I think this book is fantastic.  The stories are emotionally moving and a great inspiration to women like me.  It has revolutionized my idea about birth.

—Alison Burns, prospective mother

"If you want to know what labour and birth actually feel like… If you want to know how women cope with pain…If you are curious why women want to give birth naturally… If you want to know what it feels, both physically and emotionally, to push out a baby, then this book is for you."

—Dr Kathleen Fahy, Professor of Midwifery, University of Newcastle

“This book is fabulous... These powerful stories have given me confidence in myself and my body, and inspired me to have a midwife as my primary carer when we have our next child.”

—Sarah Bloustein, mother

This book should not be missed by expectant mothers.  It gives a realistic idea of what to expect in labour, and has encouraged me to take an active role in partnership with my carers for the birth of my next child.  These stories show that this is much better than hanging back and letting other people take control of what can be the most amazing experience you will ever have.

—Kerry Cameron, mother

The stories contained in this book have given me a real boost.  Why?  They all remind me about what pregnancy and birth should be like.  All the women in these stories have journeyed through their pregnancy and childbirth facing challenges … For every woman whose story is told here, each woman experienced an ecstasy that is rightly part of childbirth.

—Dr Andrew Bisits, obstetrician, John Hunter Hospital,
Newcastle

This book not only shows women how birth can be done, but how it should be done.  Birth can be the most wondrous experience a woman ever has, and this book shows how twenty Australian women and their partners have achieved a great birth.  Birth isn’t something to be feared.  It is something to be embraced, enjoyed and savoured!

—Justine Caines, mother, President of Maternity Coalition

My wife’s first birth was awful.  And in hindsight I feel partly responsible for that.  My fear meant that I pressured Sarah into having interventions that she didn’t need.  If only I had read this book before our baby was born, I am certain that Sarah would have had a great birth, and not a traumatic one.  All prospective Dads should read this book.  I am now looking forward to our second baby with great excitement and anticipation.

—David Wilkinson, father and father-to-be again!

Thanks to you and those wonderful women who wrote their stories.  I can’t wait to give birth to my first baby in a couple of months.  Thank you for your book.  It has given me the strength, knowledge and inside-information to give Brian and me the ability to make sure that we have the best possible birth.

—Aimee Chan, seven months pregnant and very happy

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