The Natural Baby

Combining anatomical knowledge with complementary therapies, this is a one-of-a-kind fully comprehensive guide to natural parenting.
This gentle guide starts with planning your pregnancy and then takes you on a week-by-week journey through a healthy holistic pregnancy, active birth and the precious early months of being a parent. With chapters dedicated to caring for a newborn and looking after yourself both before and after birth, it offers personal insight, instruction and advice from Holly and Samantha who together run an award-winning business providing specially formulated organic products for babies.
The authors are committed to empowering women through their pregnancy and birthing journey and the book is written in a sensitive and nurturing way that encourages women and makes them feel supported, from breastfeeding tips to birth experience inspiration. It also includes essential information on homemade skincare products and natural and natural remedies, nutritional guidance and exercise regimes. Each chapter of the book also contains a special section for the Natural Dad which explores the father's needs, how they can care for their partner and the baby and also look at ways to bond with their child.
Personal insights make this book easy to relate to as it covers everything from increasing chances of conception, to caring for a new mother's post-natal welfare.

Holly Daffurn is a professional writer, and ran a successful massage therapy and complementary healthcare business specialising in pregnancy yoga, massage and active birth. She has written for The Green Parent, Natural Health, The Ecologist and DIVA. She runs workshops that offer young people the space, opportunity and support to get their voices heard and also works as a mentor with young people who have been identified as 'at risk.'
Samantha Quinn is a fully trained holistic therapist and award-winning reflexologist who has specialized in natural pregnancy and baby care since 2004. She is the founder of an award-winning natural skincare company that offers a range of specially formulated organic products designed to comfort and settle babies, along with advice on baby massage, health care tips and more. She is also author of Comfort, Settle and Sleep and has written articles for The Green Parent.

Foreword
Introduction
Complementary therapies
Preparing for pregnancy
Self-care
The first trimester
The second trimester
The third trimester
Your active birth
Your new arrival
The babymoon
Postnatall healing: time for you
Breastfeeding
Naturally nutritious weaning
Healing foods: meal plans
Natural woman: home beauty recipes
Acknowledgements
Resources
Index