Our Bodies, Ourselves (178 page)

Guttmacher Institute: guttmacher.org.

Joffe, Carole.
Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2009.

National Abortion Federation (NAF): prochoice.org.

Paul, M., et al., eds.
Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care.
West Sussex, U.K.: Blackwell Publishing, 2009.

Planned Parenthood: plannedparenthood.org, 800-230-PLAN.

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: rcrc.org.

Bynoe, Yvonne, ed.
Who's You Mama? The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers.
Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press, 2009.

Casey, Terri.
Pride and Joy: The Lives and Passions of Women Without Children.
New York: Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2007.

Child Welfare Information Gateway. “Adoption.” childwel fare.gov/adoption.

Kruger, Pamela, and Jill Smolowe.
A Love like No Other.
New York: Riverhead Hardcover, 2005.

Leibovich, Lori.
Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives.
New York: HarperCollins, 2006.

Peri, Camille, and Kate Moses.
Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood.
New York: Washington Square Press, 2000.

Ratner, Rochelle, ed.
Bearing Life: Women's Writing on Childlessness.
New York: Feminist Press, 2001.

Register, Cheri.
Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children.
St. Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 2005.

Roberts, Dorothy.
Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare.
New York: Basic Books, 2003.

Single Mothers by Choice: singlemothersbychoice.com.

Vissing, Yvonne Marie.
Women Without Children: Nurturing Lives.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002.

Block, Jennifer.
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care.
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2007.

Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.

Childbirth Connection. “What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Birth,” rev. ed. 2006, child birthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10164.

Childbirth.org. “Birth Stories,” childbirth.org/articles/stories/birth.html.

Coalition for Improving Maternity Services: mother friendly.org.

Davis, Elizabeth, and Debra Pascali-Bonaro.
Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, and Pleasurable Birth Experience.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2010.

Gaskin, Ina May.
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth.
New York: Bantam Books, 2003.

Goer, Henci.
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth.
New York: Perigee Books, 1999.

Greenfield, Marjorie.
The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.

Lothian, Judith, and Charlotte DeVries.
The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence.
Minnetonka, MN: Meadowbrook Press, 2010.

March of Dimes. “Pregnancy,” marchofdimes.com/preg nancy.

Mysko, Claire, and M. Amadeï.
Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat? The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby.
Deerfield Beach, FL: HCI, 2009.

Rogers, Judith.
The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth.
New York: Demos Medical Publishing, 2006.

Science & Sensibility: A Research Blog About Healthy Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond, scienceandsensibility.org.

Simkin, Penny, and P. Klaus.
When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women.
Seattle, WA: Classic Day Publishing, 2004.

Simkin, Penny, et al.
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide.
Minnetonka, MN.: Meadowbrook Press, 2010.

TheUnnecesarean.com: Pulling Back the Curtain on the Unnecessary Cesarean Epidemic, theunnecesarean.com.

van der Ziel, Cornelia.
Big, Beautiful, and Pregnant: Expert Advice and Comforting Wisdom for the Expecting Plus-Size Woman.
New York: Da Capo Press, 2006.

The Well-Rounded Mama: wellroundedmama.blogspot.com.

Hale, Thomas W.
Medications and Mothers' Milk.
14th ed. Amarillo, TX.: Hale Publishing, 2010.

Huggins, Kathleen.
The Nursing Mother's Companion.
6th ed. Boston: Harvard Common Press, 2010.

Kabat-Zinn, Myla and Jon.
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting.
New York: Hyperion, 1997.

Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen.
The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood: Coping with Stress, Depression, and Burnout.
2nd ed. Amarillo, TX: Pharmasoft Publishing, 2005.

La Leche League International: llli.org.

Lim, Robin.
After the Baby's Birth: A Woman's Way to Wellness: A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women.
Rev. ed. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2004.

MomsRising.org: momsrising.org.

Placksin, Sally.
Mothering the New Mother: Women's Feelings and Needs After Childbirth, A Support and Resource Guide.
2nd ed. New York: Newmarket Press, 2000.

Postpartum Support International: postpartum.net.

Smith, Linda.
Impact of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding.
2nd ed. Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2009.

Douglas, Ann.
Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss.
Dallas: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2000.

Gross, Jessica Berger.
About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope.
New York: Plume, 2006.

Kohn, Ingrid, and Perry-Lynn Moffitt with Isabelle A. Wilkins.
A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss Guidance and Support for You and Your Family.
2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2000.

Layne, Linda. “Designing a Woman-Centered Health Care Approach to Pregnancy Loss: Lessons from Feminist Models of Childbirth.” In
Reproductive Disruptions: Gender, Technology, and Biopolitics in the New Millennium
, ed. Marcia Inhorn. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2007, pp. 79–97.

———. “Making Memories: Trauma, Choice, and Consumer Culture in the Case of Pregnancy Loss.” In
Consuming Motherhood
, eds. Janelle Taylor, Linda Layne, and Danielle Wozniak. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003.

———.
Motherhood Lost: A Feminist Account of Pregnancy Loss in America.
New York: Routledge, 2003.

McCracken, Elizabeth.
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir.
New York: Little, Brown, 2008.

The Broken Brown Egg: African American Infertility & Reproductive Health Awareness, thebrokenbrownegg.org.

Crockin, Susan L., and Howard W. Jones, Jr.
Legal Conceptions: The Evolving Law and Policy of Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Eggsploitation:
eggsploitation.com.

Ehrensaft, Diane.
Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families.
New York: Guilford Press, 2005.

Ford, Melissa.
Navigating the Land of IF: Understanding Infertility and Exploring Your Options.
Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2009.

The InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination: inciid.org.

Orenstein, Peggy.
Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother.
New York: Bloomsbury, 2007.

Spar, Debora L.
The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006.

Sterling, Evelina Weidman, and Ellen Sarasohn Glazer.
Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation.
Indianapolis: Perspective Press, 2005.

Tsigdinos, Pamela Mahoney.
Silent Sorority: A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found.
BookSurge Publishing, 2009.

Vercollone, Carol Frost, Heidi Moss, and Robert Moss.
Helping the Stork: The Choices and Challenges of Donor Insemination.
New York: Wiley, 1997.

Baxter, Susan, and Jerilynn C. Prior.
Estrogen Errors: Why Progesterone Is Better for Women's Health.
Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009.

Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Edelman, Julia Schlam.
Menopause Matters.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Kagan, Leslee, Herbert Benson, and Bruce Kessel.
Mind Over Menopause: The Complete Mind/Body Approach to Menopause.
New York: Free Press, 2004.

Manson, JoAnn E., and S. Shari Bassuk.
Hot Flashes, Hormones and Your Health: Breakthrough Findings to Help You Sail Through Menopause.
Ohio: McGraw Hill, 2008.

Nelson, Miriam, and Sarah Wernick.
Strong Women, Strong Bones.
New York: Perigee, 2006.

Porter, Gayle K., and Marilyn Gaston.
Prime Time: The African American Woman's Complete Guide to Midlife Health and Wellness.
New York: Random House Ballantine, 2001.

Prior, Jerilynn.
Estrogen's Storm Season: Stories of Perimenopause.
Vancouver, BC: Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, 2005.

Seaman, Barbara.
The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.

Sterling, Evelina W., and Angie Best-Boss.
Before Your Time: The Early Menopause Survival Guide.
New York: Fireside, 2010.

Bateson, Mary Catherine.
Composing a Fuller Life: The Age of Active Wisdom.
New York: Knopf, 2010.

Butler, Robert N.
The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Longer Life.
New York: Public Affairs, 2008.

Cruikshank, Margaret.
Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.

Foley, Sallyie.
Sex and Love for Grown-ups: A No-nonsense Guide to a Life of Passion.
New York: Sterling Publishing, 2005.

Goldman, Connie.
Who Am I … Now That I'm Not Who I Was?
Minneapolis: Nodin Press, 2009.

Guillette, Margaret Morganroth.
Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Horn, Janet, and Robin H. Miller.
The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife and Beyond.
Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2008.

Kliger, Leah, and Deborah Nedelman.
Still Sexy After All These Years? The 9 Unspoken Truths About Women's Desire Beyond 50.
New York: Penguin, 2006.

Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE). “Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults,” March 2010, lgbtmap.org/improving-the-lives-of-lgbt-older-adults-at-national-aging-in-america-conference.

Roszak, Theodore.
The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future of America's Most Audacious Generation.
Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers, 2009.

Ballweg, Mary Lou.
Endometriosis: The Complete Reference to Taking Charge of Your Health.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Breast Cancer Action: bcaction.org.

Carlson, Karen J., et al.
The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.

Cooper, Raymond, and Fredi Kronenberg, eds.
Botanical Medicine: From Bench to Bedside.
New Rochelle, NY: Mary Ann Liebert Publications, 2009.

Love, Susan M., and Karen Lindsey.
Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book.
5th ed. New York: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2010.

The National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services: womenshealth.gov.

National Women's Health Network: nwhn.org.

Parker, William H.
A Gynecologist's Second Opinion: The Questions and Answers You Need to Take Charge of Your Health.
New York: Penguin/Plume, 2002.

Stewart, Elizabeth G., and Paula Spence.
The V Book: A Doctor's Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health.
New York: Bantam, 2002.

Abramson, John.
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine.
New York: HarperCollins, 2008.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Improve Your Healthcare, ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer.

Annas, George J.
The Rights of Patients: The Basic ACLU Guide to Patient Rights.
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.

Center on Medical Rights and Privacy at Georgetown University Health Policy Institute: medicalrecordrightsgeorge town.edu/records.html.

Greenhalgh, Trisha.
How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine.
4th ed. West Sussex, UK: BMJ Books, June 2010.

HealthCare.gov: information about health reform and finding health insurance and health care.

Institute of Medicine.
Health Literacy—A Prescription to End Confusion.
Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2004.