Can we start a book thread? - Page 2

[Bluegoat]

Originally Posted by nummies

Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin- Great book! I really loved reading all the birth stories. Her Guide to Childbirth was also really great!

I love this too, but I have a friend who had a real complaint with it - she was really psyched up for a energizing labour, and found it painful and difficult in a way she thought it wouldn't be. She isn't a naive person, but had kind of got the idea that with the right attitude, she wouldn't feel the way she actually did.

I can see how that happened, and I think it can make some people feel inadequate, especially if they don't have the kind of support the moms in the book did. But it's still a real favorite of mine.

[abemom2]

Our Bodies, Ourselves, for PG and Birth, by Boston Women's....

This is the book my midwife suggests.