Birthing Freedom: How I Learned to Relax + Have a Baby (After the Nightmare "Natural" Birth of My Firstborn)

Ever Wonder How Some Women Have Such Ridiculously Easy Childbirths?

You know the type: the super-relaxed, super-lucky women who practically sneeze their babies out. How do they do it? Does it come naturally, or do they actually train for it? Is it all about luck, or is there something you could be doing now to help make this possibility a reality for you? This book tells the story of just one of those “lucky” women.

The truth is there are hundreds of tools, techniques, and resources that enable us to birth easily and painlessly. This isn’t about the latest hypnosis technique or raising your pain tolerance; it’s about how to step out of the pain management paradigm altogether, so you can experience something so much more profound than the absence of pain. It’s about becoming the empowered and confident mother you want to be, now.

As birthing women, we all have the same objective: to bring our babies into the world in the easiest, safest way possible. The personal story in this book will fill you with courage and hope and show you how that’s possible.

What if giving birth could be not only fun + easy, but also one of the most empowering moments of your life? That's exactly what this ordinary mom experienced, AFTER her first (typically horrible) childbirth. She'd seen videos and read stories about a very different kind of birth -- blissful, pain-free birth. But she had no idea how to experience that for herself.

She thought she had tried everything -- she'd read every book by Ina May Gaskin, hired a midwife, planned a natural water birth, practiced the Hypnobirthing meditations daily, completed the Birthing from Within exercises, practiced prenatal yoga... but none of it had helped her achieve the peaceful, easy birth she'd hoped for. Pregnant with her second child and desperate not to repeat history, she embarked on a journey of discovery, spiritual exploration, and unprecedented personal growth.

Come along with Amanda on the journey of a lifetime. Experience the struggles with her. Feel the pain, the exhaustion, the desperation. Learn from her mistakes, benefit from her discoveries, share in her triumphs, and find out everything you need to know to prepare for your own blissful birth experience.

Giving birth really can be one of the most fulfilling, pleasurable experiences of your entire life. Let Birthing Freedom show you the way.

AMANDA GRACE HARRISON is the founder of the LoveBirthing Revolution. After experiencing one traumatic "natural" birth and two blissfully painless unassisted home water births, she embarked on a mission to help make fun + easy labor the new normal for women around the globe. A certified Laughter Yoga leader, Amanda loves dark chocolate, fresh flowers, black licorice, and great movies. She and her husband were married on a reality show (no, they didn't get matched up--it was the show For Better or for Worse on TLC, where a team of family and friends plan a surprise wedding for under $5k) and currently live in Los Angeles with their 4 ridiculously amazing kids.