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Spiritual Midwifery - 4th Edition by Ina May Gaskin
$49.00 NZD
Category: Midwifery
The classic book on home birth is now in its fourth edition. Includes updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Mothers-to-be are instructed on how to take care of themselves while pregnant and ho ...Show more
You Simply Can't Spoil a Newborn: the Essential Kiwi Guide to Nurturing Your Baby in the First Three Months by Dorothy Waide
$40.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
The first three months of a newborn baby's life offer new parents a unique opportunity to lay a solid and loving foundation that will last a lifetime. You Simply Can't Spoil a Newborn reveals Dorothy Waide's nurturing approach in calming the most unsettled baby and teaching them to self-settle and reset ...Show more
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
$28.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
Award-winning Emily Oster debunks myths about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. Pregnancy is full of rules. Pregnant women are often treated as if they were children, given long lists of items to avoid-alcohol, caffeine, sushi- without any real explanation from their doctors about why ...Show more
Golden Month - Hardcover by Jenny Allison
$30.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
Golden Month outlines a holistic approach towards postnatal care that amalgamates the best practices from different cultures throughout the world. An acupuncturist and teacher, Jenny Allison has spent a decade researching this book. Golden Month aims to debunk the anxiety-inducing myth of the perfect p ...Show more
Early: an Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us about Being Human by Sarah DiGregorio
$37.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio''s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology - and explores the questions raised by premature birth. ''Early is a definitive history of neonatol ...Show more
Beyond the Bump: A clinical psychologist's guide to navigating the mental, emotional and physical turmoil of becoming a mother by Sally Shepherd
$33.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
Beyond the Bump is a thoughtful and practical guide that aims to help new mums feel calm, confident and equipped to face the physical, emotional and mental hurdles they may encounter post birth. Clinical psychologist Sally Shepherd understands that a healthy and happy parent is a baby's most important ...Show more
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Midwifery
Ina May Gaskin, America's leading midwife, shares her exceptional birthing wisdom in this intuitive guide to childbirth. By sharing a wealth of knowledge generated by three decades of experience she explains why the natural birthing process, when left to its own devices, can proceed so beautifully on it ...Show more
Mindful Pregnancy by DK
$40.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
Are you a yoga-loving, mindful mum-to-be looking for sound advice on how to enjoy a natural, stress-free pregnancy? If so, this is your go-to guide. Organised trimester by trimester, the book offers safe yoga, meditation, natural remedies, nutritional and hypnobirthing advice and techniques to match yo ...Show more
Nurture : A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood--and Trusting Yourself and Your Body by Erica Chidi Cohen
$50.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
In this book, Erica Chidi Cohen, founder of LOOM (a center in Los Angeles providing support services to mums-to-be and new mums), doula, and chef, walks readers through preparing for motherhood from a holistic, comprehensive perspective. Nurture focuses on everything from the relationships between baby, ...Show more
Up the Duff (2020 Edition) by Kaz Cooke
$50.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
First published in 1999, Kaz Cooke's best-selling Up the Duff is firmly established as the most loved and trusted book for Australian and New Zealand women on pregnancy. This 20th-anniversary edition has been fully revised and updated. Australia's most trusted advisor on women's health delivers the low ...Show more
Earthside: Birth Stories from Aotearoa by Lucy Kelly
$20.00 NZD
Category: Birth & Pregnancy
A beautiful zine of birth stories written by families in Aotearoa, in their own words, created by Lucy Kelly, midwife. "I have worked alongside birthing families for the last six years of my life as I studied midwifery, worked as a midwife, and taught antenatal classes. Research tells us that the stori ...Show more
Milk It: Everything You Need to Know about Breastfeeding - Solid Advice, Solutions and Self-Care for Every Parent by Chantelle Champs
$25.00 NZD
Category: Breast Feeding
A modern, up-to-date, friendly and non-judgemental breastfeeding guide for new parents, with personal stories and expert advice.
