One I've been reading on and off my entire pregnancy journey, I highly recommend this as a comforting, friendly read for anyone who is looking at a positive test thinking 'omg, I don't know anything!'

From early pregnancy symptoms and tips, to a deeper dive into pregnancy care, labour and birth and what you can expect from it all, I found Marie Louise's voice throughout just really nice and calming, and I can truly believe she must be an excellent person to have in a birthing room with you!

While I can't say for sure yet what parts really helped me for birth, I do feel confident with what I've learned in this book as well as grateful for aftercare tips and some newborn care tips as well that I can flick back through when I'm on the other side. I also have found some of the dad books pretty terrible so I have marked parts of this book for my husband to read (though will he get through the sections in the next 6 weeks, we will see!) as I think there are segments on labour, birthing partner tips and just postpartum and newborn care he would really benefit knowing.