New Natural Pregnancy: Practical Wellbeing from Conception to Birth

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Summary: I was impressed on how the man was involved.
Review: I am a 32 year young librian, who plans to have children in my mid -late thirites.This book will help me prepare for my child at that time. New Natural Pregnancy seems so peaceful and makes being pregnant look so simple. At first I was afraid to have children but after reading this book, I feel more at ease.

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Summary: beautiful photography, focus is on pregnancy (not birth)
Review: This short (under 100 pages) beautifully-illustrated book (with full-spread photographs and drawings) focuses on meditation, yoga, and other relaxation techniques and natural remedies to useful during pregnancy. The six chapters address emotions, nutrition (including vitamins & herbal supplements), yoga & exercise, massage, natural remedies, and holistic healing. I was disappointed in this book only I was expecting some coverage of natural delivery, and how to miminize the need for medical intervention, and that topic was barely touched. The book is decidedly focused on pregnancy, not delivery. I think this book would be helpful for a mother interested in incorporating yoga and homeopathy into her routine; it would also be helpful for a partner of a pregnant person who is willing to act as masseuse, as the book provides extensive detail on how to massage an expectant mother. I wouldn't recommend this if you're don't already have a proclivity toward natural remedies and healing (I think it would be a bit "too natural", too touch-feely for mainstream readers), nor would I recommend it if you're interested primarily in natural childbirth -- even though the numerous relaxation techniques contained in the book would probably help in facilitating natural childbirth. The photography of beautifully serene & relaxed pregnant women is lovely, perhaps alone worth the price of the book. The images and the text do help convey that pregnancy is a beautiful, natural state; they provide a welcome contrast to many of the more mainstream pregnancy books that are popular these days, which detail the risks of pregnancy to the extent that you'll be afraid to become pregnant in the first place.