This heartfelt, insightful, and empowering guide includes practical tools that women can use in their birth preparation and during labor, whether they are having a hospital or home birth. There is a strong emphasis on the mind-body connection and how fear and anxiety affect physiology during labor, as well as ways women can support themselves, regardless of how the birth unfolds. It will equip you to self-advocate with confidence by asking the right questions if suggestions are made.
Melanie Rossiter combines her own story about what she wishes she had known before giving birth to her two boys with her extensive training and experience as a sought-after Doula, Hypnobirthing Teacher, Maternity Reflexologist, and Pregnancy Massage Therapist.