(format totally swiped from a hilarious friend's blog)
synopsis: a self-help manual for pregnant women who want to maximize their psychological and spiritual involvement in all the processes from conception to birth.
target audience: pregnant women who intuitively "feel" that birth isn't what it used to be, but don't know much about what they think is wrong or how to make the most of their pregnancies as a spiritual event.
notes: i felt like i was having deja vu from page 1; there was no really new material (for me) in this book. it was decently written, used a lot of personal examples and women's perspectives, but overall it was pretty repetitive and not extremely fascinating.
rating: 3 out of 5 stars for having a good intentions and really trying to empower those who don't realize they have been disempowered. one star lost for the excessive overuse of michel odent quotes, another star lost for repeatedly using the (arguably untrue) phrase "no one can love a child as much as its mother." one half-star lost for only half-heartedly asserting that sometimes a c-section is the most loving choice, but gained the half-star back for all the women's quotes at the end of each chapter. that was the best part.
synopsis: a self-help manual for pregnant women who want to maximize their psychological and spiritual involvement in all the processes from conception to birth.
target audience: pregnant women who intuitively "feel" that birth isn't what it used to be, but don't know much about what they think is wrong or how to make the most of their pregnancies as a spiritual event.
notes: i felt like i was having deja vu from page 1; there was no really new material (for me) in this book. it was decently written, used a lot of personal examples and women's perspectives, but overall it was pretty repetitive and not extremely fascinating.
rating: 3 out of 5 stars for having a good intentions and really trying to empower those who don't realize they have been disempowered. one star lost for the excessive overuse of michel odent quotes, another star lost for repeatedly using the (arguably untrue) phrase "no one can love a child as much as its mother." one half-star lost for only half-heartedly asserting that sometimes a c-section is the most loving choice, but gained the half-star back for all the women's quotes at the end of each chapter. that was the best part.
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