhood. From Dolly Parton to Dear Abby to delightful mother daughter duos such as Goldie Hawn and...

Your Pregnancy After 35: Revised Edition

by Glade B. Curtis & Judith Schuler

The fully revised and updated edition of Your Pregnancy after 35

Motherhood Comes Naturally (and Other Vicious Lies)

by Jill Smokler

From the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy and the wildly popular blog ScaryMommy.com, a hilarious new essay collection that exposes the “vicious lies” that every parent is...

The PCOS Diet Plan: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

by Hillary Wright

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age, and if left unchecked, is linked to serious health issues like infertility, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and...

The PCOS Diet Plan: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

by Hillary Wright

Sexy Mamas: Keeping Your Sex Life Alive While Raising Kids

by Cathy Winks & Anne Semans

By the authors of The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex, Sexy Mamas provides a psychologically sophisticated exploration of female, especially maternal, sexuality.

Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy

by Shaila Md Kulkarni Misri

It should be a time of joyous anticipation–the happiest time in a woman’s life. But for many women, the joys of pregnancy are clouded by feelings of fear, sadness, and confusion. And unlike postpartum depression,...

Baby Meets World

by Nicholas Day

A dynamic new story about how babies make their way in the world—and how grown-ups have tried to make sense of these tiny inscrutable beings.

As a new parent, Nicholas Day had some basic but confounding questions: ...

The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook: 130 Easy, Nutritious Recipes That Will Help Your Baby Learn to Eat (and Love!) a Variety of Solid Foods-and That the Wh

by Tracey Murkett & Gill Rapley

Forget baby purées and spoon-feeding—there’s an easier, more natural way to introduce your little one to solid foods. By about six months, when babies can sit up unassisted, grab things, and munch on them,...