The classics, including the trio that formed the basis of the natural childbirth movement: Spiritual Midwifery, Immaculate Deception, and the Cultural Warping of Childbirth.
- Arms, Suzanne, Immaculate Deception (see also Immaculate Deception II)
- Gaskin, Ina May, Spiritual Midwifery (see also Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth)
- Dick-Read, Grantly, Childbirth Without Fear
- Haire, Doris, The Cultural Warping of Childbirth (an abridged version can be found in John Ehrenreich’s The Cultural Crisis of Modern Medicine)