Below is a partial list of the best pregnancy and baby books, magazines, and journals. This list is by no means comprehensive, so if you read something that is of help to you, it will likely be of help to others -- we urge you to add it to the list!

Books about Pregnancy and Babies

The Complete Pregnancy Book Compilation

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, by Henci Goer.

The Birth Partner, by Penny Simkin.

The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two, by James Sears, Martha Sears, Robert Sears, and William Sears (Little, Brown & Company). The authors provide new parents with their "attachment parenting" approach to every aspect of baby care basics, from newborns to toddlers.

The Father's Almanac: From Pregnancy to Pre-school, Baby Care to Behavior, the Complete and Indispensable Book of Practical Advice and Ideas for Every Man Discovering the Fun and Challenge of Fatherhood, by S. Adams Sullivan (Main Street Books). This bestseller is now revised and updated for a new generation of fathers. This readable, inspiring guide to the world of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers is an indispensable treasury of advice, ideas, and suggestions.

Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, by Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, and Douglas Abrams (McGraw-Hill). Based on 20 years of research, this bestselling parenting guide is revised and updated with new signs to show you how to encourage your baby's use of nonverbal gestures to communicate.

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer, by Harvey Karp (Bantam). Karp, a pediatrician in Santa Monica, Calif., and assistant professor at the School of Medicine, UCLA, offers a new method to calm and soothe crying infants.

Pregnancy Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide, by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, and Ann Keppler (Meadowbrook Press). The authors provide comprehensive and authoritative advice on everything from conception to early infancy.

The Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy, by Vicki Iovine (Pocket Books). Beginning with the "10 Greatest Lies About Pregnancy," author Vicki Iovine provides the kind of down-to-earth advice that is both reassuring and funny.


What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition, by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, and Sandee Hathaway (Workman Publishing). This completely revised and updated edition is packed with answers to hundreds of questions and worries expectant parents may have.

Magazines and Journals about Pregnancy

babytalk: Offers firsthand and professional straight talk to new moms, on subjects ranging from sleep training to toys babies love to answers to rude questions directed at parents of adopted babies.

Pregnancy: Provides useful advice on all things baby, including prenatal care, birth, parenting, labor and delivery, breastfeeding, motherhood, fatherhood, and more.

American Baby: Covers everything from preconception to adoption, pregnancy, babyhood, toddlerhood, and life as a mom.

Fit Pregnancy: Helps mothers learn how to stay healthy and fit before, during, and after pregnancy.

Mothering: The magazine of Natural Family Living