About this item
This gentle guide starts with planning your pregnancy and then takes you on a week-by-week journey through a holistic and healthy pregnancy, an active birth and the precious early months of being a parent. With chapters dedicated to caring for a newborn and looking after yourself both before and after birth, it offers personal insight, instruction and advice from Holly and Samantha who specialize in pregnancy yoga, massage and active birth. The Natural Baby covers all you need to know before, during and after your pregnancy: * how to prepare for pregnancy * a week-by-week description of your baby's growth * exercise and complementary therapies * natural remedies * how to have an amazing birth experience * tips on breastfeeding * naturally nutritious weaning * home-made organic beauty preparations for the mother * delicious and healthy recipes for before, during, and after pregnancy.
About the Author
Before becoming a freelance journalist, columnist and author; Holly Daffurn ran a massage therapy and complementary healthcare business specialising in pregnancy yoga, pregnancy massage and active birth. She has written for numerous publications including The Green Parent, Natural Health, The Ecologist and DIVA. Her travel writing for the award-winning Globalgrasshopper magazine has taken her around the world from Singapore to Sweden.
Holly's desire to empower other parents was sparked by her own pregnancy yoga, active birth, breastfeeding and attachment parenting experiences. She lives in the West Midlands with her husband and daughter.
