This moving collection brings together parents' own accounts of their experiences of home birth. With stories ranging from the comic to the profound it provides a window into the modern experience of childbirth at home, showing why parents choose their home environment for this most human and intimate of moments.
"The pushing stage involved me on all fours grunting and sipping cups of tea between pushes. One of the midwives joked that it was the most sedate second stage she had ever seen."
"Four hours after the birth we were left alone at home: the three of us, a bottle of bubbly and the cat."
