🏥 Medicalized Birth

Books exploring how childbirth shifted from a communal, midwife-attended event to a hospital procedure governed by monitors, interventions, and institutional protocols.

The Business of Baby

by Jennifer Margulis • 2013

The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.

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317

🏥 Maternity Care 💰 Corporate Medicine 📊 Evidence-Based Birth 🌿 Natural Childbirth ✊ Birth Advocacy

The Business of Baby 93%

The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.

by Jennifer Margulis 2013

3.66

317 ratings

🏥 Maternity Care 💰 Corporate Medicine 📊 Evidence-Based Birth 🌿 Natural Childbirth ✊ Birth Advocacy

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

by Ina May Gaskin • 2003

What if childbirth pain isn't what you think? A guide to trusting your body's design.

4.35

34k+

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🧑‍🍼 Midwifery 🧘‍♀️ Mind-Body Birth 🔬 Evidence-Based Birth 🏠 Birth Environment

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth 91%

What if childbirth pain isn't what you think? A guide to trusting your body's design.

by Ina May Gaskin 2003

4.35

34k+ ratings

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🧑‍🍼 Midwifery 🧘‍♀️ Mind-Body Birth 🔬 Evidence-Based Birth 🏠 Birth Environment

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering

by Sarah J. Buckley • 2005

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

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1k+

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent 🍼 Breastfeeding Advocacy 🏠 Home Birth

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering 91%

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

by Sarah J. Buckley 2005

3.98

1k+ ratings

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent 🍼 Breastfeeding Advocacy 🏠 Home Birth

Childbirth without Fear

by Grantly Dick-Read • 1959

Birth pain is not biological. Fear tenses muscles against themselves; relaxation breaks the cycle.

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2k+

🏥 Natural Childbirth 🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Natural Birth Movement 👨‍👩‍👧 Expectant Parents

Childbirth without Fear 91%

Birth pain is not biological. Fear tenses muscles against themselves; relaxation breaks the cycle.

by Grantly Dick-Read 1959

3.91

2k+ ratings

🏥 Natural Childbirth 🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Natural Birth Movement 👨‍👩‍👧 Expectant Parents

High Risk

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

4.39

803

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

High Risk 91%

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020

4.39

803 ratings

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

The Birth Partner

by Penny Simkin • 1989

Labor's rhythm, the right questions, surviving the first weeks: a partner's guide to birth.

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8k+

🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🤝 Birth Support 🗣️ Birth Advocacy 💆 Pain Management 🛌 Postpartum Care

The Birth Partner 91%

Labor's rhythm, the right questions, surviving the first weeks: a partner's guide to birth.

by Penny Simkin 1989

4.32

8k+ ratings

🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🤝 Birth Support 🗣️ Birth Advocacy 💆 Pain Management 🛌 Postpartum Care

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn

by Penny Simkin • 1984

Your pregnancy, your decisions. Tools, evidence, and comfort techniques for a birth you can trust.

4.20

3k+

📖 Pregnancy Guide 🤰 Childbirth Education 🍼 Newborn Care 📋 Informed Birth Choices 💉 Labor Pain Management

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Summary

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn 90%

Your pregnancy, your decisions. Tools, evidence, and comfort techniques for a birth you can trust.

by Penny Simkin 1984

4.20

3k+ ratings

📖 Pregnancy Guide 🤰 Childbirth Education 🍼 Newborn Care 📋 Informed Birth Choices 💉 Labor Pain Management

C'est ma grossesse

by Anna Roy • 2022

Pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum years: a midwife gives you the facts, then you decide.

4.66

119

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 👶 New Motherhood ✋ Informed Consent 🏥 Birth Preparation 🌙 Postpartum Recovery

C'est ma grossesse 90%

Pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum years: a midwife gives you the facts, then you decide.

by Anna Roy 2022

4.66

119 ratings

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 👶 New Motherhood ✋ Informed Consent 🏥 Birth Preparation 🌙 Postpartum Recovery

I'm Sorry for My Loss

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long • 2024

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

4.34

4k+

💔 Pregnancy Loss ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 📜 Pregnancy History 🫀 Body Politics 🕯️ Grief Rituals

I'm Sorry for My Loss 89%

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long 2024

4.34

4k+ ratings

💔 Pregnancy Loss ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 📜 Pregnancy History 🫀 Body Politics 🕯️ Grief Rituals

Breaking the Taboo

by Theo Clarke • 2025

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

4.25

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Breaking the Taboo 89%

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

by Theo Clarke 2025

4.25

16 ratings

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Expecting Better

by Emily Oster • 2013

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

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56k+

🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

Expecting Better 89%

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

by Emily Oster 2013

4.29

56k+ ratings

🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

Better

by Atul Gawande • 2007

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

4.25

37k+

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Better 89%

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

by Atul Gawande 2007

4.25

37k+ ratings

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Birth Without Fear

by January Harshe • 2019

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

3.57

2k+

🏠 Postpartum Care ✊ Birth Advocacy 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 💖 Body Positivity 🌿 Self-Care Practices

Birth Without Fear 89%

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

by January Harshe 2019

3.57

2k+ ratings

🏠 Postpartum Care ✊ Birth Advocacy 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 💖 Body Positivity 🌿 Self-Care Practices

Limits to Medicine

by Ivan Illich • 1974

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

4.04

612

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Limits to Medicine 88%

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

by Ivan Illich 1974

4.04

612 ratings

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

For Her Own Good

by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

3.96

3k+

📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

For Her Own Good 88%

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976

3.96

3k+ ratings

📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored 88%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Little Miss Diagnosed

by Erin Nance • 2025

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

4.22

364

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🚫 Sexism In Healthcare

Little Miss Diagnosed 88%

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

by Erin Nance 2025

4.22

364 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🚫 Sexism In Healthcare

Pregnancy Notes

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2017

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

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1k+

🍎 Pregnancy Nutrition 🥘 Traditional Nutrition 🌿 Seasonal Eating 🦠 Gut Health 🤸‍♀️ Prenatal Exercise

Pregnancy Notes 88%

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2017

4.09

1k+ ratings

🍎 Pregnancy Nutrition 🥘 Traditional Nutrition 🌿 Seasonal Eating 🦠 Gut Health 🤸‍♀️ Prenatal Exercise

Medical Apartheid

by Harriet A. Washington • 2007

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

4.43

10k+

🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌸 Reproductive Justice

Medical Apartheid 88%

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

by Harriet A. Washington 2007

4.43

10k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌸 Reproductive Justice

Dr Cuterus

by Tanaya Narendra • 2022

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

4.47

496

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

Dr Cuterus 88%

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

by Tanaya Narendra 2022

4.47

496 ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

The Making of You

by Katharina Vestre • 2018

You had a tail, gill slits, and could taste your mother's meal months before birth.

4.12

882

🧬 Prenatal Development 🔬 Embryology 🤰 Pregnancy And Birth 👂 Prenatal Senses 🐟 Evo-Devo

The Making of You 88%

You had a tail, gill slits, and could taste your mother's meal months before birth.

by Katharina Vestre 2018

4.12

882 ratings

🧬 Prenatal Development 🔬 Embryology 🤰 Pregnancy And Birth 👂 Prenatal Senses 🐟 Evo-Devo

The Good Doctor

by Barron H. Lerner • 2014

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

3.86

189

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism 🗣️ Patient Autonomy 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

The Good Doctor 88%

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

by Barron H. Lerner 2014

3.86

189 ratings

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism 🗣️ Patient Autonomy 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

All in Her Head

by Elizabeth Comen • 2024

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

4.29

16k+

🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

All in Her Head 88%

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

by Elizabeth Comen 2024

4.29

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful

by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa • 2003

Tap intuition, breath, and community for a sacred pregnancy and birth with Kundalini yoga.

4.27

496

🧘 Prenatal Yoga 🌬️ Conscious Birthing 🙏 Spiritual Pregnancy 🕉️ Kundalini Yoga 🤱 Postpartum Healing

Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful 88%

Tap intuition, breath, and community for a sacred pregnancy and birth with Kundalini yoga.

by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa 2003

4.27

496 ratings

🧘 Prenatal Yoga 🌬️ Conscious Birthing 🙏 Spiritual Pregnancy 🕉️ Kundalini Yoga 🤱 Postpartum Healing

Do No Harm

by Henry Marsh • 2014

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

4.25

43k+

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes 🤝 Doctor-Patient Bond 🕯️ End Of Life Care

Do No Harm 88%

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

by Henry Marsh 2014

4.25

43k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes 🤝 Doctor-Patient Bond 🕯️ End Of Life Care

Medical Gaslighting

by Ilana Jacqueline • 2024

How to prepare, keep cool, and fight back when doctors dismiss your pain.

4.39

133

🩺 Women's Health ⚖️ Medical Bias 📢 Self-Advocacy 💊 Pain Management 🧠 Trauma Recovery

Medical Gaslighting 88%

How to prepare, keep cool, and fight back when doctors dismiss your pain.

by Ilana Jacqueline 2024

4.39

133 ratings

🩺 Women's Health ⚖️ Medical Bias 📢 Self-Advocacy 💊 Pain Management 🧠 Trauma Recovery

The Shift

by Theresa Brown • 2015

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

3.87

8k+

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🫂 Bedside Care

The Shift 88%

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

by Theresa Brown 2015

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🫂 Bedside Care

Mom Genes

by Abigail Tucker • 2021

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

3.81

1k+

🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🌍 Cultural Anthropology

Mom Genes 88%

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

by Abigail Tucker 2021

3.81

1k+ ratings

🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🌍 Cultural Anthropology

Vax Facts

by Paul Thomas • 2024

A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.

4.62

286

🧪 Vaccine Safety 👶 Pediatric Health ⚖️ Informed Consent 🌿 Natural Immunity 🩺 Vaccine Injury

Vax Facts 87%

A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.

by Paul Thomas 2024

4.62

286 ratings

🧪 Vaccine Safety 👶 Pediatric Health ⚖️ Informed Consent 🌿 Natural Immunity 🩺 Vaccine Injury

Rock-a-by Baby

by Verta Taylor • 1996

How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.

3.67

🚩 Social Movements 🎓 Women's Studies 🤱 Postpartum Depression 🩺 Medicalization 👥 Self-Help Groups

Rock-a-by Baby 87%

How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.

by Verta Taylor 1996

3.67

9 ratings

🚩 Social Movements 🎓 Women's Studies 🤱 Postpartum Depression 🩺 Medicalization 👥 Self-Help Groups

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

by Rachel Pepper • 1999

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

3.72

179

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians Summary

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians 87%

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

by Rachel Pepper 1999

3.72

179 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

It's Not Hysteria

by Karen Tang • 2024

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

4.12

11k+

🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting 😣 Chronic Pelvic Pain 🧪 Hormone Health

It's Not Hysteria 87%

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

by Karen Tang 2024

4.12

11k+ ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting 😣 Chronic Pelvic Pain 🧪 Hormone Health

Touched Out

by Amanda Montei • 2023

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

4.18

425

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

Touched Out 87%

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

by Amanda Montei 2023

4.18

425 ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

4.28

53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Complications 87%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

4.29

2k+

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

Unaccountable 87%

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

by Marty Makary 2012

4.29

2k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

It Starts with the Egg

by Rebecca Fett • 2014

The 90 days before ovulation decide egg quality. The exact supplements and rules that improve it.

4.31

7k+

🩺 Reproductive Health 🔬 Evidence-Based Fertility 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 💊 Supplement Protocols ⚡ Mitochondrial Support

It Starts with the Egg 87%

The 90 days before ovulation decide egg quality. The exact supplements and rules that improve it.

by Rebecca Fett 2014

4.31

7k+ ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🔬 Evidence-Based Fertility 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 💊 Supplement Protocols ⚡ Mitochondrial Support

Deep Medicine

by Eric J. Topol • 2019

AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.

4.01

3k+

🤖 Medical Ai 🖥️ Digital Health 🏥 Healthcare Reform 🧬 Personalized Medicine 📊 Data-Driven Medicine

Deep Medicine 87%

AI reads scans better than radiologists. The surprise: your doctor finally has time to listen.

by Eric J. Topol 2019

4.01

3k+ ratings

🤖 Medical Ai 🖥️ Digital Health 🏥 Healthcare Reform 🧬 Personalized Medicine 📊 Data-Driven Medicine

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 87%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Feng Shui Mommy

by Bailey Gaddis • 2017

Feng shui pregnancy: the energy shifts that turn your home into a birth sanctuary.

4.08

181

🌸 Holistic Pregnancy 🏮 Feng Shui 🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🧘‍♀️ Intuitive Parenting 🥗 Pregnancy Nutrition

Feng Shui Mommy 87%

Feng shui pregnancy: the energy shifts that turn your home into a birth sanctuary.

by Bailey Gaddis 2017

4.08

181 ratings

🌸 Holistic Pregnancy 🏮 Feng Shui 🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🧘‍♀️ Intuitive Parenting 🥗 Pregnancy Nutrition

The Gynae Geek

by Anita Mitra • 2019

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

4.45

556

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

The Gynae Geek 87%

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

by Anita Mitra 2019

4.45

556 ratings

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

4.14

2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 87%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Bleed

by Tracey Lindeman • 2023

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

4.32

518

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

Bleed 87%

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

by Tracey Lindeman 2023

4.32

518 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny 💥 Chronic Pain 💊 Pharma Influence

The First Six Weeks

by Midwife Cath • 2016

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

3.68

1k+

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building 🤗 Attachment Parenting 🤱 Breastfeeding Support

The First Six Weeks 87%

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

by Midwife Cath 2016

3.68

1k+ ratings

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building 🤗 Attachment Parenting 🤱 Breastfeeding Support

Sexing the Body

by Anne Fausto-Sterling • 2000

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

4.16

3k+

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Biological Essentialism 💉 Medical Ethics

Sexing the Body 87%

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

by Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Biological Essentialism 💉 Medical Ethics

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 87%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant

by Jean M. Twenge • 2012

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

3.93

2k+

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health 📊 Evidence-Based Pregnancy 🩺 Reproductive Health

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant Summary

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant 87%

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

by Jean M. Twenge 2012

3.93

2k+ ratings

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health 📊 Evidence-Based Pregnancy 🩺 Reproductive Health

Delicate Condition

by Danielle Valentine • 2023

After IVF, an actress discovers her pregnancy is being sabotaged by forces that aren't human.

3.63

20k+

🗡️ Feminist Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🏥 Medical Gaslighting 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 👶 Haunted Pregnancy

Delicate Condition 87%

After IVF, an actress discovers her pregnancy is being sabotaged by forces that aren't human.

by Danielle Valentine 2023

3.63

20k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🏥 Medical Gaslighting 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 👶 Haunted Pregnancy

When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

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by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996

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The Birth of the Clinic

by Michel Foucault • 1963

Modern medicine owes less to observation than to a new way of looking at the dead.

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The Birth of the Clinic 87%

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The Vagina Bible

by Jennifer Gunter • 2019

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

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The Vagina Bible 87%

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

by Jennifer Gunter 2019

4.34

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