which pregnancy/birth/motherhood books did you love/hate... ina may? spock? leach?

[LadySanders]

i stuck with spock/leach/WTEWYAexpecting with ds1 who's now 6, this time round am hoping for home vbac when ds2 born in feb... reading ina may gaskin (inspiring), janet balsaskas (very dry!!), re-read naomi wolf misconceptions in cathartic effort to go over how it all went wrong last time, also reading 'what mothers do even when it looks like nothing' naomi stadlen at moment as trying to work out if want to take 3 months maternity leave and go back to work or be stay at home mummy as i was with ds1... interested to hear your views on these and other books!

[whomovedmychocolate]

They are all a bit crap if you ask me. You get knowledge through experience and you probably have a lot more knowledge already than any book.

[TheBlonde]

I like the Yehudi Gordon birth and beyond

Tried the Gentle Birth Method but thought quite a lot of it was rubbish