The Modern Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Excellent - 10/10!! Only book we need. A comprehensive guide to pregnancy, from start to finish, and the early days (we'll also be purchasing Marie Louise's book on the first year) I was a bit surprised by reviews saying that it didn't cover caesareans. I found the book to be very reassuring and it's given us confidence to pull together a birth plan which prepares for all eventualities, including caesarean. I'm very content to stick with just this book, the support and advice of our midwife, and one of the tracking apps, which give you a reference each week of how big your growing baby is (though if the author decided to create one, I'd jump straight on!) Bought both the paperback and the Kindle book! 100% recommend.

My niece lives in Germany. I live in UK and her parents live in Spain, so she felt more confident during her pregnancy with the information and guidance in the book.

This book is very welcoming, easily digestible English, very neat, it explains things patiently and gives information, even about potential issues, but together with confidence and reassurance. It helped me a lot, as a person who considers parenthood! I feel a bit braver and a bit more knowledgeable now :) I very much like the phrasing of "evolving into a mom"!

Love this book, such a insightful writing, so many helpful tips. Great for a new mother to be.

This book is amazing, the perfect amount of information in each area (pregnancy, birth, postpartum) and easy to absorb a little bit at a time. Perfect balance of reassuring and realistic, I’ve read this early in my pregnancy and will keep coming back to it as I progress. Also love that the author is an NHS midwife, she gives a much more realistic overview of my experience compared to other books. Really can’t recommend it enough for expectant parents, this book has made me even more excited for all aspects of pregnancy and motherhood.