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Pregnancy and Childbirth
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn (PCN) by Simkin, Whalley, Keppler, Durham & Bolding
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
Our Bodies Ourselves Pregnancy and Childbirth by Boston Women's Health Collective
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
Birthing from Within by Pam England
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
A Good Birth, A Safe Birth by Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer
Mothering the Mother by Klaus, Kennell, Klaus
Amazing Newborn by Marshall Klaus

New Mother, Breastfeeding and Early Parenting
After the Baby's Birth: A Woman's Way to Wellness by Robin Lim
The Year After Childbirth: Enjoy Your Body, Your Relationships, and Yourself in Your Baby's First Year by Kitzinger
The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins
Bestfeeding by Refrew, Fisher, and Arms
The Baby Book by Sears and Sears
And Baby Makes Three by Julie and John Gottman

Books for Siblings of New Baby:
Banish, Rosemary: Let Me Tell You About My Baby, 1982
Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bear's New Baby, 1994
Carroll, Teresa: Mommy Breastfeeds Our Baby, 1990
Cole, Joanna: How You Were Born, 1984
The New Baby at Your House, 1985
Cousins, Lucy: Za-Za's New Baby Brother, 1995
Gewing, Lisa: Mama, Daddy, Baby and Me, 1989
Girard, Linda: You Were Born on your Very First Birthday, 1983
Harris, Robie: It's So Amazing: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Families
Hoban, Tussel: A Baby Sister for Frances
Kitzinger, Sheila & Lennert Nilsson: Being Born, 1986
Lansky, Vicki: A New Baby at Koko Bear's House, 1987
Malecki, Marianne: Mom and Dad and I are Having a Baby, 1980
Manushkin, Fran: Baby, Come Out, 1972
Munsch, Robert: Love You Forever, 1986
Show-and-Tell, 1991
Nilsson, Lennart and Lena Katarina Swanberg: How Was I Born, 1993
Ormerod, Jan: 101 Things to do with a Baby, 1984
Rivlin-Gutman, Annette, Mommy Has To Stay in Bed, 2006
Rogers, Fred: First Experience Books, The New Baby, 1996
Scott, Ann: On Mother's Lap, 1992

Siblings attending the birth:
Malecki, Marianne: Mom and Dad and I are Having a Baby, 1980
Overend, Jenni and Julie Vivas, Welcome with Love by, 2000
Spillman, Uwe and Inga Kamieth, Runa's Birth: The day my sister was born, 2002

There are many more good books and quite a few that aren't worth a read, so choose well!