Nurture

A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood–and Trusting Yourself and Your Body

De: Erica Chidi

Narrado por: Erica Chidi, Joniece Abbott-Pratt

"What a gift to new and expecting moms. You have no idea the mountain and rollercoaster you're about to embark on, but Nurture somehow gives you a peek in and gives you essential information to help ground you." (Catherine McCord, founder of Weelicious and One Potato)

A comprehensive and judgement-free pregnancy companion: Nurture is the only all-in-one pregnancy and birthing book for modern mothers-to-be and their partners who want a more integrative approach. Author Erica Chidi Cohen has assisted countless births and helped hundreds of families ease into their new roles through her work as a doula. Nurture covers everything from the beginning months of pregnancy to the baby's first weeks.

This empowering book includes:

• Supportive self-care and mindfulness exercises, trimester-specific holistic remedies, nourishing foods and recipes for every month of pregnancy, and expert tips for every birth environment.
• Dozens of important topics that every modern mom needs to know including fetal development, making choices for a hospital, home or birth center birth, the basics of breastfeeding, tips on what to expect postpartum, and more.

Nurture is an all-inclusive pregnancy and birthing guide book that gives soon-to-be mothers and their partners the information they need to make decisions, feel confident, and enjoy the beauty of creating new life.

Nurture is a thoughtful and helpful gift for expecting mothers and their partners.

Erica Chidi is cofounder and CEO of Loom in Los Angeles, CA. She began her work in San Francisco, volunteering as a doula within the prison system, working with pregnant inmates. She went on to build a successful doula and health education practice in Los Angeles and has been featured in Women's Health, Vogue, Goop, The Cut, and Marie Claire.

©2017 Erica Chidi Cohen (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

Not for me

Some of the advice in this book was very obvious and surface level, while other parts felt condescending and a little concerning. The advice about work/life balance rubbed me the wrong way and seemed a bit old school to me.. Some of the relationship advice didn’t sit well either. Some of the advice about things you should be doing to prepare or chemicals you need to look out for made me more anxious. Some of the lifestyle, wellness and medical advice felt judgmental. I can appreciate different perspectives but it was the way they were presented as facts and judgements that made me uncomfortable or anxious.

Idk… maybe I was reading it wrong and I hate to leave a lukewarm review, but I couldn’t finish this book. I’ve read several other pregnancy books that I really enjoyed, like Expecting Better, Cribsheet and Bumpin’. This one was not for me.

Wonderful for New Mothers

I implore you to listen to this audiobook throughout your pregnancy. It offers a safe space of consistent support and gives you some amazing tools to get through your pregnancy in a healthy way.

Super helpful information

Great accounts, not bias, super helpful details and one I’ll refer going forward to friends and the like

Great read!

I thought this book was a great read and very educational. I found it to be so helpful and the information was delivered from such a positive perspective.

Resource only

I personally didn’t find this book helpful. It’s very informative, but also sterile. I started reading it at seven months pregnant and found that it led to more anxious thoughts than self affirming thoughts. I recommend that if you’re going to read this book, you do so before getting pregnant as an resource guide and overview of general hospital birth protocol.

Couldn’t finish

Idk … this book just rubbed me the wrong way. I couldn’t finish it. Most the information she provided seemed incredibly obvious to me and very surface level, and a lot of it felt condescending. I didn’t gain anything from this book, but it came highly recommended from a friend so idk. Maybe some people will like it? Not my jam though.

Horrible!

Literally the worst baby book every and filled 100% obvious information! Vegetables during pregnancy? Ground breaking!