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Nov 30, 2003 12:07 PM

Recommended Midwifery/ OB-GYN/NEWBORN Nursing READING LIST!

by SmilingBluEyes allnurses Guide
Updated Mar 13, 2005 at 05:18 PM by SmilingBluEyes

Saw this on the NEONATAL/NICU Area and I believe it's a GREAT idea. WHO knows better the best reading materials, books, sites to use to enhance our knowledge of Inpatient OB/GYN nursing than midwives and OB-GYN and newborn nurses??? I thought we could do the same and make this a "sticky" thread and help others looking for ideas/help regarding what the best and most useful materials are to enhance our practice. Also would be looking for books to entertain us in our speciality. What say you?

Here are some of my favorites:

Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin

Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring and Assessment by Susan Martin Tucker

The Labor Progress Handbook by Penny Simkin

Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing by Susan Mattson and Judy E. Smith

Diary of a Midwife: The Power of Positive Childbearing by Juliana van Olphen-Fehr

Unspeakable Losses: Healing from Miscarriage, Abortion and other Fetal Loss by Kim Klueger-Bell (great for nurses too).

A Child is Born by Lennart Nilsson

Any of the many Labor/delivery/Perinatal nursing books published, produced by AWHONN, such as Periantal Nursing

Varney's Midwifery by Helen Varney (no not a midwife, but the info here is invaluable to an OB nurse as well).

The Breastfeeding Answerbook by LaLecheLeague International

Labor and Delivery in my Pocket ( www.inmypocketbooks.com )

Finally. a WONDERFUL resource/website to get a HUGE selection of books and teaching materials relating to Childbirth, Midwifery, Lactation, Parenting, Newborn/Childcare:

www.1cascade.com

I have bought many different books from this company, at reasonable prices and the service is OUTSTANDING. You can request a catalogue online and receive it within about 2-3 days.

So what are some of YOUR favorites??????

and, is anyone interested in making this a "sticky" thread like in the NICU Area?


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from MinervaB
Old Nov 30, 2003, 02:28 PM

I would add "The Red Tent." It is a fictional book, but is a great read for anyone interested in childbirth and history.
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Old Nov 30, 2003, 02:56 PM

wow never heard of that one. will go check out barnesandnoble.com for it.

thanks!
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from pvcclpn
Old Nov 30, 2003, 02:59 PM

I think making this a "sticky" is a great idea...that's the field that I want to work in "Women's Health r/t prenatal, childbirth, mother/baby.
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from kids
Old Nov 30, 2003, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by pvcclpn
I think making this a "sticky" is a great idea...that's the field that I want to work in "Women's Health r/t prenatal, childbirth, mother/baby.
I can do that sticky for y'all
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Old Nov 30, 2003, 03:27 PM
Updated Nov 30, 2003 at 03:33 PM by SmilingBluEyes

Why thank you, kids-r-fun! I really want to hear from the experts in the field..---and the NOT SO EXPERTS, too!!! sometimes the BEST ideas come from newcomers to the field...so please, chime in!!!

I am a book-a-holic. PLEASE share! What is your fave read in the ob/gyn/newborn area?

Fiction, non-fiction, reference, whatever, I really would love to hear it!
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from dawngloves
Old Nov 30, 2003, 06:33 PM

Deb, you'll love The Red Tent! Another good fiction read is The Midwives.
I liked The Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent, a miwife in San Fransisco
My fave OB book is Hard Labor, by Susan Diamond RN, BSN.
From Publishers Weekly
In prose that is frequently riveting and always interesting, Diamond, a childbirth instructor and obstetrical nurse, details the 10 years she spent as a labor and delivery nurse. According to the author, the joyful experience of having a baby that should be the right of parents and families is frequently destroyed by a medical system that brutalizes mothers giving birth. In both military and civilian hospitals where Diamond worked, it was routine to invade a normal expectant mother's body with unnecessary IVs, fetal monitors, oxygen masks and catheters, and to perform painful episiotomies. Although these procedures are rationalized by doctors as preventative medicine, Diamond believes they are done for the convenience of physicians rather than for the well-being of delivering mothers. After struggling for years to provide pregnant women with humane prenatal nursing care, Diamond finally left the hospital system and now lobbies for home births.

I read this after the birth of my first child, a dissapointing experience. I felt more empowerd with my second pregnancy and delivery when I learned I had options!
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from L&D_RN_OH
Old Nov 30, 2003, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by dawngloves
My fave OB book is Hard Labor, by Susan Diamond RN, BSN.
that sounds like a good one. I really liked The Baby Catcher too. I also really like Gentle Birth Choices and The Birth Partner.
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No. 8
Old Nov 30, 2003, 07:38 PM

Deb,
This is a great idea!
A book I have enjoyed is "Labor Pains" by K. Klimo (I Think). It is fiction and not always accurate in OB details, but I enjoyed it.
Linda
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from imenid37
Old Dec 01, 2003, 09:46 AM

A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong. Great book. I really enjoyed it. It's about a midwife working with the Lancaster County Amish.
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