Birth Without Fear: The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum

By January Harshe

Book Overview

An inclusive, non-judgmental, and empowering guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum life that puts mothersfirst, offering straightforward guidance on all the options and issues that matter most to them (and their partners) when preparing for a baby.

In Birth Without Fear, January Harshe--founder of the global online community Birth Without Fear--delivers an honest, positive, and passionate message of empowerment surrounding everything that involves having a baby. It's a guide that fills in the considerable cracks in the information available to women and families when they're preparing to welcome a child--covering care provider choices, medical freedom, birth options, breastfeeding, intimacy, postpartum depression, and much more.

Birth Without Fear shows moms, dads, partners, and families how to choose the best provider for them, how to trust in themselves and the birth process, and how to seek the necessary help after the baby has arrived. In addition, it will educate them about their rights--and how to use their voice to exercise them--as well as how to cope with the messy postpartum feelings many people aren't willing to talk about. Unlike other pregnancy books, Birth Without Fear will also help partners understand what mothers are going through, as well as discuss the challenges that they, too, will face--and how they can navigate them.

Shattering long-held myths and beliefs surrounding pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum experience, Birth Without Fear is an accessible, reassuring, and ultimately inspiring guide to taking charge of pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316515612
• ISBN13: 9780316515610
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Balance
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Stupid book

I don't need to be told how unique my pregnancy is 100 times. Useless anecdotes and fluff

Buy it!

Very straightforward and easy to read. Must read for all the expecting persons out there with great advice as to how to advocate for oneself and set boundaries with family and care providers in regards to your newborn, and medical treatment.