Let’s Grow a baby!
How to Grow a Baby: A Science Based Guide to Nurturing New Life from Pregnancy to Childbirth and Beyond, is the affirming and empowering companion you need during pregnancy, birth and early parenthood (Roost Books, 2021). While this book covers a ton of information—pelvic floor health, how to nurture your microbiome and why you might want to, movement vs. exercise and what that means, foods that are especially important during pregnancy and postpartum, and integrating the maternal and erotic identity after childbirth—the book comes back to themes of community, environmentalism, natural movement, and nourishing food. Through my own personal story, plentiful science writing, and 60+ illustrations by Michelle Lassaline, this book is an approachable, practical, and empowering guide during the transition into parenthood.