The option to borrow any of these books, DVDs or CDs is included in my doula packages. Appropriate selections of these items are made available to browse through at 'Optimum Bumps' and 'North Wiltshire HomeBirthers', as well as 'Optimum Antenatal' workshops. And anyone may borrow them, on payment of an appropriate deposit.

Pregnancy and Birth Books:

• 'blooming birth' by Lucy Atkins & Julia Guderian
• 'Active Birth' by Janet Balaskas
• 'The Water Birth Book' by Janet Balaskas
• 'Am I Allowed?' by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• 'Making a Complaint About Maternity Care' by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• 'Choosing a Water Birth' by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• 'Pushed' by Jennifer Block
• 'Catching Babies' by Sheena Byrom
• 'Home Births - stories to inspire and inform' by Abigail Cairns
• 'Caesarean Birth' by Debbie Chippington Derrick
• 'The Good Birth Companion' by Nicole Croft
• 'Childbirth Without Fear' by Grantly Dick-Read
• 'Birthing Your Baby - The Second Stage' by Nadine Pilley Edwards & Beverley Lawrence Beech
• 'Birthing Your Placenta' by Nadine Pilley Edwards & Sara Wickham
• 'Birthing From Within' by Pam England & Rob Horowitz
• 'Managing Morning Sickness' by Miriam Erick
• 'Breech Birth: What are my options?' by Jane Evans
• 'Bump - how to make grow and birth a baby?' by Kate Evans
• 'Spiritual Midwifery' by Ina May Gaskin
• 'Ina May's Guide to Childbirth' by Ina May Gaskin
• 'Birth Matters - A Midwive's Manifesta' by Ina May Gaskin
• 'Why Caesarean Matters' by Clare Goggin
• 'The HypnoBirthing Book' by Katharine Graves
• 'The Microbiome Effect: How your baby's birth affects their future health' by Toni Harman and Alex Wakeford
• 'Water Birth: Stories to inspire and inform' by Milli Hill
• 'Effective Birth Preparation: Your practical guide to a better birth' by Maggie Howell
• 'The Baby's Coming' by Virginia Howes
• 'Gestational Diabetes' by Deborah Hughes
• 'The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth' by Klaus, Kennell and Klaus
• 'Birth Without Violence' by Frederick Leboyer
• 'Birth After Caesarean' by Jenny Lesley
• 'Stand & Deliver' by Emma Mahony
• 'Why Doulas Matter' by Emma Mahony
• 'HypnoBirthing - The Mongan Method' by Marie Mongan
• 'The Oxytocin Factor' by Kerstin Uvnas Moberg
• 'Birth in Focus' by Becky Reed
• 'Adventures in natural childbirth' by Janet Schwegel
• 'How Will I be Born? - Optimal Foetal Positioning Explained' by Jean Sutton
• 'every birth is different: Women's experiences in their own words' by Pat Thomas
• 'Baby Catcher' by Peggy Vincent
• 'Breech Birth' by Benna Waites
• 'Induction - Do I really need it?' by Sarah Wickham
• 'Inducing labour - Making Informed Decisions' by Sarah Wickham
• 'What's Right For Me' by Sara Wickham
• 'Vitamin K and the Newborn' by Sara Wickham
• 'Group B Strep Explained' by Sara Wickham
• 'Anti-D Explained' by Sara Wickham

Parenting Books:

• 'The Food of Love: your formula for successful breastfeeding' by Kate Evans
• 'Saggy Boobs and Other Breastfeeding Myths' by Valerie Finigan
• 'Adventures in Tandem Nursing' by Hilary Flower
• 'A GREEN GUIDE TO: Bringing up your baby' by Claire Gillman
• 'Breastfeeding Special Care Babies' by Sandra Lang
• 'Birth and Breastfeeding' by Michel Odent
• 'The No-Cry Sleep Solution' by Elizabeth Pantley
• 'Three in a Bed: The benefits of sleeping with your baby' by Deborah Jackson
• 'The Attachment Parenting Book' by William Sears and Martha Sears
• 'Nightime Parenting' by William Sears
• 'What Mothers Do - especially when it looks like nothing' by Naomi Stadlen
• 'The Politics of Breastfeeding' - When Breasts are Bad for Business' by Gabrielle Palmer
• 'The Continuum Concept' by Jean Liedloff
• 'Sweet Dreams - A pediatrician's secrets for your child's good night's sleep' by Paul M. Fleiss
• 'Breast Feeding - stories to inspire and inform' by Susan Last
• 'The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk' by Diana West and Lisa Marasco
• 'The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding' by La Leche League International
• 'How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm' by Mei-Ling Hopgood
• 'The Gentle Sleep Book' by Sarah Ockwell-Smith
• 'Baby-led Breastfeeding' - by Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett
• 'Baby-led Weaning' - by Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett
• 'Breastfeeding, Take Two' - by Stephanie Casemore
• 'Feelings after Birth - The NCT Book of Postnatal depression' by Heather Welford
• 'Sweet Sleep - Nightime & Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family' by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, Linda J. Smith and Teresa Pitman
• 'Why Babywearing Matters' - by Rosie Knowles
• 'Why Your Baby's Sleep Matters' - by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Books for Fathers:

• 'Men, Love & Birth' by Mark Harris
• 'The Father's Home Birth Handbook' by Leah Hazard
• 'Fatherhood - The Truth' by Marcus Berkmann
• 'He's having a baby' by Jack O'Sullivan

Books for Children:

• 'Waiting for Baby' by Annie Kubler
• 'My New Baby' by Annie Kubler
• 'My New Baby' by Rachel Fuller
• 'Angel in the Waters' by Regina Doman
• 'Our Water Baby' by Amy Maclean
• 'That Bath's Got No Taps' by The Millison Family
• 'Hello Baby' by Jenni Overend
• 'Runa's Birth' by Uwe Spillman
• 'Mama's Milk' by Michael Elsohn Ross
• 'You, me and the breast' by Monica Calaf & Mikel Fuetes
• 'The Mystery of the Breast' by Victoria de Aboitiz
• 'What Baby Needs' by William Sears, Martha Sears and Christina Watts Kelly
• 'A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying Around the World' by Emery Bernhard
• 'Ruby's Baby Bother' by Kathryn White
• 'Nursies When the Sun Shines' - by Katherine Havener
• 'Milky Moments' by Ellie Stoneley
• 'Loving Comfort - A Toddler Weaning Story' by Julie Dillemuth

DVDs:

• A Breech in the System
• Birth Without Violence
• Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion
• Spiritual Midwifery
• The Business of Being Born
• Laboring Under An Illusion: Mass Media Childbirth vs. The Real Thing
• From Bump to Breastfeeding
• Being DAD
• Real Nappy Guide
• Tummy 2 Tummy: THE Babywearing Instructional DVD
• Comfort Measures For Childbirth: The Rebozo Way
• Real Birth Stories - Pregnancy
• Real Birth Stories - Childbirth
• Real Birth Stories - First Few Weeks
• Mum's The Word
• Home Grown Babies

Natal Hypnotherapy CDs:

• Overcoming Morning Sickness
• Effective Birth preparation (hospital or birth centre)
• Effective Birth preparation (home)
• Effective Birth preparation (twins)
• Prepare for a Caesarean
• Prepare for a Caesarean (twins+)
• VBAC Preparation
• Overcoming Birth Trauma
• Relaxing Birth Music
• The Labour Companion
• Fast Postnatal Recovery
• The Breastfeeding Companion