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Lending Library

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All books listed below are available to Hiermanna clients and Maiden and Mama Circle members. Select the book you’d like to borrow using the checkout form and pick up at the next Maiden and Mama Circle meeting. Hiermanna will reach out to you via email with its availability, your confirmation, and your return date. Happy reading!

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Pregnancy and Childbirth

Listed on an evidence-based to faith-based spectrum

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The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth Henci Goer

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth Spiritual Midwifery Ina May Gaskin

The Birth Partner Penny Simkin

Babies are not Pizzas: They’re Born, Not Delivered Rebecca Dekker

Childbirth Without Fear Grantly Dick-Read

Birthing from Within Pam England and Rob Horowitz

Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom Christiane Northup

Expecting Better Emily Oster

Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage Rachel Reed

The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Childcare Sally Fallon and Thomas Cowan

HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method Marie F. Mongan

Portal: The Art of Choosing Orgasmic, Pain-Free, Blissful Birth Yolande Norris-Clark

Cherishing Childbirth: Preparation for Labor and Delivery Deborah J. Fowler

Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine Jeanne Achterberg

Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing Patrisia Gonzales

Birth in Eight Cultures Melissa Cheney

Holistic Hypnobirthing Anthonissa Moger

HypnoBirthing Siobhan Miller

DreamBirth Catherine Shainberg​​

Family Planning and the Menstrual Cycle​

Family Planning and Cycle Syncing

WomanCode Alisa Vitti

In The Flo Alisa Vitti

Natural Liberty Sage Femme Collective

Please Bleed! Plants and Practical Magic Samantha Zipporah

Menstrual Syndrome and Progesterone Therapy Katharina Dalton

Once a Month Katharina Dalton​​​​

Elimination Communication and Cloth Diapering​

Elimination Communication and Cloth Diapering

Go Diaper Free Andrea Olson

Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene Ingrid Bauer​​

More on Femme, Family, and Lifestyle

The First Forty Days Henry Ou

Women Who Run With Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype Clarissa Pinkola Estes

How Can I Help? Ram Dass and Paul Gorman

The Continuum Concept Jean Liedloff

The Objectivist Theory of Parenting Roslyn Ross

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Weston A. Price

Nutrition for Women Ray Peat (PDF)

The Ray Peat Survival Guide Joey Lott

Nourishing Traditions Sally Fallon

Nourishing Broth Sally Fallon

Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness Broda Barnes

The Stress of Life Broda Barnes

Goddesses in Every Woman Jean Shinoda Bolen

Depression after Childbirth Katharina Dalton

Stress without Distress Broda Barnes

When God was a Woman Merlin Stone

A High Calling: Encouragement for Young Mothers From a Grandmother Erma S. Rissler

Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul Jack Canfield and others

The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson

The Red Book (Philemon) C. G. Jung

Breath James Nestor

Bowling Alone Robert Putnam

Go Tell It On The Mountain James Baldwin

Why We Sleep Matthew Walker

The Body Keeps the Score Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

The Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley

Can’t Hurt Me David Goggins

Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl

The Artist’s Way Julia Cameron

Maiden to Mother: Unlocking Our Archetypal Journey into the Mature Feminine Sarah Durham Wilson

​Assata: An Autobiography Assata Shakur

Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis  Julia Chinyere Oparah et al

I, Phoolan Devi: The Autobiography of India's Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Caroline Criado-Perez

Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Spirit of Community: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Communitarian Agenda Amitai Etzioni

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