The arrival of a new member of the family also brings with it a new daily routine that is impossible to predict. Many parents want to feel prepared by reading up on facts, tips and advice for both childbirth and babyhood. In addition to the over 150 articles we have on Baby Journey, there are several educational, inspiring and reassuring pregnancy books for you to grab.

Pregnancy books

Feeding without feara

In this book, author Susanna Heli shares her most effective tools for childbirth. The tools aim to avoid stress and fear by using breathing, relaxation, voice and the power of thought and instead create security and power. Fearless Birth is meant to make childbirth an empowering and positive experience for both the birthing mother and her partner.

Food without fear can be found HERE.

Practical tips for parents-to-be: pregnancy facts and baby knowledge based on science

Professor Agnes Wold and pediatrician Cecilia Chrapwoska cover everything from medical facts to advice on hygiene, breastfeeding, cleaning, infections, vaccinations and other things that all parents-to-be may need to know. The book teaches you everything to give both the baby and you the best possible start in life and explodes myths about parenting and infant care.

Internships for parents-to-be can be found HERE.

The big book on babies: waiting & giving birth - the first six yearsr

This is a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about pregnancy, childbirth, the early postnatal period and the baby's first year. The book also covers areas such as the child's internal development, illnesses, allergies, the comfort period, play, family law and having siblings.

The Big Book of Children is available HERE.

Your water breaks: expecting and giving birth, and the first tumultuous time with your baby

Water Breaks is a book written by midwife Gudrun Abascal that answers many of the questions that expectant parents may have. The book covers topics such as the various ailments of pregnancy, exercise during and after pregnancy, childbirth, the first time with a newborn baby and how to nurture the relationship with your partner during the baby period.

The water runs can be found HERE.

We will have children - Handbook on equal parenting

How to create an equal relationship? With the help of this book, parenting can become something that enriches and strengthens the relationship rather than the opposite. Concrete tips are interspersed with analysis and personal experiences. About fifty parents share their experiences in an honest and generous way and show that there are many ways to achieve equality.

We are going to have children is HERE.

Feeling good as a parent - psychologists' strategies for the toddler years

Studies show that becoming a parent, which is the happiest thing that can happen to you, is often followed by a reduced quality of life in the early days. So how do you take care of yourself in the midst of sleep deprivation and how do you manage to be a good parent when your energy feels like it's gone? This book is aimed at those who care about their mental wellbeing during the toddler years.

Feel good parenting can be found HERE.

My Baby Book: A new mom's (completely honest) confessions about pregnancy and childbirth

It includes everything from the feelings around the plus on the stick, baby show talk and thoughts about both the worst and best things linked to pregnancy. Everything from cravings, nausea and constipation, strange dreams, the fear of miscarriage, the relationship with your partner and about the expectations of motherhood.

My Baby Book is available HERE.

Food

Birth provides you with essential knowledge along with practical tips and thought exercises to ensure that both you as a birthing mother and your support persons are well prepared before, during and after birth. From hypnobirthing and mental preparation to water births and breastfeeding. By highlighting both the big and the small in childbirth, the foundation is laid for your birth to be as positive an experience as possible to carry with you into your parenthood.

Food is available HERE.

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