The bestselling authors of the First Forty Days encourage
mothers-to-be to care for themselves--and not just their babies--during
pregnancy
There is so much noise surrounding pregnancy and birth. There are
countless books teeming with information--what test does what, the
"rights" and "wrongs" of eating, and "safe" or "risky" lifestyle
choices--but few that hold a woman through the experience, acting as an
elder sister, a matriarch, or a circle of women might hold her--with
compassion, nonjudgment, and, most of all, wisdom. To the authors of
Nine Golden Months, this is exactly what's needed now, in an era of
high-speed living, endless demands, and more than a little anxiety and
fear.
A woman needs to feel connected to others, rooted in the knowledge that
many have done this before her, and calmed and fortified by time-honored
practices that nourish her body, soothe her mind, and hold up her
spirit. The (still-growing) success of The First Forty Days showed
that women are longing to experience the deeper aspects of becoming a
mother. Nine Golden Months shares timeless guidance from the authors'
extraordinary circle of practitioners, guides, and wisdom-keepers
specializing in prenatal care; it draws from Traditional Chinese
Medicine and Ayurveda, and features rituals and self-sourced wisdom, so
that it addresses all aspects of a woman's pregnancy experience:
emotional, mental, physiological, and spiritual.
