Publisher's Synopsis
Based on the author's own pregnancy, this book gives a month-by-month account of its various milestones. It also examines many of the current related issues - the role of the father, the right to home birth - and sets the pregnancy in the context of women's experiences thoughout history.;The nine months in which women's bodies nurture a new person can be a time of self-discovery, self-enhancement and self-awareness. They can be a time too when the all-important bond between mother and child is first forged and when women become aware of their own and the child's spirituality. The author draws upon writings from all religious traditions to reflect this. Joanna Moorehead is a journalist who is deputy editor of "The Catholic Herald" and a freelance contributor to "The Observer", "The Guardian" and "The Independent on Sunday". Her first book was "Getting Married".
