On Becoming a Mother

Welcoming Your New Baby & Your New Life with Wisdom from Around the World

von Brigid Mcconville

304 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A celebration of pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year of a new baby’s lifeFrom Mexican rebozo used to rock the belly and ease back pain during pregnancy to the Bengali practice of taking off a woman’s bangles to help her visualize a speedy labour, from Arianna Huffington's advice for getting sleep in the early days of motherhood to Davina McCall's tribute to her midwife, from the inspiring proverbs printed on the kangas used to carry East African newborns on their mother’s back to the Japanese ritual where Sumo wrestlers are asked to make infants cry, discover a world’s worth of wisdom on becoming a mother.

• ISBN: 9781780743899
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2014
• Größe: 204 x 139 mm
• Verlag: Oneworld Publications