19 must-read nonfiction books like Fat Birth: Confident, Strong and Empowered Pregnancy At Any Size by Michelle Mayefske

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Fat Birth: Confident, Strong and Empowered Pregnancy At Any Size

By: Michelle Mayefske

4.40

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

You are worthy of a joyful pregnancy and positive birth at any size! For too long people in bigger …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Fat Birth: Confident, Strong and Empowered Pregnancy At Any Size by Michelle Mayefske , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. What to Expect Before You're Expecting

By: Heidi Murkoff

3.53

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Announcing the prequel. From Heidi Murkoff, author of America's bestselling pregnancy and parenting… read more

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2. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

By: Ina May Gaskin

4.36

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus year… read more

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"It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet."

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

"Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

"It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physic…"

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

"Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nu…"

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

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3. Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

By: Linda Bacon

4.20

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or si… read more

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"Food is a wonderful source of pleasure—but it will get you into trouble if it’s the only source of pleasure you have in your life."

-Linda Bacon, Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

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4. Worth Every Penny: Build a Business That Thrills Your Customers and Still Charge What You're Worth

By: Sarah Petty , Erin Verbeck

4.06

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A revelation for creating a profitable … read more

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5. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

By: Peggy Vincent

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife. Each time she knelt to "catch" anot… read more

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6. The Fire Next Time

By: James Baldwin

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more

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7. The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

By: Amely Greeven , Heng Ou , Marisa Belger

4.13

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The first 40 days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and rec… read more

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8. Mornings in Jenin

By: Susan Abulhawa

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did fo… read more

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9. Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health

By: Toni Weschler

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Celebrating 10 years of helping hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy n… read more

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10. Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

By: Emily Oster

4.15

Format: 130 pages,

What to Expect When You're Expectingmeets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standa… read more

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11. Worth Every Penny: Build a Business That Thrills Your Customers and Still Charge What You're Worth

By: Sarah Petty , Erin Verbeck

3.93

Format: 152 pages,

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12. Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five

By: John Medina

4.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

What's the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a c… read more

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13. Walk Two Moons

By: Sharon Creech

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you… read more

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14. “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

By: Aubrey Gordon

4.33

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the fac… read more

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15. How to Keep House While Drowning

By: K.C. Davis

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revol… read more

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"Shame has never helped anyone's mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

"No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

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16. Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

By: Emily Oster

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With E… read more

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"This idea—that what parents need or want will play a role in choices—can be hard to admit. In a sense, I think this is at the core of a lot of the “Mommy War"

-Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

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17. The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Parents' Guide to Montessori, 2)

By: Simone Davies

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s time to change the way we see babies. Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria… read more

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18. Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body

By: Erica Chidi

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

"What a gift to new and expecting moms. You have no idea the mountain and rollercoaster you're abou… read more

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19. Momma Cusses

By: Gwenna Laithland

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Join the millions of fans who love Momma Cusses, TikTok’s #1 Parenting Unexpert! There are lots … read more

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"My mom raised me the best way she could with the tools she had available. I asked her once if she found being a single mom harder than being a not-single mom. "Just because I was married to your fath…"

-Gwenna Laithland, Momma Cusses

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20. The Curse of the Flores Women

By: Angélica Lopes

4.01

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

In this haunting novel about the enduring bonds of womanhood, a young girl weaves together the trut… read more

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21. The Hanging City

By: Charlie N. Holmberg

3.97

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

For a young woman who wields the power of fear, humanity’s greatest enemy is her only hope in a new… read more

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22. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

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"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

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23. Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

By: Angela Garbes

4.22

Format: 256 pages, ebook

What to read after What to Expect . . . . A badass, feminist, and personal deep-dive into the scie… read more

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"The origins of the placenta can be traced back to a virus."

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

"Her enthusiasm for the organ is contagious. Enough to convince you that the alphabet posters in kindergarten classrooms should declare that "P" is for 'placenta'..."

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

"The foundation of the female pelvis is composed of two hip bones, which come together to form a deep bowl that is filled by the uterus, ovaries, bladder, urethra, vagina, and colon."

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

"Throughout pregnancy, I liked to lie in bed and imagine all the changes happening inside me: cells splitting, fingernails and eyelashes growing, veins spreading, brain and gray matter forming and fol…"

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

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24. Happy Medium

By: Sarah Adler

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property's resident real-life ghos… read more

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25. Give Birth Like a Feminist: Your Body. Your Baby. Your Choices.

By: Milli Hill

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

As featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 LiveSelected as one of the Independent’s 10 best pregnan… read more

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Cover of Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception Through Birth and Beyond by Leslie Schrock

26. Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception Through Birth and Beyond

By: Leslie Schrock

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"A smart, approachable guide packed with practical advice for parents who want a science-backed, in… read more

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Cover of Exiles (Exiles #1) by Ashley Saunders

27. Exiles (Exiles #1)

By: Ashley Saunders

3.51

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

An experiment in survival awaits estranged twin sisters in a thrilling science fiction adventure by… read more

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28. Why Did No One Tell Me This?: The Doulas' (Honest) Guide for Expectant Parents

By: Natalia Hailes

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Full of honest advice and inclusive options, Why Did No One Tell Me This? is the funny, personality… read more

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29. Fat Birth: Confident, Strong and Empowered Pregnancy At Any Size

By: Michelle Mayefske

4.40

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

You are worthy of a joyful pregnancy and positive birth at any size! For too long people in bigger … read more

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Cover of Fat and Fertile: How to get pregnant in a bigger body by Nicola Salmon

30. Fat and Fertile: How to get pregnant in a bigger body

By: Nicola Salmon

3.69

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

If you have been told that you need to lose weight to get pregnant, you’re probably feeling pretty … read more

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31. Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos

By: Caitlin Slavens

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

“But no one told me to expect this …” So many new moms find themselves saying this phrase in the fi… read more

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6 Top adult books like The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Parents' Guide to Montessori, 2) by Simone Davies

Transform Your Habits

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

Ina May Gaskin

4.36

Transform Your Habits

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Arlene Eisenberg , Heidi Murkoff , Sandee Hathaway

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

Abby Craden , Pamela Druckerman

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

Emily Oster

4.14

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