Last year more babies were born in the United States than have ever been born here before. The great baby boom of the '40s and '50s has been surpassed, and the next few years will continue to show a huge increase in first-time births. As anyone who has mothered a child knows, the birth of one's first baby is an exhilarating and terrifying occasion. Setting sail into uncharted waters may be a cliche, but it neatly sums up the experience. Faced with this great uncertainty, many people head to the bookstore to get help.
On the Birth of Your Child offers the best advice and wisdom from real mothers -- from the most down-to-earth -- the sound of a vacuum cleaner will often quiet a colicky baby -- to the newest technology -- using video monitors in the baby's room.
Sherry Conway Appel has compiled an invaluable reference book from interviews with hundreds of women -- a celebration of the wisdom that can only be gained from the miraculous experience of childbirth.
