Midwife Pip’s Guide to a Positive Birth

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Everything you need to know for an empowering birth experience.

Midwife Pip is on a mission to help every parent-to-be to feel informed and prepared for birth. With the right education and support, she firmly believes that all births - whether planned or unplanned, assisted, caesarean, waterbirth or hypnobirth - can be positive.

Midwife Pip's Guide to a Positive Birth will take you through every stage of preparation for pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond. Packed with evidence-based information and insider tips and tricks from a practising midwife, this book is your personal antenatal class. You'll discover:

- How to harness the connection between your mind and body
- The importance of the birth environment and how to influence it
- The best positions for labour and birth
- Tools to feel calm, including breathwork and visualisations
- How to make an informed decision and which questions to ask
- Newborn and postnatal essentials, and much more!

Whether you're having your first or your fifth baby, this honest and reliable guide will equip you with everything you need to know to embrace the exciting journey of parenthood.

©2024 Pip Davies (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

  • ‘As soon as I found Pip my pregnancy got more enjoyable. She is a reassuring, experienced, qualified, evidence-based professional and us women need more of her! This book is a long time coming and a must-read for all expectant parents!‘

    Chloe Madeley

  • ‘Every woman deserves a positive birth, and this can happen in any setting from at home in a pool to the operating theatre. Midwife Pip’s book offers fantastic advice on how to make your birth the best it can be.‘

    Milli Hill, author of THE POSITIVE BIRTH BOOK

  • ‘An empowering birth book for every mum-to-be’

    Dr Zoe Williams

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