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Renowned midwife, doula trainer, and Master of Public Health Shafia Monroe reintroduces and celebrates the lost art of African American postpartum healing traditions in this practical, essential guide to maternal health. Reconnecting Black women to their postpartum traditions can help reduce common discomforts of birth and empower families to be proactive about their medical care. Mothering the Mother is a resource for Black women and communities to reclaim their cultural traditions for a healthy postpartum recuperation.

The Lucky Egg is the fertility guide we’ve all been waiting for—comprehensive, compassionate, and refreshingly clear. Imagine if your best friend also happened to be a top reproductive endocrinologist—the kind who could break down the complexities of conception with warmth, humor, and real-world insight. In The Lucky Egg, Dr. Lucky Sekhon is that brilliant friend, ready to guide you through every stage of the fertility journey, whether it’s straightforward or deeply complex.

Whether you had an abortion earlier this morning or thirty years ago, whether you’re feeling relief or grief (or both!), and even if you haven’t had an abortion but just want to untangle how you feel about it, this book is a safe and supportive resource. With an emphasis on self-compassion, it collects reflection prompts, affirmations, conversation scripts, logistical info, self-care tips, and much more to validate and support you no matter where you fall in the full spectrum of experiences of people who have abortions.

Comprehensive, compassionate, and refreshingly clear, The Lucky Egg is the fertility guide we've all been waiting for!

Whether you're just starting to think about getting pregnant or have been on your fertility journey for a while, this science-backed guide gives you the evidence-based tools to take control of your path to conception. No more generic advice or unexplained rules. Just smart, personalized strategies validated through clinical success. Start optimizing your fertility today.

Journalist Irin Carmon was eight months pregnant when the Supreme Court allowed states to ban abortion, unleashing pain and suffering for those who didn’t want to be pregnant and, shockingly to some, those who did. What was clear to Carmon from her dozen years of reporting—and from what she felt in her bones—was how incomplete the American story of reproduction had been, and how much had been unexpressed, hidden, or taken for granted, and not just by conservative justices or in red states. Whether in cosmopolitan, liberal New York City or rural Alabama, the entire system is broken.

The Herbal Fertility Handbook provides clear, evidence-based strategies to support egg quality, sperm quality, and overall fertility, to help you improve your chances of getting pregnant. Writing in a gender-inclusive style and inspired by her own struggle with fertility issues, author Liane Moccia offers strategies based on proper nutrition, fertility-boosting herbs and supplements, analyzing environmental exposures, and improving lifestyle factors such as sleep, stress, and movement.

The transformation to parenthood is arguably the most pivotal and vulnerable journey of a person’s entire life. Despite this, pregnant and new parents are often only provided resources regarding how to care for their baby—not for themselves. Parents need to see an authentic representation of what the transformation to parenthood is really like so that they can come out on the other side resilient, whole, and thriving. In Then Comes Baby, Jessica Vernon draws from her own experience as an OB/GYN and mom to delve into the physical and mental parts of birth and the postpartum journey.

Rarely spoken about and another period in their lives when women are stripped of their agency, Davina will empower women to know all their options before they even become pregnant, allowing them to make the right decisions that suit their individual needs in all stages of the process. Written alongside medical experts and specialist contributors, and filled with real life stories and experiences from before birth to the first few months with your baby, this is the ultimate guide and offers all you need to know.

In the United States, millions of people experience the life-changing event of pregnancy every year, but for nearly one-third of them, the journey comes with heightened risks. In this compassionate guide, obstetrician-gynecologist Alan M. Peaceman, MD, explores the complexities of high-risk pregnancies with the empathy and clarity that every expectant parent deserves.

Collected here by doula and hypnobirthing coach Claire Fulton are thirty true stories from a diverse group of ordinary people, representing a wide array of experiences. There are hospital births and home births; inductions, caesareans and vaginal deliveries. Things rarely go quite to plan, and there are moments of surprise, frustration and unexpected comedy along the way, but all of the stories deliver comfort, reassurance and a happy ending.

Is it supposed to be this hard? It's a question all new mothers ask. The moment after birthing your baby, you enter postpartum. It's the blurriest of transitions – there's joy and awe but also intense physical recovery, fluctuating hormones, a brain that can't find the right words, and so much to learn. It's beautiful and it's hard. The Complete Guide to Postpartum is your comforting and enlightening companion to navigating this entirely new life, from the earliest moments post-birth to many years later.

Bringing a new life into the world is one of the most profound and transformative journeys a human being can experience. It’s raw, real, and deeply personal. For many, the idea of a “natural birth”—childbirth without the assistance of pain-relieving medications such as an epidural—feels not just appealing, but ideal. It speaks to something primal, something rooted in ancient wisdom and modern-day empowerment.

Discover the guide you never knew you needed for one of life’s toughest challenges. In the IVF Playbook for Men, Corey Parchman, former NFL player turned real estate developer and advocate, shares his deeply personal journey through IVF alongside his wife, Elisha. With raw honesty and practical advice, Corey offers men a roadmap to navigate the emotional, physical, and financial complexities of building a family through assisted reproductive technology. This book isn’t just about the science of IVF; it’s a story of resilience, partnership, and redefining masculinity.

In a May 2024 Pew poll, more than two-thirds of Americans indicated they thought that in vitro fertilization (IVF) is good and should be accessible to anyone who wants it. Even among social conservatives—including the current U.S. administration—there is a push for wider accessibility for artificial procreation options. But is IVF truly the gift for infertile couples that it’s perceived to be?

Pregnancy! Just saying the word conjures up images of glowing skin, fluttering kicks, baby showers, and that unmistakable moment of awe when you hear your baby’s heartbeat for the first time. It’s one of the most profound experiences in life – physically, emotionally, and spiritually. But along with the beauty and anticipation of growing a new life comes something else entirely: an avalanche of opinions, warnings, dos and don’ts, and well-meaning (but often questionable) advice.

The Losses We Keep is a deeply moving collection of personal stories from women who have faced the heart-wrenching journey of pregnancy loss, IVF struggles, and the uncertainty of not knowing why they can't conceive. Jami, alongside eight other courageous women, shares her story and theirs, offering a raw and honest look at the emotional and physical challenges they have endured. This book is a beacon of hope, a source of solidarity, and a reminder that no woman facing these trials is alone.

Pregnancy is an amazing journey—a unique blend of wonder, anticipation, and transformation. It’s a time when your body takes on an extraordinary task: creating and nurturing new life. From the moment that second line appears on the pregnancy test, everything changes. Your mind starts racing with questions, your body begins its slow and subtle (or sometimes not-so-subtle) changes, and your heart expands in ways you never imagined. One of the first realizations many expectant parents face is just how much is going on beneath the surface. Every system in your body starts working overtime.

In No Woman Left Behind, Grant recounts her decision to abandon a promising advertising career, and the ups and downs of building Silicon Valley–based Fistula Foundation from a modest start-up into the global leader in fistula treatment. Through vivid firsthand accounts of surgeons toiling in remote corners of Africa and Asia, we see inside the fight to restore hope to some of the world’s most vulnerable women.

In this groundbreaking pregnancy book, Carson Meyer draws on her experience as a birth doula helping hundreds of families welcome their babies into the world. With a holistic focus on wellness, health, and spirituality, Growing Together offers birthing parents an empowering approach to pregnancy and childbirth that is too often missing in today's standard care.