Quick List of Books on Pregnancy, Postpartum, Fourth Trimester, + Identity

Here is my quick list of books on Pregnancy, Postpartum, Fourth Trimester, + Identity. There are many, many excellent reads - this list is purposefully truncated reduce overwhelm and mental loading.

Pregnancy, Postpartum, Physiological Changes, Fourth Trimester Care

• Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition 

  – Lily Nichols, RD
  

• Postnatal Depletion Cure 

  – Dr. Oscar Serrallach
  

• The First Forty Days Journal 

  – Heng Ou
  

• Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care 

  – Sally Fallon Morell & Thomas Cowan
  

• The Fourth Trimester 

  – Kimberly Ann Johnson
  

• The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother 

  – Heng Ou
  

• Golden Month: Caring for the World’s Mothers After Childbirth 

  – Jenny Allison

  
  

• Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth 

  – Dr. Jolene Brighten, ND
  

• Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood -and Trusting Yourself and Your Body 

  – Erica Chidi Cohen
  

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding 

  – Diane Wiessinger & Diana West (La Leche League)

  Emotional Wellbeing, Identity + Mental Health
  

• Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers 

  – Karen Kleiman
  

• The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood 

  – Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
  

• The Fourth Trimester Companion 

  – Cynthia Gabriel, Ph.D

  
  

• The Biological Guide to Motherhood 

  – Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg
  

• What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood 

  – Drs. Alexandra Sacks & Catherine Birndorf

You can read my own thoughts on this transitionary time- Pillars of Care, under Essential Resources.