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Books available to Borrow

ICAN of Central Iowa has a library of over 40 books that are available to borrow by request (to icaniowa at yahoo dot com), or at any ICAN meeting. You can view a list of current books by visiting our Chapter's page at LibraryThing. Please take a minute to review our library procedures.

 

Books available for Purchase

ICAN also has several books available for purchase from our Chapter. Books will be shipped by Media Mail. Consider purchasing an ICAN subscription at the same time you purchase your books to take advantage of the "subscriber" discount. You may also purchase books from ICAN International.

Book Title Quantity Desired
Pushed

Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block

$20 for subscribers

$25 for nonsubscribers

Thinking Woman's Guide The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer $10 for subscribers

$15 for nonsubscribers

Giving Birth by Catherine Taylor $10 for subscribers

$13 for nonsubscribers

Cesarean Voices Cesarean Voices $10 for subscribers

$13 for nonsubscribers

 

 

Recommended Reading List

ICAN's Top Ten

  1. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
  2. Birthing from Within : An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England & Rob Horowitz
  3. What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section by Childbirth Connection
  4. Cesarean Voices by ICAN
  5. Silent Knife by Nancy Cohen & Lois Estner
  6. Pushed by Jennifer Block
  7. Born in the USA by Marsden Wagner
  8. Rebounding from Childbirth by Lynn Madsen
  9. The Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Experience - Birth Stories by Parents and Professionals by Lynn Baptisti Richards
  10. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

ICAN's Recommended Reading List

Cesarean/VBAC Reading List

Classics Reading List

Emotional Healing Reading List

Natural Childbirth Reading List

 

 

ICAN of Central Iowa Library Procedures

  • Chapter Librarian will bring some basic cesarean prevention, cesarean recovery, and vbac books to the meeting each month.  (Books with “Meeting” tag.)  Other books can be left at Librarian’s home or rotated so they all come to a meeting at some point.
  • To check out a book, a person can either:
    • Pick one of the books available at a meeting.
    • Put in a request to the librarian ahead of the meeting, and she will be sure that book is available. 
    • Call or email the librarian to pick up a book at her house.
  • Notes
    • Let the librarian know if you are checking out a book, and she will keep track of who has which book.
    • Check out period is one month.
    • Book can be renewed unless book has been reserved by another person.
    • If book is lost, borrower must replace book or pay replacement price.

 

Chapter Librarian: Tisa Johnson, 277-7845  or   mikeandtisa@gmail.com