Rotem’s Recommended Books & Authors

This is by no means a complete list of the resources that helped and continue to help me throughout my journey as a woman and a mother.

Nutrition
– Deep Nutrition by Catherine Shanahan, MD
– Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE
– Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers, RD and Robb Wolf
– Nourished Beginnings Baby Food by Renee Kohley
– Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

Pregnancy
– Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Penny Simkin
– The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
– Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
– Nurture by Erica Chidi Cohen
– Expecting Better by Emily Oster

Breastfeeding
– The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International
– The Nursing Mother’s Companion by Kathleen Huggins, RN, MS
– Unlatched by Jennifer Grayson
– The Big Letdown by Kimberly Seals Allers

Parenting
– The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp, MD
– Cribsheet by Emily Oster
– The Attachment Parenting Book by William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN
– The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
– The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Seigel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD
– Bringing up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman

Marriage
– The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman, PhD
– And Baby Makes Three by John M. Gottman, PhD and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD
– The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
– The Miracle Morning for Couples by Hal Elrod and Lance & Brandy Salazar

Recommended Authors and Practitioners to follow:
– Anthony Chaffee, MD – neurosurgeon
– Aviva Jill Romm, MD – midwife & herbalist
– Diana Rodgers, RD – “real food” nutritionist
– Jason Fung, MD – nephrologist
– Judy Cho, NTP – holistic nutritionist
– Ken Berry, MD – family physician
– Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE – “real food” nutritionist with a focus on pregnancy and gestational diabetes
– Neisha Salas-Berry, RN, LC – health coach
– Robert Cywes, MD, PhD – bariatric & pediatric surgeon
– Robert Kiltz, MD – OB/GYN & fertility specialist
– Robert Lustig, MD, MSL – pediatric endocrinologist
– William Sears, MD – pediatrician