Publisher's Synopsis
The stories in this book tell us what can happen when women are able to birth undisturbed and can tune in to their bodies and their babies, uninterrupted by the professional routines that often interfere with labour and birth. The number of women who freebirth is growing. The stories in this book, contributed by women who have freebirthed across the UK, help to explain why. These women describe how they came to be thinking about freebirth, how they prepared for it, and how their births unfolded. For some it was part of a journey following difficult past experiences with maternity services, for others it simply fitted with their beliefs. The women highlighted the failings in maternity care that can leave many traumatised, and told us about what they felt they needed to achieve a safe and positive pregnancy, labour and birth for them and their babies.
