Lending Library

Available for Hire

• Elle TENS machine ($50 hire fee and $100 fully refundable bond. Pads to be bought/hired separately).
• Made in Water La Bassine Birth Pool Essential Kit. COMING SOON!

Birthing equipment

• Birth Balls (sizes may vary)
• Birth Matts (made for you at your request and expense)
• Rebozo (this item is sacred and is part of my birth kit only, to support birth doula clients with, during their labour)

DVDs

Books

Blessing Ways

• The Blessingway; Creating a beautiful Blessingway ceremony -  Veronika Sophia Robinson
• Blessingways; A Guide to Mother-Centred Baby Showers - Shari Maser

Pregnancy and Birth

• A Mindful Pregnancy. The best start for you and your baby begins with your mind. Andy Puddicombe
• Am I Allowed? - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Birth after Caesarean - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Birth Over 35 - Sheila Kitzinger
• Birth Without Fear -  January Harshe
• Birthing Your Baby - Second Stage. - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Birthing Your Placenta, The Third Stage - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Breech Birth - What are my options? - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Caesarean Birth - Your Questions Answered - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Birthing from Within; An extra-ordinary guide to childbirth preparation - Pam England Rob Horowitz
• Birth Matters; A midwife’s manifesta - Ina May Gaskin
• Birth Skills; Proven pain-management techniques for your labour and birth - Juju Sundin
• Blooming Gorgeous; Wellbeing and beauty during pregnancy - Jo Glanville-Blackburn
• Childbirth Without Fear – Grantly Dick-Read
• Dynamic Positions in Birth - Margaret Jowitt
• Fearless Birthing - Alexia Leachman
• Gentle birth, gentle mothering; A Doctor’s guide to natural childbirth and gentle early parenting choices - Sarah J. Buckley, MD.
• Give Birth Like a Feminist - Milli Hill
• Group B Strep Explained - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Home Birth; A Practical guide - Nicky Wesson
• How to Grow A Baby and Push it Out -  Clemmie Hooper
• I'm not fat, I'm Pregnant! - Jaquie Brown
• In Your Own Time: How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop - Dr Sara Wickham (coming soon)
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth - Ina May Gaskin
• Inducing Labour: Making Informed Decisions - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Inducing Labour: Making Informed Decisions - Dr Sara Wickham
• Informed is Best - Amy Brown
• Misconceptions - Naomi Wolf
• Primal Health - Michel Odent
• Reclaiming Childbirth As a Rite of Passage - Rachel Reed
• Roar Behind The Silence - Sheena Byrom and Soo Downe
• Safety in Childbirth - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Spiritual Midwifery - Ina May Gaskin  VOLUME 1 OF 2 ALSO AVAILABLE IN EASY READ LARGE PRINT 16 PT. VERDANA
• The new Pregnancy and Childbirth; choices and challenges - Sheila Kitzinger
• The New Zealand Pregnancy Book - Sue Pollun and Cheryl Benn
• The Pregnancy Question and Answer book - Dr Christopher Lees, Dr Karina Reynolds and Grainne McCartan
• The Positive Birth Book; A new approach to pregnancy, birth and the early weeks - Milli Hill
• The Secrets of Birth - Kicki Hansard
• Up The Duff - Kaz Cooke
• What's Right for Me? - Dr Sara Wichkam
• Where the Heart Is. Stories of Home Births in New Zealana - Carla Sargent
• Why Human Rights in Childbirth Matter - Rebecca Schiller
• Vitamin K and the Newborn - Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (UK)
• Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan - A revolutionary guide to pregnancy, birth and the weeks that follow - Rebecca Schiller

Multiples

• Twins & Mulitple Births - Dr Carol Cooper, in association with Tamba

Healing

• Baby Gone. True NZ stories of infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss - Jenny Douche
• How to Heal a Bad Birth: Making Sense, Making Peace and Moving on - Debby A. Gould and Melissa J Bruijn
• The Adoption Reader - Susan Wadia - Ells

Hypnobirthing

• Mindful Hypnobirthing - Sophie Fletcher
• HypnoBirthing; The Mongan Method - Marie Mongan (includes audio CD)
• The Calm Birth Method - Suzy Ashworth
• The Hypnobirthing Book – Katharine Graves (for parents who do the KGH course)
• Positive Birth In New Zealand using Relaxation, Hypnobirthing, Mindfulness - Helen Bartrom
• Why Hypnobirthing Matters - Katrina Berry
• Your baby, Your birth - Hollie de Cruz

Dads, Partners or Birth Partners

• Deliver! A concise guide to helping the woman you love through labour - Julie Dubrouillet and Simon Firth
• Men, Love and Birth - Mark Harris
• The Birth Partner; A complete guide to childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and all other labour companions - Penny Simkin
• Whoosh! A Little Book for Birth Companions - Katie Brooke

Survivors of Abuse

• When Survivors Give Birth - Penny Simkin
• Supporting Survivors of Sexual Abuse - Kick Hansard (coming soon and aimed at birth workers)

LGBTQIA

• The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians - Rachel Pepper
• Becoming Dads: A Gay Couple's Journey to Adoption - Pablo Fernández​
• Where's The Mother? Stories from a Transgender Dad - Trevor MacDonald
• Supporting Queer Birth: A Book for Birth Professionals and Parents - A J Silver (coming May 2022)

Siblings

• Hello Baby - Jenni Overend
• There's A House Inside My Mummy - Giles Andreae
• My New Baby - Child Play (International) Ltd

Infant feeding

• Bestfeeding - Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms
• The natural way to better breastfeeding - Francis Naish and Janette Roberts
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding - La Leche Leaugue International
• Mothering; Your Nursing Toddler - Norma Jane Bumgarner
• Off to a good start; all you need to know about breastfeeding your baby - NHS Scotland
• An Introduction to Biological Nurturing  - Suzanne Colson

Doulas

• Gentle Birth Companions; Doulas serving humanity - Adela Stockton
• Mothering the Mother; How a Doula can help you have a shorter, easier, and healthier birth - Marshall Klaus, John Kennell, and Phyliss Klaus
• Why Doulas Matter - Maddie McMahon

Perinatal Mental Health

• Why Perinatal Depression Matters - Mia Scotland
• Mothers Cry Too - Dr Sara Weeks
• Are you OK? Really? - A resource about perinatal mental health for Care providers by PADA (Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Aotearoa)

Physical Health

• Pilates for Pregnancy; gentle and effective techniques for before and after birth – Anna Selby
• Relieving Pelvic Pain; during and after pregnancy – Cecile Rost

Complementary Therapies

• The Women’s guide to Homeopathy; The natural way to a healthier life for women - Dr Andrew Lockie and Dr Nicola Geddes
• Meditations for New Mothers. 1992 - Beth Wilson Saavedra.
• Aromatherapy; a guide for home use - Christine Westwood.
• Introducing Aromatherapy - Margrit Bachman

Parenting

• The Baby Book - Everything you Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two - William Sears et al
• The Baby Detective - Sienna Miller
• The Disconnected Little Baby Book - Dr Pamela Douglas
• You Simply Can't Spoil a Newborn - Dorothy Waide
• Kidwrangling - Kaz Cooke
• Mothering from your Centre - Tami Lynn Kent
• The Attachment Parenting Book - William and Martha Sears
• The New Contended Little Baby book - Gina Ford
• The Idle Parent - Tom Hodgkinson
• The No-Cry sleep Solution - Elizabeth Pantley
• The Unmumsy Mum A - Z - Sarah Turner
• The Whole Brain Child - Dr Daniel Seigel and Dr Tina Payne Bryson
• Their Name is Today, Reclaiming Childhood in a Hostile World - Johann Christoph Arnold