Carson Meyers' book, 'Growing Together,' is a week-to-week pregnancy guide that challenges you to go against your tribe, embrace uncertainty and even cultivate some empathy for your doctor(!?)
My all-time favorite is Great with Child by Debra Rienstra. It's a little less of a how-to and more of a grounding in memoir and women's cultural memory, but I found I craved that belonging too.
It arrived, and I read through about half of it in various places. It's great! It covers pregnancy and early postpartum. I've already put that copy into a gift basket for a friend and purchased another copy for myself. I plan to include it in my usual gift basket for pregnant friends:
My main criticism is that it doesn't actually cover birth. It has one spread between the pregnancy and postpartum sections that marks birth, with an appropriately reverent but vague message. I know births are all different, but it's typically the main event that's the most foreign from everyday life and which mothers are least prepared for by our culture. And it's a more psychologically transformative event than pregnancy. So it would be nice to have some info on birth in a book otherwise sensitive to such things.
My solution is that I tucked a printout of Whapio's Holistic Stages of Labor into that page of the book. It's a perfect complement.
Such a great interview! I wish this had been available during my pregnancies. I’ll definitely be looking into it when I have my next baby (whenever that is).
Just bought it, thanks!
My all-time favorite is Great with Child by Debra Rienstra. It's a little less of a how-to and more of a grounding in memoir and women's cultural memory, but I found I craved that belonging too.
https://a.co/d/47Smm9Z
It arrived, and I read through about half of it in various places. It's great! It covers pregnancy and early postpartum. I've already put that copy into a gift basket for a friend and purchased another copy for myself. I plan to include it in my usual gift basket for pregnant friends:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33HMHVWUVZ6IT?ref_=wl_share
My main criticism is that it doesn't actually cover birth. It has one spread between the pregnancy and postpartum sections that marks birth, with an appropriately reverent but vague message. I know births are all different, but it's typically the main event that's the most foreign from everyday life and which mothers are least prepared for by our culture. And it's a more psychologically transformative event than pregnancy. So it would be nice to have some info on birth in a book otherwise sensitive to such things.
My solution is that I tucked a printout of Whapio's Holistic Stages of Labor into that page of the book. It's a perfect complement.
https://www.birthflowerdoula.com/blog/the-holistic-stages-of-labor-by-whapio-diane-bartlett
Such a great interview! I wish this had been available during my pregnancies. I’ll definitely be looking into it when I have my next baby (whenever that is).
This looks like an incredible resource👏🏼 Thanks for covering it—will be sharing