Nine Golden Months: The Essential Art of Nurturing the MotherToBe

Heng Ou, Amely Greeven, And Marisa Belger, The Bestselling Authors Of The First Forty Days And Awakening Fertility, 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 As 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 WhatS 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 WomanS Pregnancy Experience: Emotional, Mental, Physiological, And Spiritual.Includes Color Photographs