Books, Apps & Films
APAL’s Directors – who are parents themselves – have complied the following resources to help parents navigate the challenges and complexities of carrying, birthing, and raising a child.
Books
- My Mommy's Not Happy Anymore: A Children's Book to Help Kids Understand Postpartum Depression by Britt LaBoeuf
- The Invisible String by Patrice Karst and Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
- Why is Mommy Crying?: Explaining Early Pregnancy Loss to Young Children by I. Cori Baill, MD and Heather Bell
- A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life is Expected to be Brief by Amy Kuebelbeck and Deborah L. David, MD
- Beyond Childlessness: For Every Woman Who Ever Wanted to Have a Child -- And Didn't by Rachel Black and Louise Scull
- Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.
- Giving Hope: Conversations with Children About Illness, Death, and Loss by Elena Lister, MD
- Healing Your Grieving Heart After Stillbirth by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
- Living With Leo by Mario di Clemente
- Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death by Carol Cirulli Lanham
- The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild
- Unspeakable Losses: Healing from Miscarriage, Abortion, and Other Pregnancy Loss by Kim Kluger-Bell
- Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility by Janet Jaffe, David Diamond, and Martha Diamond
- Waiting with Gabriel: A Story of Cherishing a Baby's Brief Life by Amy Kuebelbeck
- Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage Into Motherhood by Molly Caro May
- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.
- The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions, and Compulsions by Kevin Gyoerkoe Psy.D. ACT, Pamela Wiegartz Ph.D. ACT, Laura Miller MD
- Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow by Lenore Skenazy
- Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Becky Kennedy, MD
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 by Joanna Faber and Julie King
- Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff
- It's Never Too Late to Sleep Train: The Low-Stress Way to High-Quality Sleep for Babies, Kids, and Parents by Craig Canapari, MD
- Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year by Cassandra Vieten
- No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame by Janet Lansbury
- No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, MD
- Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell
- Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE
- ScreamFree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Runkel, LMFT
- The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
- The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection by Brené Brown
- The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them by Elaine M. Aron, Ph.D.
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
- Adventures with Postpartum Depression by Courtney Novak
- Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho
- This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman
- Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster
- Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts: Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Parenthood by Karen Kleiman, Amy Wenzel, Hilary Waller, and Abby Adler Mandel
- Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong -- And What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
- Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Karen Kleiman
- The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby by Lauren Smith Brody
- The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson
- The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp, MD
- The Wonder Weeks: A Stress-Free Guide to Your Baby's Behavior by Hetty van de Rijt, Ph.D., Frans Plooij, Ph.D., and Xaviera Plas-Plooij
- What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood by Alexandra Sacks, MD and Catherine Birndorf, MD
- Your Pregnancy and Childbirth: Month to Month by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky
- How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn
- Secure Love: Create a Relationship that Lasts a Lifetime by Julie Menanno
- The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation by Alan E. Fruzzetti
- The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman
- Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
Apps
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| Expectful: A destination for evidence-based health & wellness resources for fertility, pregnancy & postpartum. Backed by medical experts and real parents |
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| CBTi coach (for insomnia): This app is for people who are engaged in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia with a health provider, or who have experienced symptoms of insomnia and would like to improve their sleep habits. |
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| Leia Health: With our experts, we support you on your journey by providing all the information new parents need about sleep, feeding, exercise, and more. You can also track your well-being with LEIA Health's postpartum depression and pelvic floor tests. |
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| Mindmum: This app is designed to assist expectant and new mothers with the emotional challenges that this time of life often brings. |
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| Mindfulness coach: Mindfulness Coach was developed to help Veterans, Service members, and others learn how to practice mindfulness. The app provides a gradual, self-guided training program designed to help you understand and adopt a simple mindfulness practice. |
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| Motherocity Postpartum: The world's first postpartum tracking application that uses your personal insights, experiential data, data science, and artificial intelligence to forecast, detect, and monitor your physical & mental health from the 1st day through the first 52 weeks of postpartum. |
Films
Dark Side of the Full MoonDocumentary |
When the Bough BreaksMovie |
Mothers on the EdgeMovie |