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These books have been chosen by parents and health professionals. They provide information and support on looking after your wellbeing in pregnancy and the early years.
You can read these books on your own or talk about them with someone you trust. They are free to borrow from your local library. You may have been 
recommended a Reading Well book by your GP, midwife, health visitor or another professional. The books can be used alongside other support and care.

Some of the recommended books provide information and advice; there are also personal stories, illustrated books and poetry.  

 

 

 

 

The Little Book of New Mum Feelings

by Anna Mathur

 

Mindful New Mum

by Dr Caroline Boyd

 

You the Daddy: The Hands-On Dad's Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Years of Fatherhood

by Giles Alexander

 

 


 

Autistic and Expecting: Practical support for parents-to-be and health and social care practitioners

by Alexis Quinn

 

Having a Baby

by Kathryn Hollins, Tessa Van der Vord, Anne Cox, Milli Miller

 

OMG It's Twins!

by Alison Perry

 

 

Surviving Solo Motherhood

by Emma Cotterill and Amy Rose

 


 

 

 

The Queer Parent: Everything You Need to Know From Gay to Ze

by Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley

 

 

Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood

by Hollie McNish

 

 

Break Free from Maternal Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide for Pregnancy, Birth and the First Postnatal Year

by Fiona Challacombe, Catherine Green and Victoria Bream

 

 

Coping with Birth Trauma and Postnatal Depression

by Lucy Jolin

 

How to Help Someone with Postnatal Depression

by Dr. Jenn Cooper

 

 

Hello Baby, Goodbye Intrusive Thoughts

by Jenny Yip

 

 

My Black Motherhood: Mental Health, Stigma, Racism and the System

by Sandra Igwe

 

 


 

Bonkers: A Real Mum's Hilariously Honest Tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health

by Olivia Siegl

 

 

Why Birth Trauma Matters

by Emma Svanberg

 

 

What Have I Done?: Motherhood, Mental Illness & Me

by Laura Dockrill

 


 

 

Loving You From Here: Stories of Grief, Hope and Growth When a Baby Dies

by SANDS with Susan Clark

 

 

 

The Worst Girl Gang Ever: The ultimate guide to recovery after miscarriage and baby loss with guidance from experts in mindfulness, grief, therapy and relationships

by Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham

 


 

 

How to Help Someone after a Miscarriage

by Jayde Perkin

 

 

No One Talks About This Stuff: Twenty-Two Stories of Almost Parenthood

by Kat Brown ( Editor)