Books to Support Parents and Partners on the Postpartum Journey
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This selection of books can help with many common feelings and emotions that parents and partners might feel before and after a new baby is born.
- Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers – Karen Kleiman
- Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression –Shoshana S. Bennett
- Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts – Martin N. Seif & Sally M. Winston
- Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts – Amy Wenzel and Karen Kleiman
- Life Will Never Be The Same: The Real Mom’s Postpartum Survival Guide – Ann Dunnewold and Diane G. Sanford
- The Postpartum Husband – Karen Kleiman
- Sad Dad: An Exploration of Postnatal Depression in Fathers – Olivia Spencer
- Daddy Blues: Postnatal Depression and Fatherhood – Mark Williams
- What About Dad? Understanding and Addressing Postpartum Depression in Men – Luis Resendez
- Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips, and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples – Eric Rosswood
- And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families – Susan Goldberg and Chloe Brushwood Rose
- How We Do Family: From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, and What We Learned About Love and LGBTQ+ Parenthood – Trystan Reese
- Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All – Harlyn Aizley