Full Circle Postpartum Doula
Certification Booklist

The following is the complete booklist required for certification. 4 books are required in total (one from each section). All book reports must be turned in 6 months from your training date and extensions are given on an individual basis.  You must write a book report for each book including a couple paragraphs about your biggest takeaway from that book. Once finished please email all reports in one email.All books are available for purchase here and all kickbacks we get when you shop through our affiliate page will support student scholarships.

Breastfeeding

  • The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers: The Most Comprehensive Problem-Solution Guide to Breastfeeding from the Foremost Expert in North America - Jack Newman 

  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding - La Leche League International 

  • Breastfeeding. – Suzanne Arms, Chloe Renfew 

  • The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding: The Definitive Guide to Nursing for African American Mothers by Katherine Barber 

  • Breastfeeding Special Care Babies - Sandra Lang 

  • The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing 

  • Your Child from Birth Through Weaning - William and Martha Sears 

  • The Complete Book of Breastfeeding - Marvin S. Eiger, Sally Wendkos Olds 

  • Latch: A Handbook for Breastfeeding with Confidence at Every Stage Robin Kaplan M Ed IBCLC 

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett PhD IBCLC 

  • The Nursing Mother's Companion - Kathleen Huggins 

  • Nursing Mother, Working Mother: The Essential Guide for Breastfeeding and Staying Close to Your Baby After You Return to Work - Gale Pryor 

  • Work. Pump. Repeat.: The New Mom's Survival Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work Jessica Shortall 

  • The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk: Foreword by Martha Sears, RN, Diana West, and Lisa Marasco

Cesarean Birth 

  • The Cesarean - Michel Odent 

  • Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and VBAC in the 90s (Critical Studies in Education & Culture) - Nancy Wainer Cohen 

  • The VBAC Companion: The Expectant Mother's Guide to Vaginal Birth After Cesarean - Diana Korte 

  • Give Birth a Chance: How to Prepare for an Empowered VBAC by Ilia Blandina CNM 

  • Vaginal Birth after Cesarean: The Smart Woman's Guide to VBAC - Elizabeth Kaufmann 

  • Birth after Cesarean: The Medical Facts - Dr. Bruce Flamm 

  • Natural Birth after Cesarean: A Practical Guide - Johanne C. Walters, Karis Crawford 

  • Second Chance: A Mother's Quest for a Natural Birth after a Cesarean Thais Nye Derich 

  • Cut, Stapled, and Mended: When One Woman Reclaimed Her Body and Gave Birth on Her Own Terms After Cesarean Roanna Rosewood 

Special Circumstances 

  • When Hello Means Goodbye: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Dies Before Birth, at Birth, or Shortly After Birth – Pat Schwiebert

  • Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a 

  • Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy - Pam Vredevelt 

  • Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic - Martha Beck 

  • Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey - Mitchell Zuckoff 

  • Ended Beginnings - Claudia Panuthos 

  • The Bereaved Parent - Harriet Sarnoff Schiff 

  • Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing - Thomas R. Golden 

  • Preventing Miscarriage: The Good News by Jonathan Scher 

  • Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the Heart by Marie Allen 

  • We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert 

  • Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage by Jon Cohen

  • The High-Risk Pregnancy Sourcebook by Denise M. Chism 

Postpartum

  • The Postnatal Depletion Cure- Oscar Serrallach

  • The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou 

  • The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson

If you have any questions, please contact us.

Sarah & Jess