The Better Birth Book: Taking the Mystery (and fear) Out of Childbirth Book

It took me a long time to finish this book, partly because I had a bit of difficulty with the psychology part in the middle, partly because my three year old relocated it on me and it took me a few days to find it (actually on a bookshelf, who saw that coming?!). But I'm glad I did, because at the very least, it gave me some insight and some ideas into how to approach late pregnancy, labor & delivery, and postpartum life the second time around. I'm not sure how far I agree with the concepts of pre-birth regression and psychological birth wounds in newborns, but I can for sure agree with the concepts of childbirth, for women, being a liminal event in which buried, forgotten, or unrealized wounds can surface and choke our spirits, or of a first birthing experience being unexpected or traumatic, and affecting our relationships and our subsequent pregnancy and birth experiences. And that's why I'm glad I kept going with the book til the end, for the perspectives on those events and processes. I don't know if I can recommend this book for everyone, but for the right person it would be a valuable read and resource.