Required Reading List
Certification candidates may choose any five books from the list below. These books may be purchased HERE.
- The CAPPA Labor Doula manual
- The Nurturing Touch at Birth by Paulina Perez
- Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant by Paulina Perez
- Mothering the Mother by Klaus, Klaus, and Kennell
- The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International
- Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities by Henci Goer
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Simkin, Whalley, and Keppler
- A Good Birth, A Safe Birth by Diane Korte and Roberta Scaer
- The Birth Book by William and Martha Sears
- Cesarean Birth and VBAC by Elizabeth Kaufman
- Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper
- The VBAC Companion by Diana Korte
- The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Shelia Kitzinger
- The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
- Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis-Floyd
