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OverviewA celebration of pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year of a new baby’s life From Mexican rebozo used to rock the belly and ease back pain during pregnancy to the Bengali practice of taking off a woman’s bangles to help her visualize a speedy labour, from Arianna Huffington's advice for getting sleep in the early days of motherhood to Davina McCall's tribute to her midwife, from the inspiring proverbs printed on the kangas used to carry East African newborns on their mother’s back to the Japanese ritual where Sumo wrestlers are asked to make infants cry, discover a world’s worth of wisdom on becoming a mother. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brigid McConvillePublisher: Oneworld Publications Imprint: Oneworld Publications Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.268kg ISBN: 9781780743899ISBN 10: 1780743890 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 27 February 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews'Gorgeous' Daily Telegraph 'Would make a lovely gift for a mum-to-be... insightful [and] amazing' Green Parent 'Enlightening... a thoroughly enjoyable read that doesn't chastise you or make you feel that you are doing anything wrong, in fact highlights that we are all different and choose to do what is right for us' 9/10 stars Baby Buzz 'Would make a lovely gift for a mum-to-be... insightful [and] amazing' Green Parent 'Enlightening... a thoroughly enjoyable read that doesn't chastise you or make you feel that you are doing anything wrong, in fact highlights that we are all different and choose to do what is right for us' 9/10 stars Baby Buzz Author InformationBrigid McConville is a director of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood. An award-winning journalist and filmmaker, she has written a dozen on-fiction books. When she is not travelling the world to ensure WRA’s mission that pregnancy and childbirth are safe for all, she splits her time between London and Somerset. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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