With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING:

Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirth

Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain

Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation

Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing

American College of Nurse-Midwives' Best Book of the Year Award: 2014

National Parenting Publications Award: 2013

Mom's Choice Award: 2013

Greater Good Science Center's Top Ten Books: 2012