Soliciting advice: childbirth educational resources

[kate_nepveu]

It seems like time to start educating myself about childbirth in more depth. Since I will not be taking classes, I am now soliciting recommendations for books, videos, web sites, or similar self-study educational resources about childbirth.

I already own The Pregnancy Book by Sears & Sears and have a recommendation for Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Simkin.

IMPORTANT: I remain an unsolicited-advice free zone. Therefore, if you find yourself about to give advice that does not consist of a recommendation for a book, video, web site, or similar self-study educational resource, stop and look up "helpiness." If you continue, realize that you are branding yourself as someone who is deficient in either reading comprehension or basic courtesy. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Comments

[cvantien.livejournal.com]

My anti-recommendation is What To Expect When You're Expecting (http://www.amazon.com/What-Expect-When-Youre-Expecting/dp/0761148574/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210728884&sr=8-1) which should be known as "What Can Go Wrong If You Don't Eat Properly". I've heard good things about The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy (http://www.amazon.com/Girlfriends-Guide-Pregnancy-Vicki-Iovine/dp/B000WMKJYS/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210728944&sr=1-1) but not read it myself. Mostly I spent time on misc.kids.pregnancy but that has been taken over by trolls and spammers unfortunately. If you're interested in reading other people's birth stories and/or seeing birth photos then Birth Diaries (http://www.birthdiaries.com/) is a very interesting website.

[kate_nepveu]

Heh. Rivka anti-recommended that to me when I asked, before I was even pregnant! I've never even opened it.

[kate_nepveu]

How is Birth Diaries on the horror story meter?

[cvantien.livejournal.com]

Tends to portray birth positively and you can choose your own level of comfort in terms of graphic photos. I wouldn't point you towards horror stories because you would have heard plenty already I'm sure.

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks.