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On Becoming a Mother: Welcoming Your New Baby and Your New Life with Wisdom from around the World

On Becoming a Mother: Welcoming Your New Baby and Your New Life with Wisdom from around the World

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A celebration of pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year of a new baby’s lifeFrom Mexican rebozo used to rock the belly and ease back pain during pregnancy to the Bengali practice of taking off a woman’s bangles to help her visualize a speedy labour, from Arianna Huffington's advice for getting sleep in the early days of motherhood to Davina McCall's tribute to her midwife, from the inspiring proverbs printed on the kangas used to carry East African newborns on their mother’s back to the Japanese ritual where Sumo wrestlers are asked to make infants cry, discover a world’s worth of wisdom on becoming a mother.

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Format Digital E-Book (N/A pages)
Language Eng
Published April 15, 2014
ISBN 18342466
Brigid McConville
About the Author
Brigid McConville

Brigid McConville is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Brigid McConville can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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