AIMS Book Reviews

Below are listed the book reviews that have been published in the AIMS Journal since Vol 15 No 2. These reviews are listed below by book title, author and reviewer. We also have reviews of two DVDs

If you would like us to review a particular book or you would like a review you have written of a book considered for publication in the AIMS Journal, please contact bookreviews@aims.org.uk

Book Title

• A Doula's Journey by Hazel Tree; reviewed by Gill Boden
• A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong and Sheryl Feldman; reviewed by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong and Sheryl Feldman; reviewed by Deborah Hughes
• A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth by Tania McIntosh; reviewed by Gemma McKenzie
• Am I Allowed? by Beverley A. Lawrence Beech; reviewed by Julia Magill-Cuerden
• Am I Allowed? by Beverley Lawrence Beech; reviewed by Moira Clark
• Am I Allowed? (Second Edition) by Beverley Lawrence Beech; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Behind the Smile by Emma Pearson; reviewed by Sarah Cairns
• Beyond the Sling: a real-life guide to raising confident, loving children the attachment parenting way by Mayim Bialik; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Blessed Events by Pamela E. Klassen; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Birth and Power - A Savage Enquiry revisited by Wendy Savage; reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Birth After Caesarean by Jenny Lesley; reviewed by Jane Weaver
• Birth Centres: A Social Model For Maternity Cases edited by Mavis Kirkham; reviewed by Elizabeth Key
• Birth Crisis by Sheila Kitzinger; reviewed by Rachel Burrows
• Birth in Focus by Becky Reed ; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Birth Pain: Power to Transform by Verena Schmid; reviewed by Ruth Weston
• Birth Rites and Rights edited by Fatemeh Ebtehaj, Jonathan Herring, Martin H Johnson, Martin Richards; reviewed by Lindsey Bowers
• Birth Stories for the Soul edited by Denis Walsh and Sheena Byrom; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Birthing Autonomy by Nadine Pilley Edwards; reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Birthing Normally after a Caesarean or Two by Hélène Vadeboncoeur; reviewed by Chloe Bayfield
• Birthing Your Placenta: The Third Stage by Nadine Edwards and Sara Wickham; reviewed by Sarah Davies
• Born at Home, The Biological, Cultural and Political Dimensions of Maternity Care in the United States by Melissa Cheyney; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Breast Intentions by Allison Dixley; reviewed by Debs Neiger
• Breastfeeding and Medication by Wendy Jones; reviewed by Emma Ashworth
• Breastfeeding in Hospital - Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line by Fiona Dykes; reviewed by Clare Bartos
• Breech Birth by Benna Waites; reviewed by Jane Evans
• Breech Birth - What are my options? by Jane Evans; reviewed by Joanne Hood
• Caesarean Section - understanding and celebrating Your Baby's Birth by Michele Moore and Caroline de Costa; reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Childbirth Without Fear: The principles and practice of natural childbirth by Grantly Dick-Read; reviewed by Elizabeth Cockerell
• Confident Birth by Susanna Heli: reviewed by Paula Cleary
• Diary of a Midwife: The Power of Positive Childbearing by Juliana van Olphen-Fehr; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Do we need midwives? by Michel Odent; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Dynamic positions in birth: a fresh look at how women's bodies work in labour by Margaret Jowitt; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Eleven Hours by Pamela Erens; reviewed by Emma Mason
• Employment Rights: The Guide for Lone Parents reviewed by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in Americaby Thomas Strong; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Exploring the dirty side of women's health; Editor Mavis Kirkham; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Exploring the Experiences of Women of Pakistani Origin in UK Maternity Services by Yana Richens; reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Freebirth - Self Directed Pregnancy and Birth by Sarah Schmid; reviewed by Hannah Robertson
• Gestational Diabetes by Deborah Hughes; reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Ghostbelly: a memoir by Elizabeth Heineman; reviewed by Rosemary Mander
• Give Birth like a Feminist by Milli Hill; reviewed by Maddie McMahon, Rachel Boldero and Marein Schmitthenner
• Goodbye Baby: Cameron's story by Gillian Griffiths; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Goodbye baby; Lucy's baby brother by Althea Hayton; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Group B Strep Explained by Sara Wickham; reviewed by Ceri Durham
• Having a Great Birth in Australia edited by David Vernon; reviewed by Adela Stockton
• Health and Human Rights by Thérèse Murphy; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Hello Baby by Jenni Overend and Julie Vivas; reviewed by Suzanna Nock
• Hey! Who's Having This Baby Anyway? by Breck Hawk; reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice by Anne Frye; reviewed by Laura Jansson
• Home Birth - A Practical Guide (4th Edition) by Nicky Wesson; reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Home Birth: The Politics of Difficult Choices by Mary L Nolan reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• How to avoid an unnecessary caesarean by Helen Churchill and Wendy Savage; reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• How to have a baby: mother-gathered guidance on birth and new babies by Natalie Meddings; reviewed by Maddie McMahon
• How to Heal a Bad Birth by Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould; reviewed by Beth Whitehead
• Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding by Mary Kroeger; reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• Improving Maternity Services by Denis Walsh; reviewed by Avril Nicoll
• Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May Gaskin; reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin; reviewed by Lizzie Ruffell
• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin; reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Informed Choice in Maternity Care by Mavis Kirkham; reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Is There a Father in the House? by James Torr; reviewed by Elmer Postle
• Kangaroo Babies, a different way of mothering by Nathalie Charpak; reviewed by Beverley A Lawrence Beech
• Law, Policy and Reproductive Autonomy by Erin Nelson; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife by Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Little Daisy-Mae; The girl who couldn't wait by Wayne and Jennie Little; reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Controversies and challenges edited by Victoria Hall Moran and Fiona Dykes; reviewed by Clare Bartos
• Men at birth edited by David Vernon; reviewed by Elmer Postle
• Men, Love and Birth by Mark Harris; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Men Who Control Women's Health: The Miseducation of Obstetrician-Gynecologists by Diana Scully; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Midwifery Best Practice: Volume 3 by Sara Wickham; reviewed by Nessa McHugh
• Midwifery Continuity of Care: A Practical Guide by Caroline Homer, Pat Brodie and Nicky Leap; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Midwifery Models That Work edited by Robbie E Davis-Floyd, Lesley Barclay, Betty-Anne Daviss and Jan Tritten; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Midwives Coping with Loss and Grief: Stillbirth, Professional and Personal Losses by Doreen Kenworthy & Mavis Kirkham; reviewed by Rosemary Mander
• Midwyf Liza by Valerie Levy; reviewed by Mavis Kirkham
• Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Wolf; reviewed by Marein Schmitthenner
• Mothership by Francesca Segal; reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Mothers and Midwives: The Ethical Journey by Faye E. Thompson; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care by Allyson M Pollock; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• NHS SOS - How the NHS was betrayed - and how we can save it by Jacky Davis and Raymond Tallis; reviewed by Virginia Hatton
• Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate by Soo Downe; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Nutrition in pregnancy and childbirth: food for thought edited by Lorna Davies and Ruth Deary; reviewed by Gill Boden
• One Man's Medicine: an autobiography of Professor Archie Cochrane by Mark Harris, reviewed by Gill Boden
• Our Water Baby by Amy Mclean; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Positive Pain: a guide to emotional well-being throughout pregnancy and birth by Adela Stockton; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Pregnancy and birth - a guide for deaf women by Sabina Iqbal; reviewed by Penny Davidson
• Pregnancy and childbirth secrets by Gail J. Dahl; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Pregnancy, Birth and Maternity Care: Feminist PerspectivesEdited by Mary Stewart; reviewed by Jo Murphy-Lawless
• Preparing for a healthy birth by Sylvie Donna; reviewed by Deborah Gilmour
• Pushed: the painful truth about childbirth and modern maternity care by Jennifer Block; reviewed by Jo Murphy Lawless
• Rebounding From Childbirth: Toward Emotional Recovery by Lynn Madsen, Lynn; reviewed by Susan Merrick
• Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and Patterns edited by Sharon Abbey and Andrea O'Reilly; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Real Healing after Caesarean: A victorious recovery from a traumatic birth experience by Martha Jesty; reviewed by Jill Moore
• Revisiting Waterbirth: An Attitude to Care by Dianne Garland; reviewed by Ruth Weston
• Rocking the Cradle: Thoughts on Motherhood, Feminism and the Possibility by Andrea O'Reilly; reviewed by Gillian Baxendine
• Safety of Alternative Approaches to Childbirthby Peter F. Schlenzka; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Saggy Boobs and Other Breastfeeding Myths by Valerie Finigan; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Songs from the Womb - Healing the Wounded Mother by by Benig Mauger; reviewed by Michelle Barnes
• St George's Healthcare NHS Trust Caesarean Leaflet by St George's Healthcare NHS Trust; reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Stand & Deliver by Emma Mahony; reviewed by Teresa Willis
• Supporting women to give birth at home: a practical guide for midwives edited by Mary Steen; reviewed by Beverley Beech
• Teach yourself green parenting by Lynoa Cattenach; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Teach Don't Tell by Aine Alam; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Tensions and barriers in improving maternity care: The story of a birth centre by Ruth Deery, Deborah Hughes and Mavis Kirkham; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting by Zion Lights; reviewed by Jules Cotton
• The Princess and the poo by Lara Fairy; reviewed by Ruth Weston
• That Bath's Got No Taps by The Millinson Family; reviewed by Suzanna Nock
• The Breast Book by Emma Pickett; reviewed by Clara Hubbard
• The Burden of Choice edited by Georgina Pearson; reviewed by Sally Kelly
• The children who sleep by the river by Debbie Taylor; reviewed by Debbie Chippington Derrick
• The Crucible by Arthur Millar; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• The Doula Book by Marshall H Klaus, John H Kennell, Phyllis H Klaus; reviewed by Tina Coley
• The faceless caesarean by Caroline Oblasser; reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• The Father's Home Birth Handbook by Leah Hazard; reviewed by Michelle Barnes
• The Father's Home Birth Handbook by Leah Hazard; reviewed by David Evans
• The Food of Love by Kate Evans; reviewed by Virginia Hatton
• The Good Mother by Sian Busby; reviewed by Jean Robinson
• The Heart in the Womb by Amali Lokugamage reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• The Hypnobirthing Book: An inspirational guide for a calm, confident, natural birth by Katharine Graves; reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• The Irish Pregnancy Book by Dr Peter Boylan; reviewed by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• The Midwife - Mother Relationship edited by Mavis Kirkham; reviewed by Vicki Williams
• The Oxytocin Factor - Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love and Healing by Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg; translated by Francis, Roberta W; reviewed by Jules King
• The Plot Against the NHS by Colin Leys and Stewart Player; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• The Politics of Birth by Sheila Kitzinger; reviewed by Jo Murphy Lawless
• The Positive Birth Book: A new approach to pregnancy, birth and the early weeks by Milli Hill; reviewed by Gill Boden
• The Positive Breastfeeding Book: Everything you need to feed your baby with confidence by Amy Brown; reviewed by Sarah Kidson
• The Roar Behind the Silence: Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care edited by Sheena Byrom and Soo Downe; reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation by Gayle Greene; reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Touching Distance by Rebecca Abrams; reviewed by Jo Murphy Lawless
• Traumatic Childbirth by Cheryl Beck, Jeanne Driscoll and Sue Watson; reviewed by Mari Greenfield
• Trust your Body, Trust your Baby by Rosie Newman; reviewed by Sangheetha Parthasarathy
• Unassisted Childbirth by Laura Kaplan Shanley; reviewed by Gemma McKenzie
• Until Our Hearts Are On the Ground edited by D Memee Lavell-Harvard and Jeannette Corbiers Lavell; reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Vaginal birth after caesarean by Helen Churchill and Wendy Savage; reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• Water birth: stories to inspire and inform edited by Milli Hill; reviewed by Katie Roberts
• We were gonna have a baby but we had an angel instead by Pat Schweibert; reviewed by Gill Boden
• When a Baby Dies: the experience of late miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death by Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley; reviewed by Gill Boden
• When Survivors Give Birth by Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus; reviewed by Kicki Hansard
• Where Have All the Mothers Gone? by Jean Chamberlain Froese; reviewed by Kate Simpson
• WHOOSH! A Little Book for Birth Companions by Katie Brooke; reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Why Home Birth Matters by Natalie Meddings; reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Why Mothers' Medication Matters by Wendy Jones; reviewed by Anna Culy
• Why Starting Solids Matters by Amy Brown; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Why the politics of breastfeeding matter by Gabrielle Palmer; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Why your baby's sleep matters by Sarah Ockwell-Smith; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Wilful Blindness - Why we ignore the obvious at our peril by Margaret Heffernan; reviewed by Nadine Edwards

Authors or Editors

• Abbey, Sharon; O'Reilly, Andrea; Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and Patterns reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Abrams, Rebecca; Touching Distance reviewed by Jo Murphy Lawless
• Alam Aine; Teach Don't Tell reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Armstrong, Penny; Feldman, Sheryl; A Midwife's Story reviewed by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Armstrong, Penny; Feldman, Sheryl; A Midwife's Story reviewed by Deborah Hughes
• Barclay, Lesley; Midwifery Models That Work reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Beck, Cheryl; Driscoll, Jeanne; Watson, Sue Traumatic Childbirth by reviewed by Mari Greenfield
• Beech, Beverley A. Lawrence; Am I Allowed? reviewed by Julia Magill-Cuerden
• Beech, Beverley A. Lawrence; Am I Allowed? reviewed by Moira Clark
• Beech, Beverley Lawrence; Am I Allowed? reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Bialik, Mayim; Beyond the Sling: a real-life guide to raising confident, loving children the attachment parenting way reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Boylan, Peter; The Irish Pregnancy Book reviewed by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Block Jennifer; Pushed: the painful truth about childbirth and modern maternity care reviewed by Jo Murphy Lawless
• Brodie, Pat; Homer, Caroline; Leap, Nicky; Midwifery Continuity of Care: A Practical Guide reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Brooke, Katie; WHOOSH! A Little Book for Birth Companions reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Brown, Amy; Why Starting Solids Matters reviewed by Gill Boden
• Brown, Amy; The Positive Breastfeeding Book: Everything you need to feed your baby with confidence reviewed by Sarah Kidson
• Bruijn, Melissa; Gould, Debby; How to Heal a Bad Birth reviewed by Beth Whitehead
• Busby, Sian; The Good Mother reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Byrom, Sheena; Birth Stories for the Soul reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Byrom, Sheena; Downe, Soo; (editors) The Roar Behind the Silence: Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Chamberlain Froese, Jean; Where Have All the Mothers Gone? reviewed by Kate Simpson
• Cattenach, Lynoa; Teach yourself green parenting reviewed by Gill Boden
• Charpak, Nathalie; Kangaroo Babies, a different way of mothering reviewed by Beverley A Lawrence Beech
• Cheyney, Melissa; Born at Home, The Biological, Cultural and Political Dimensions of Maternity Care in the United States reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Churchill, Helen; Savage, Wendy; How to avoid an unnecessary caesarean reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• Churchill, Helen; Savage, Wendy; Vaginal birth after caesarean reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• Dahl, Gail J.; Pregnancy and childbirth secrets reviewed by Gill Boden
• Davies, Lorna; Deary, Ruth; (editors) Nutrition in pregnancy and childbirth: food for thought reviewed by Gill Boden
• Davis, Jacky; Tallism Raymond; NHS SOS - How the NHS was betrayed - and how we can save it reviewed by Virginia Hatton
• Davis-Floyd, Robbie E; Midwifery Models That Work reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Daviss, Betty-Anne; Midwifery Models That Work reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• de Costa, Caroline; Caesarean Section - understanding and celebrating Your Baby's Birth reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Deery, Ruth; Hughes, Deborah; Kirkham, Mavis; Tensions and barriers in improving maternity care: The story of a birth centre reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Deary, Ruth; Davies, Lorna; (editors) Nutrition in pregnancy and childbirth: food for thought reviewed by Gill Boden
• Dixley, Allison; Breast Intentions reviewed by Debs Neiger
• Dick-Read, Grantly; Childbirth Without Fear: The principles and practice of natural childbirth reviewed by Elizabeth Cockerell
• Donna, Sylvie; Preparing for a healthy birth reviewed by Deborah Gilmour
• Downe, Soo; Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate reviewed by Gill Boden
• Downe, Soo; Byrom, Sheena; (editors) The Roar Behind the Silence: Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Driscoll, Jeanne; Beck, Cheryl; Watson, Sue Traumatic Childbirth by reviewed by Mari Greenfield
• Dykes, Fiona; Breastfeeding in Hospital - Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line reviewed by Clare Bartos
• Dykes, Fiona; Hall Moran, Victoria Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Controversies and challenges reviewed by Clare Bartos
• Ebtehaj, Fatemeh; Herring, Jonathan; Johnson, Martin H; Richards, Martin; (editors) Birth Rites and Rights reviewed by Lindsey Bowers
• Edwards, Nadine Pilley; Birthing Autonomy reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Edwards, Nadine; Wickham, Sara; Birthing Your Placenta: The Third Stage reviewed by Sarah Davies
• Erens, Pamela; Eleven Hours reviewed by Emma Mason
• Evans, Jane; Breech Birth - What are my options? reviewed by Joanne Hood
• Evans, Kate; The Food of Love reviewed by Virginia Hatton
• Fairy, Lara; The Princess and the poo reviewed by Ruth Weston
• Feldman, Sheryl and Armstrong, Penny; A Midwife's Story reviewed by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Feldman, Sheryl and Armstrong, Penny; A Midwife's Story reviewed by Deborah Hughes
• Finigan, Valerie Saggy Boobs and Other Breastfeeding Myths reviewed by Gill Boden
• Francis, Roberta W (translator); Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin; The Oxytocin Factor - Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love and Healing reviewed by Jules King
• Frye, Anne; Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice reviewed by Laura Jansson
• Garland, Dianne; Revisiting Waterbirth: An Attitude to Care reviewed by Ruth Weston
• Gaskin, Ina May; Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Gaskin, Ina May; Ina May's Guide to Childbirth reviewed by Lizzie Ruffell
• Gaskin, Ina May; Ina May's Guide to Childbirth reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Goldacre, Ben; Bad Pharma reviewed by Gill Boden
• Graves, Katharine; The Hypnobirthing Book: An inspirational guide for a calm, confident, natural birth reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Greene, Gayle; The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Griffiths, Gillian; Goodbye Baby: Cameron's story reviewed by Gill Boden
• Hall Moran, Victoria; Dykes, Fiona Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Controversies and challenges reviewed by Clare Bartos
• Harris, Mark One Man's Medicine: an autobiography of Professor Archie Cochrane reviewed by Gill Boden
• Harris, Mark; Men, Love and Birth reviewed by Gill Boden
• Hawk, Breck; Hey! Who's Having This Baby Anyway? reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Hayton, Althea; Goodbye baby; Lucy's baby brother reviewed by Gill Boden
• Hazard, Leah; The Father's Home Birth Handbook reviewed by Michelle Barnes
• Hazard, Leah; The Father's Home Birth Handbook reviewed by David Evans
• Heineman, Elizabeth; Ghostbelly: a memoir reviewed by Rosemary Mander
• Heffernan, Margaret; Wilful Blindness - Why we ignore the obvious at our peril reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Heli, Susanna; Confident Birth reviewed by Paula Cleary
• Henley, Alix; Kohner, Nancy; When a Baby Dies: the experience of late miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death reviewed by Gill Boden
• Herring, Jonathan; Ebtehaj, Fatemeh; Johnson, Martin H; Richards, Martin; (editors) Birth Rites and Rights reviewed by Lindsey Bowers
• Hill, Milli; Give Birth like a Feminist reviewed by Maddie McMahon, Rachel Boldero and Marein Schmitthenner
• Hill, Milli; (editor) Water birth: stories to inspire and inform reviewed by Katie Roberts
• Hill, Milli; The Positive Birth Book: A new approach to pregnancy, birth and the early weeks reviewed by Gill Boden
• Holmes, Linda Janet; Smith, Margaret Charles; Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Hughes, Deborah; Deery, Ruth; Kirkham, Mavis; Tensions and barriers in improving maternity care: The story of a birth centre reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Hughes, Deborah; Gestational Diabetes reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Leap, Nicky; Homer, Caroline; Brodie, Pat; Midwifery Continuity of Care: A Practical Guide by Caroline Homer, Pat Brodie and Nicky Leap; reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Leys, Colin; Player, Stewart; The Plot Against the NHS reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Iqbal, Sabina; Pregnancy and birth - a guide for deaf women reviewed by Penny Davidson
• Jesty, Martha; Real Healing after Caesarean: A victorious recovery from a traumatic birth experience reviewed by Jill Moore
• Johnson, Martin H; Ebtehaj, Fatemeh; Herring, Jonathan; Richards, Martin; (editors) Birth Rites and Rights reviewed by Lindsey Bowers
• Jones, Wendy Breastfeeding and Medication reviewed by Emma Ashworth
• Jones, Wendy; Why Mothers' Medication Matters reviewed by Anna Culy
• Jowitt, Margaret; Dynamic positions in birth: a fresh look at how women's bodies work in labour reviewed by Gill Boden
• Kaplan Shanley, Laura Unassisted Childbirth reviewed by Gemma McKenzie
• Kennell, John H;The Doula Book reviewed by Tina Coley
• Kenworthy, Doreen; Kirkham, Mavis; Midwives Coping with Loss and Grief: Stillbirth, Professional and Personal Losses; reviewed by Rosemary Mander
• Klassen, Pamela E.; Blessed Events reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Klaus, Marshall;The Doula Book by Marshall H Klaus, John H Kennell, Phyllis H Klaus; reviewed by Tina Coley
• Klaus, Phyllis H;The Doula Book by Marshall H Klaus, John H Kennell, Phyllis H Klaus; reviewed by Tina Coley
• Klaus, Phyllis; Simkin, Penny When Survivors Give Birth reviewed by Kicki Hansard
• Kirkham MavisBirth Centres: A Social Model For Maternity Cases reviewed by Elizabeth Key
• Kirkham, Mavis; Informed Choice in Maternity Care reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Kirkham, Mavis; Kenworthy, Doreen; Midwives Coping with Loss and Grief: Stillbirth, Professional and Personal Losses; reviewed by Rosemary Mander
• Kirkham Mavis (editor); Exploring the dirty side of women's health reviewed by Gill Boden
• Kirkham Mavis (editor); The Midwife - Mother Relationship reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Kirkham, Mavis; Deery, Ruth; Hughes, Deborah; Tensions and barriers in improving maternity care: The story of a birth centre reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Kitzinger, Sheila; Birth Crisis reviewed by Rachel Burrows
• Kitzinger, Sheila; The Politics of Birth reviewed by Jo Murphy Lawless
• Kohner, Nancy; Henley, Alix; When a Baby Dies: the experience of late miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death reviewed by Gill Boden
• Kroeger, Mary; Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• Lavell-Harvard, D Memee; Lavell, Jeannette Corbiers (editors) Until Our Hearts Are On the Ground reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Lavell, Jeannette Corbiers; Lavell-Harvard, D Memee (editors) Until Our Hearts Are On the Ground reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Leap, Nicky; Caroline Homer; Pat Brodie Midwifery Continuity of Care: A Practical Guide reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Lesley, Jenny; Birth After Caesarean reviewed by Jane Weaver
• Levy, Valerie; Midwyf Liza reviewed by Mavis Kirkham
• Little, Wayne and Linda; Little Daisy-Mae; The girl who couldn't wait reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Lokugamage, Amali; The Heart in the Womb reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Lone Parent Helpline; Employment Rights: The Guide for Lone Parents reviewed by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Mclean, Amy; Our Water Baby reviewed by Vicki Williams
• McIntosh, Tania; A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth reviewed by Gemma McKenzie
• Madsen, Lynn; Rebounding From Childbirth: Toward Emotional Recovery reviewed by Susan Merrick
• Mclean, Amy; Our Water Baby reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Mahony, Emma; Stand & Deliver reviewed by Teresa Willis
• Mauger, Benig; Songs from the Womb - Healing the Wounded Mother reviewed by Michelle Barnes
• Meddings, Natalie; Why Home Birth Matters reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Meddings, Natalie; How to have a baby: mother-gathered guidance on birth and new babies reviewed by Maddie McMahon
• Millar, Arthur;The Crucible reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Millinson Family; That Bath's Got No Taps reviewed by Suzanna Nock
• Moore, Michele; Caesarean Section - understanding and celebrating Your Baby's Birth reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Murphy, Thérèse; Health and Human Rights reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Nelson, Erin; Law, Policy and Reproductive Autonomy reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Newman, Rosie Trust your Body, Trust your Baby reviewed by Sangheetha Parthasarathy
• Nolan, Mary L; Home Birth: The Politics of Difficult Choices reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Oblasser, Caroline; The faceless caesarean by reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Ockwell-Smith, Sarah; Why your baby's sleep matters reviewed by Gill Boden
• Odent, Michel; Do we need midwives? reviewed by Gill Boden
• O'Reilly, Andrea; Abbey, Sharon; Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and Patterns reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• O'Reilly, Andrea; Rocking the Cradle: Thoughts on Motherhood, Feminism and the Possibility reviewed by Gillian Baxendine
• Overend, Jenni; Vivas, Julie; Hello Baby reviewed by Suzanna Nock
• Palmer, Gabrielle; Why the politics of breastfeeding matter reviewed by Gill Boden
• Pearson, Emma; Behind the Smile reviewed by Sarah Cairns
• Pearson, Georgina; (editor) The Burden of Choice reviewed by Sally Kelly
• Pickett, Emma; The Breast Book reviewed by Clara Hubbard
• Player, Stewart; Leys, Colin; The Plot Against the NHS reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Pollock, Allyson M ; NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Reed, Becky; Birth in Focus reviewed by Gill Boden
• Richards, Martin; Ebtehaj, Fatemeh; Herring, Jonathan; Johnson, Martin H; (editors) Birth Rites and Rights reviewed by Lindsey Bowers
• Richens, Yana; Exploring the Experiences of Women of Pakistani Origin in UK Maternity Services reviewed by Jean Robinson
• Savage, Wendy; Birth and Power - A Savage Enquiry revisited reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Savage, Wendy; Churchill, Helen; How to avoid an unnecessary caesarean reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• Savage, Wendy; Churchill, Helen; Vaginal birth after caesarean reviewed by Sarah Stenson
• Schlenzka, Peter F; Safety of Alternative Approaches to Childbirth reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Schweibert, Pat; We were gonna have a baby but we had an angel instead reviewed by Gill Boden
• Schmid, Sarah; Freebirth - Self Directed Pregnancy and Birth reviewed by Hannah Robertson
• Schmid, Verena; Birth Pain: Power to Transform; reviewed by Ruth Weston
• Scully, Diana; Men Who Control Women's Health: The Miseducation of Obstetrician-Gynecologists reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Segal, Francesca; Mothership reviewed by Jo Dagustun
• Simkin, Penny; Klaus, Phyllis When Survivors Give Birth reviewed by Kicki Hansard
• Smith, Margaret Charles; Holmes, Linda Janet; Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Steen, Mary (editor); Supporting women to give birth at home: a practical guide for midwives reviewed by Beverley Beech
• Stewart, Mary; Pregnancy, Birth and Maternity Care: Feminist Perspectivesreviewed by Jo Murphy-Lawless
• St George's Healthcare NHS Trust; St George's Healthcare NHS Trust Caesarean Leaflet reviewed by Gina Lowdon
• Stockton, Adela; Positive Pain: a guide to emotional well-being throughout pregnancy and birth reviewed by Vicki Williams
• Strong, Thomas; Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in America reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Tallism Raymond; Davis, Jacky; NHS SOS - How the NHS was betrayed - and how we can save it reviewed by Virginia Hatton
• Taylor, Debbie; The children who sleep by the river reviewed by Debbie Chippington Derrick
• Thompson, Faye E; Mothers and Midwives: The Ethical Journey reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Torr, James; Is There a Father in the House? reviewed by Elmer Postle
• Tree, Hazel; A Doula's Journey reviewed by Gill Boden
• Tritten, Jan; Midwifery Models That Work reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin; Francis, Roberta W (translator); The Oxytocin Factor - Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love and Healing reviewed by Jules King
• Vadeboncoeur, Hélène; Birthing Normally after a Caesarean or Two reviewed by Chloe Bayfield
• van Olphen-Fehr, Juliana; Diary of a Midwife: The Power of Positive Childbearing reviewed by Nadine Edwards
• Vernon, David (editor); Men at birth reviewed by Elmer Postle
• Vernon, David (editor); Having a Great Birth in Australia reviewed by Adela Stockton
• Vivas, Julie; Overend, Jenni; Hello Baby reviewed by Suzanna Nock
• Waites, Benna; Breech Birth reviewed by Jane Evans
• Walsh, Denis; Improving Maternity Services reviewed by Avril Nicoll
• Watson, Sue; Beck, Cheryl; Driscoll, Jeanne; Traumatic Childbirth by reviewed by Mari Greenfield
• Wesson, Nicky; Home Birth - A Practical Guide (4th Edition) reviewed by Shane Ridley
• Wickham, Sara; Edwards, Nadine; Birthing Your Placenta: The Third Stage reviewed by Sarah Davies
• Wickham, Sara; Midwifery Best Practice: Volume 3 reviewed by Nessa McHugh
• Wickham, Sara; Group B Strep Explained reviewed by Ceri Durham
• Wolf, Naomi; Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood reviewed by Marein Schmitthenner
• Zion LIghts; The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting reviewed by Jules Cotton

Reviewer

• Ashworth, Emma; reviews Breastfeeding and Medication by Wendy Jones
• Barnes, Michelle; reviews The Father's Home Birth Handbook by Leah Hazard
• Barnes, Michelle; reviews Songs from the Womb - Healing the Wounded Mother by by Benig Mauger
• Bartos, Clare; reviews Breastfeeding in Hospital - Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line by Fiona Dykes
• Bartos, Clare; reviews Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Controversies and challenges edited by Victoria Hall Moran and Fiona Dykes
• Baxendine, Gillian; reviews Rocking the Cradle: Thoughts on Motherhood, Feminism and the Possibility by O'Reilly, Andrea
• Bayfield, Chloe; reviews Birthing Normally after a Caesarean or Two by Hélène Vadeboncoeur
• Beech, Beverley Lawrence; reviews A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong and Sheryl Feldman
• Beech, Beverley Lawrence; reviews Employment Rights: The Guide for Lone Parents by Lone Parents Helpline
• Beech, Beverley A Lawrence; reviews Kangaroo Babies, a different way of mothering by Nathalie Charpak
• Beech, Beverley Lawrence; reviews The Irish Pregnancy Book by Dr Peter Boylan
• Beech, Beverley; reviews Supporting women to give birth at home: a practical guide for midwives edited by Mary Steen
• Boden, Gill; reviews A Doula's Journey
• Boden, Gill; reviews Why your baby's sleep matters by Sarah Ockwell-Smith
• Boden, Gill; reviews Birth in Focus by Becky Reed
• Boden, Gill; reviews Teach yourself green parenting by Lynoa Cattenach
• Boden, Gill; reviews Pregnancy and childbirth secrets by Gail J. Dahl
• Boden, Gill; reviews Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate by Soo Downe
• Boden, Gill; reviews Exploring the dirty side of women's health; Editor Mavis Kirkham
• Boden, Gill; reviews Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
• Boden, Gill; reviews Men, Love and Birth by Mark Harris
• Boden, Gill; reviews Saggy Boobs and Other Breastfeeding Myths by Valerie Finigan
• Boden, Gill; reviews When a Baby Dies: the experience of late miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death by Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley
• Boden, Gill; reviews We were gonna have a baby but we had an angel instead by Pat Schweibert; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Boden, Gill; reviews Why Starting Solids Matters by Amy Brown
• Boden, Gill; reviews Goodbye baby; Lucy's baby brother by Althea Hayton; reviewed by Gill Boden
• Boden, Gill; reviews Goodbye Baby: Cameron's story by Gillian Griffiths
• Boden, Gill; reviews Dynamic positions in birth: a fresh look at how women's bodies work in labour by Margaret Jowitt
• Boden, Gill; reviews Do we need midwives? by Michel Odent
• Boden, Gill; reviews One Man's Medicine: an autobiography of Archie Cochrane by Mark Harris
• Boden, Gill; reviews The Positive Birth Book by Milli Hill
• Boden, Gill; reviews Why the politics of breastfeeding matter by Gabrielle Palmer
• Boldero, Rachel; McMahon, Maddie; Schmitthenner, Marein review Give Birth like a Feminist by Milli Hill
• Bowers, Lindsey; reviews Birth Rites and Rights edited by Fatemeh Ebtehaj, Jonathan Herring, Martin H Johnson, Martin Richards
• Burrows, Rachel; reviews Birth Crisis by Sheila Kitzinger
• Cairns, Sarah; reviews Behind the Smile by Emma Pearson
• Chippington Derrick, Debbie; reviews The children who sleep by the river by Debbie Taylor
• Clark, Moira; Reviews Am I Allowed? by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Cleary, Paula: Reviews Confident Birth by Susanna Heli
• Cockerell, Elizabeth; reviews Childbirth Without Fear: The principles and practice of natural childbirth by Grantly Dick-Read
• Cotton, Jules; reviewsThe Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting by Zion Lights
• Culy, Anna; reviews Why Mothers' Medication Matters by Wendy Jones
• Coley, Tina; reviews The Doula Book by Marshall H Klaus, John H Kennell, Phyllis H Klaus
• Dagustun, Jo; reviews Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May Gaskin
• Dagustun, Jo; reviews Little Daisy-Mae; The girl who couldn't wait by Wayne and Jennie Little
• Dagustun, Jo; reviews Mothership by Francesca Segal
• Dagustun, Jo; reviews The Hypnobirthing Book: An inspirational guide for a calm, confident, natural birth by Katharine Graves
• Dagustun, Jo; reviews The Roar Behind the Silence: Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care edited by Sheena Byrom and Soo Downe
• Dagustun, Jo; reviews WHOOSH! A Little Book for Birth Companions by Katie Brooke
• Davidson, Penny; reviews Pregnancy and birth - a guide for deaf women by Sabina Iqbal
• Davies, Sarah reviews Birthing Your Placenta: The Third Stage by Nadine Edwards and Sara Wickham
• Durham, Ceri; reviews Group B Strep Explained by Sara Wickham
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Birth Stories for the Soul edited by Denis Walsh and Sheena Byrom
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Blessed Events by Pamela E. Klassen
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Diary of a Midwife: The Power of Positive Childbearing by Juliana van Olphen-Fehr
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in Americaby Thomas Strong
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife by Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Men Who Control Women's Health: The Miseducation of Obstetrician-Gynecologists by Diana Scully
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Mothers and Midwives: The Ethical Journey by Faye E. Thompson
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Midwifery Continuity of Care: A Practical Guide by Caroline Homer, Pat Brodie and Nicky Leap
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Midwifery Models That Work edited by Robbie E Davis-Floyd, Lesley Barclay, Betty-Anne Daviss and Jan Tritten
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care by Allyson M Pollock
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and Patterns edited by Sharon Abbey and Andrea O'Reilly
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Safety of Alternative Approaches to Childbirthby Peter F. Schlenzka
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Tensions and barriers in improving maternity care: The story of a birth centre by Ruth Deery, Deborah Hughes and Mavis Kirkham
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Born at Home, The Biological, Cultural and Political Dimensions of Maternity Care in the United States by Melissa Cheyney
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Home Birth: The Politics of Difficult Choices by Mary L Nolan
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews The Heart in the Womb by Amali Lokugamage
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews Wilful Blindness - Why we ignore the obvious at our peril by Margaret Heffernan
• Edwards, Nadine; reviews The Plot Against the NHS by Colin Leys and Stewart Player
• Evans, David; reviews The Father's Home Birth Handbook by Leah Hazard
• Evans, Jane; reviews Breech Birth by Benna Waites
• Greenfield, Mari: reviews Traumatic Childbirth by Cheryl Beck, Jeanne Driscoll and Sue Watson
• Gilmour, Deborah; reviews Preparing for a healthy birth by Sylvie Donna
• Hansard, Kicki; reviews When Survivors Give Birth by Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus
• Hatton, Virginia; reviews The Food of Love by Kate Evans
• Hatton, Virginia; reviewsNHS SOS - How the NHS was betrayed - and how we can save it by Jacky Davis and Raymond Tallis
• Hubbard, Clara ; reviews The Breast Book by Emma Pickett
• Hood, Joanne; reviews Breech Birth - What are my options? by Jane Evans
• Hughes, Deborah reviews A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong and Sheryl Feldman
• Jansson, Laura; reviews Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice by Anne Frye
• Katie Roberts; reviews Water birth: stories to inspire and inform edited by Milli Hill
• Kelly, Sally; reviews The Burden of Choice edited by Georgina Pearson
• Key, Elizabeth; reviews Birth Centres: A Social Model For Maternity Cases edited by Mavis Kirkham
• Kidson, Sarah; reviews The Positive Breastfeeding Book: Everything you need to feed your baby with confidence by Amy Brown
• King, Jules reviews The Oxytocin Factor - Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love and Healing by Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, Translated by Francis, Roberta W
• Kirkham, Mavis; reviews Midwyf Liza by Valerie Levy
• Lowdon, Gina; reviews Caesarean Section - understanding and celebrating Your Baby's Birth by Michele Moore and Caroline de Costa
• Lowdon, Gina; reviews Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
• Lowdon, Gina; reviews The faceless caesarean by Caroline Oblasser
• Lowdon, Gina; reviews St George's Healthcare NHS Trust Caesarean Leaflet by St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
• Lowdon, Gina; reviews Until Our Hearts Are On the Ground edited by D Memee Lavell-Harvard and Jeannette Corbiers Lavell
• McHugh, Nessa; reviews Midwifery Best Practice: Volume 3 by Sara Wickham
• McKenzie, Gemma; reviews A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth by Tania McIntosh
• McKenzie, Gemma; reviews Unassisted Childbirth by Laura Kaplan Shanley
• McMahon, Maddie; Boldero, Rachel; Schmitthenner, Marein review Give Birth like a Feminist by Milli Hill
• McMahon, Maddie reviews How to have a baby: mother-gathered guidance on birth and new babies by Natalie Meddings
• Magill-Cuerden, Julia; reviews Am I Allowed? by Beverley A. Lawrence Beech
• Mander, Rosemary; reviews Midwives Coping with Loss and Grief: Stillbirth, Professional and Personal Losses by Doreen Kenworthy & Mavis Kirkham
• Mander, Rosemary; reviewsGhostbelly: a memoir by Elizabeth Heineman
• Mason, Emma; Eleven Hours by Pamela Erens
• Merrick, Susan; reviews Rebounding From Childbirth: Toward Emotional Recovery by Lynn Madsen
• Moore, Jill; reviews Real Healing after Caesarean: A victorious recovery from a traumatic birth experience by Martha Jesty
• Murphy Lawless, Jo; reviews Pregnancy, Birth and Maternity Care: Feminist PerspectivesEdited by Mary Stewart
• Murphy Lawless, Jo; reviews Pushed: the painful truth about childbirth and modern maternity care by Jennifer Block
• Murphy Lawless, Jo; reviews The Politics of Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
• Murphy Lawless, Jo; reviews Touching Distance by Rebecca Abrams
• Neiger Debs; Breast Intentions by Allison Dixley
• Nicoll, Avril; reviews Improving Maternity Services by Denis Walsh
• Nock, Suzanna; reviews Hello Baby Jenni Overend and Julie Vivas
• Nock, Suzanna; reviews That Bath's Got No Taps by The Millinson Family
• Parthasarathy,Sangheetha; Trust your Body, Trust your Baby by Rosie Newman
• Postle, Elmer; reviews Is There a Father in the House? by James Torr
• Postle, Elmer; reviews Men at birth edited by David Vernon
• Robertson, Hannah; reviews Freebirth - Self Directed Pregnancy and Birth by Sarah Schmid
• Robinson, Jean; reviews Birthing Autonomy by Nadine Pilley Edwards
• Robinson, Jean; reviews Exploring the Experiences of Women of Pakistani Origin in UK Maternity Services by Yana Richens
• Robinson, Jean; reviews Informed Choice in Maternity Care by Mavis Kirkham
• Robinson, Jean; reviews The Good Mother by Sian Busby
• Robinson, Jean; reviews The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation by Gayle Greene
• Ridley, Shane; reviews Birth and Power - A Savage Enquiry revisited by Wendy Savage
• Ridley, Shane; reviews Hey! Who's Having This Baby Anyway? by Breck Hawk
• Ridley, Shane; reviews Home Birth - A Practical Guide (4th Edition) by Nicky Wesson
• Ridley, Shane; reviews Why Home Birth Matters by Natalie Meddings
• Ridley, Shane; reviews Gestational Diabetes by Deborah Hughes
• Ruffell, Lizzie; reviews Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
• Schmitthenner, Marein; McMahon, Maddie; Boldero, Rachel; review Give Birth like a Feminist by Milli Hill
• Schmitthenner, Marein; reviews Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Wolf
• Simpson, Kate; reviews Where Have All the Mothers Gone? by Jean Chamberlain Froese
• Stenson, Sarah; reviews How to avoid an unnecessary caesarean by Helen Churchill and Wendy Savage
• Stenson, Sarah; reviews Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding by Mary Kroeger
• Stenson, Sarah; reviews Vaginal birth after caesarean by Helen Churchill and Wendy Savage
• Stockton, Adela; reviews Having a Great Birth in Australia edited by David Vernon
• Weaver, Jane; reviews Birth After Caesarean by Jenny Lesley
• Weston, Ruth; reviews Birth Pain: Power to Transform by Verena Schmid
• Weston, Ruth; reviews The Princess and the poo by Lara Fairy
• Weston, Ruth; reviews Revisiting Waterbirth: An Attitude to Care by Dianne Garland
• Whitehead, Beth; reviews How to Heal a Bad Birth by Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould
• Williams, Vicki; reviews Beyond the Sling: a real-life guide to raising confident, loving children the attachment parenting way by Mayim Bialik
• Williams, Vicki; reviews Our Water Baby by Amy Mclean
• Williams, Vicki; reviews Positive Pain: a guide to emotional well-being throughout pregnancy and birth by Adela Stockton
• Williams, Vicki; reviews The Crucible by Arthur Millar
• Williams, Vicki; reviews The Midwife - Mother Relationship edited by Mavis Kirkham
• Williams, Vicki; reviews Health and Human Rights by Thérèse Murphy
• Williams, Vicki; reviews Law, Policy and Reproductive Autonomy by Erin Nelson
• Williams, Vicki; reviews Am I Allowed? by Beverley Lawrence Beech
• Willis, Teresa; reviews Stand & Deliver by Emma Mahony
• Williams, Vicki; reviews Teach don't Tell by Aine Alam

DVD Review

• Home Grown Babies DVD directed by Bernadette Bos, reviewed by Michelle Barnes
• The Business of Being Born Director Abby Epstein & Executive Producer Ricki Lake, reviewed by Julie Dawd