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Midwife To Be is broken up into 3 Phases. In each phase, there are a few recommended books to have in your own personal library
as they are wonderful reference books for your journey as a midwife. In addition to the core books I recommend, you will
read a variety of books from the book list below and submit book reviews and tests each Unit. Below are the recommended books
for each phase. Some books are used in multiple phases.

Phase 1

  • Practical Skills Guide- Pam Weaver and Susan Evans (used by NARMS)
  •  Varney’s (large textbook can choose of last 2 editions. email me for guide if you need to match up edition)
  • Holistic Midwifery Vol. 1 – Anne Frye (textbook) Get above books 1st to get started.

You may then find following at library, used book store, Amazon, etc… )

UNIT 1 (you pick 2 books to read (or part of  depending on book ) for each unit)

  1. Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth – Kitzinger
  2. Spiritual Midwifery -Ina May Gaskin
  3. Heart And Hands – Elizabeth Davis
  4. Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way – Susan McCutcheon
  5. Labor Progress Handbook -Simkin & Anchete
  6. Prescription for Dietary Wellness – Balch & Balch
  7. Active Birth – Balaskas
  8. Easing Labor Pains – Lieberman
  9. Anatomy & Physiology for Midwives- Coad & Dunstall
  10. The Complete Aromatherapy and Essential Oils Handbook for Everyday Wellness – Purchon & Cantele
  11. A Midwives Handbook – Sinclair
  12. Physical Exam – Bates

Maternal Newborn Nursing 7 ed. (or newer) – Olds & London

Phase 2

  • Birth Emergency Skills Training – Bonnie U. Gruenberg, CNM
  1.  Human Labor & Birth -Oxorn & Foote
  2.  Birthsong midwife workbook – Singingtree
  3. Understanding Addictions, Drug Use and Abuse – March of Dimes
  4.  Empty Arms – Ilse (or other baby loss book)
  5. Pregnancy Childbirth & the Newborn Revised – Simkin
  6. A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy & Childbirth – Enkin
  7. Obstetrics and the Newborn  – Mackey
  8. Counseling The Nursing Mother – Lauwers & Shinskie
  9. Holistic Midwifery 2- Ann Frye (just a brief overview, wasn’t out when we put MTB together )
  10. Pushed – Block
  11. The Baby Book – Sears
  12. Mommy Diagnostics – Shonda Parker
  13.  When Survivors Give Birth – Simkin
  14. The Natural Healthy Pregnancy – Shonda Parker

Phase 3

  • Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year – Anne Frye
    1. The Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control – Nofzinger

TEXT Books (reading assignments)

          • Holistic Midwifery (Volume 1)  Frye
            Unit 1    
          • Practical Skills Guide for Midwifery
            Unit 1 
          • Varney’s Midwifery (latest edition if possible; not the mini book)
            Unit 1
          • Maternal-Newborn Nursing
            Unit 2
          • Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year • Frye
            Unit 3 
          • Birth emergency Skills training
            Unit 3
          • A Midwife’s Handbook • Sinclair
            Unit 7