Nancy Shohet West

Carried in My Body, Cradled in My Arms Nancy Shohet West

Giving birth is a unique process. Each woman's experience is different, and women in the U. S. have an array of choices regarding how and where to deliver their babies. Hospital, birthing center, home? Doctor, midwife, doula? In a tub, on a bed? (In a car? Well, maybe not by choice....) Just you and your partner, or family members and other children in attendance? And then, of course, once all those choices have been made, the moment comes....and sometimes plans have to change. In this collection of birth stories, twenty-one women have offered a candid, uncensored, and inspiring retelling of how they brought their babies into the world. Compiled not only for mothers-to-be but for anyone with an interest in the birthing process and its myriad variations, their stories are a source of insight, motivation, hope, and above all else authenticity regarding the birth experience.