Give Birth Like a Feminist

Name: Give Birth Like a Feminist
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Milli Hill
ISBN: 9780008313128

Author: Milli Hill

Narrator: Milli Hill

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 08/22/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Health & Fitness, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Medical, Social Science, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Literary Criticism

Synopsis

As featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live Selected as one of the ’s 10 best pregnancy books for expectant parents Birth is a feminist issue. It’s the feminist issue nobody’s talking about. For too long women have been told, ‘a healthy baby is all that matters’. This book dares to say women matter too. Finally blasting the feminist spotlight into the labour ward, Milli Hill encourages women everywhere to stand and deliver, insisting that birth is no longer left off the list in discussions about female power, control and agency. From the importance of birth plans to your human rights in childbirth, and including birth stories from women across the world, this call-to-arms will help you find your voice, take an active role in your choices, and change the way you think about childbirth. Praise for ‘I feel so lucky to have read Milli’s book while pregnant, she completely changed my way of looking at giving birth’

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea on October 30, 2020

Isn't it amazing that the premise of this book was completely unknown to me? That you actually have rights and are the owner and driver of your own delivery and not the doctors or hospital. That you can choose not to accept something that makes you uncomfortable, even if they tell you "it must be do......more

Goodreads review by L I L on June 24, 2020

I wouldn't say I enjoyed this, but I am glad I read it. Birth is, without doubt, a feminist issue and some of the information and statistics in this book are nothing short of shocking, even if you consider yourself reasonably well informed and have done your research. I'm perhaps not the correct aud......more

Goodreads review by Marion on August 21, 2023

I’ve had a complex relationship with this book since I first picked it up, over 3 years ago. I was pregnant with my first child then and nearing my due date. Shortly after starting I decided to stop as it was causing me to start bracing for war with the hospital I had chosen to give birth at, in an......more

Quotes

‘I feel so lucky to have read Milli’s book while pregnant, she completely changed my way of looking at giving birth’ ‘Milli is a compassionate and passionate writer who puts women squarely at the heart of her endeavours.’ ‘A powerful read whether you’re pregnant or not’ ‘A much-needed, brilliant, reassuring, pioneering, kick-ass book that all women – especially mothers – should read!’ ‘Milli Hill is one of our very favourite birth writers. Birth has been overlooked by feminists for too long, in spite of the injustices happening in the labour ward. This book is a rallying cry for women everywhere to take charge of their births and recognise their own autonomy at this pivotal moment in their lives. Everyone should read it and look at the experience of childbirth through a feminist lens.’ ‘Whether a person is considering giving birth or not, Milli Hill's exploration of childbirth as a central feminist issue is a must-read. I loved this book!’ ‘Everyone should read this awesome book! The world has changed and Milli Hill connects the dots in a way that can change minds and improve outcomes.’ ‘Finally. Someone brave enough to say the words “feminist” and “birth” in the same sentence in a book that is not an academic polemic.’