Holy Expensive Books!

Since I have been getting paid for some of the writing I have been doing lately, I decided I would start looking into the “recommended” reading for the Passion for Birth workshop I am planning to take in July. I want to be as prepared as I can be, on top of being able to closely work on my certification once completing the course. I know it is going to be a long road from here to actually teaching but the more time I put into it, or background information and education I can get, the easier it will be once the time comes.

So this morning I took a stroll over to the Passion for Birth website to see what they had listed for recommended reading, and head over to Amazon to order a couple of the books. A couple turned into ordering one, The Official Lamaze Guide : Giving Birth with Confidence by Judy Lothian.

I love amazon for the reason that they are decently priced. Except when it comes to some of the more rare books. Unfortunately for me, the other book I was looking for, Prepared Childbirth by Debby Amis is completely unavailable everywhere I look. The Lamaze site doesn’t have it, Amazon doesn’t have it. It is a ghost book!

I am going to try and talk to a couple local friends, as well as check out the local Thrift Store that has a kick ass book section, I have found all kinds of awesome books there from The Bradley Guide to Baby Sign Language. I am sure my husband isn’t happy about the growing collection, but when the books are only $1 and if you buy 4 books, you get the 5th free, you just cannot go wrong!

Now that I have ordered my first real book and taken the first step towards really becoming an official Lamaze educated childbirth educator, I am beyond excited!  Something I have always wanted to do is starting to really take form.

Now my next step is to find a local childbirth class to sit in on, and start working towards the goals I want to be finished with before the workshop in July :

1. Read The Official Lamaze Guide
2. Find and real Prepared Childbirth
3. Sit in on at least one childbirth education series.
4. Read The Birth Partner (again)
5. Save up some extra money for the more expensive books recommended to read like Evidence-based Care for Normal Labour and Birth, and Childbirth Education : Practice, Research, and Theory.

I have a long road ahead of me but in the end, it will totally be worth all the effort to do exactly what I want, and what I love!

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