A wonderful aid for any mom even thinking about adopting and breastfeeding by Debra Stewart Peterson.

If you can only get one book about breastfeeding this would be the one to get! It has the most up to date information and lots of mothering stories and advise.

Informative book by Christa Herzog-Isler, IBCLC and Klaus Honigmann, MD - it is the choice for $3.95 on the menu. An alternative is a booklet by Sarah Coulter Danner with good pictures and gives all the necessary information for only $.50.

Bon Appetite, Baby! The Breastfeeding Kit by Elaine Moran is a must for all new mothers. This new book takes the mystery out of the breastfeeding experience. It will help mothers provide their babies with an optimal milk supply and maintain their own good health, while safely and naturally returning to their prepregnancy weight.

This unique, four-part book includes:
Part I - The Practical Breastfeeding Manual explains every aspect of breastfeeding basics and helps new parents identify and appropriatley manage early breastfeeding difficulties and common newborn problems.

Part II - The Complete Nutrition and Weight Loss Guide shows the nursing mother how to maintain her own good health and provide her baby with an optimal milk supply, while safely and naturally returning to her prepregnancy weight.

Part III - The Six-Week Nursing Diary with the Nurse-N-Track System TM is a two-part diary for easy monitoring of breastfeeding progress for both the mother and baby during the first six weeks postpartum.

Part IV - The New Mother's Journal is a place to record precious memories of the first days of motherhood with specific questions, idea starters and inspirational, quotations to inspire creative journal writing.

To the Zen monks the Shakuhachi is a spiritual tool that calms the body and the mind. This meditative piece of music of the Shakuhachi will relax anyone who listens to it, especially mothers to be and their baby. Your baby will bond to your inner peace and remember the music. Playing this music during labour will keep you calm and in control. You'll be able to focus inward on the movement of your baby and together you will let go of fear and experience the joy of childbirth. This is the Soundtrack to the Safe Yoga for Mothers to Be video. Composed by Riley Lee. Running time: 64:06 minutes.

Covers all aspects of childbearing from conception through early infancy. It includes information on what to expect during pregnancy and birth and how you can work with your caregivers to make childbirth a happy and healthy experience.

The New Mother's Nursing Journal is perfect for the new mom who likes to keep track of "all the details". It can assist in finding patterns in baby's nursing habits and help in recognizing growth spurts. It can aid in finding foods that baby may react to, and give peace of mind that baby is getting enough milk (through counting wet and dirty diapers). This keepsake book can be an invaluable asset when visiting a lactation consultant or pediatrician. All the details you need to share with them about baby's nutrition are recorded in one place: a daily journal for mother and baby.

Yoga modified to be used during pregnancy is one of the best ways to prepare yourself for labor and childbirth. It will increase your energy, improve your circulation, open up the pelvis, and help your baby find the best possible position for birth. Most of all it will provide you with all the confidence you need so when you go into labor you remain calm and in control. You'll be able to focus inward on the movement of the baby, let go of fear, and experience the joy of childbirth.
The video is divided into two parts, one to be practiced during the 1st and 2nd trimester that runs about 30 minutes, and one exclusively for the 3rd trimester that runs about 20 minutes. The soundtrack is also available on CD.

Nature has given us what we need to fight infections effectively -- essential oils and herbs. Based on little-seen research from France and elsewhere, this easy-to-read guide gives an alphabetical listing of common illnesses and explains how to combine essential oils with herbs to make potent formulas against the infectious diseases that threaten your health and your life!

This Tape/CD is an absolute must for every mother!! Just because the women who have written the music and sing it are dear friends really has not biased me (too much). I have pulled their tape out many times when I have needed a lift as a mom/woman/wife. Even my teenage daughters have almost every piece memorized! As many times as I have seen their show and heard the tape I still can't get through it dry eyed - some are tears of joy, some are from laughter and some because they reach way down and touch the very essence of what being a mother is all about. I hope you will induldge yourself on this one - it's better than a box of chocolates when you have a craving - and it lasts longer too!