Pre-Order New Book: Ancient Map for Modern Birth

Hi Birth Peeps,

I'm B a a a a c k...  and I have some exciting news.

After four to five years of research, writing, illustrating, and editing... the NEW book, Ancient Map for Modern Birth, describing how birth can be a heroic journey is done and in design now, and will be ready for printing next month. We are raising $30,000 by November 15 to cover the costs of the beautiful interior design, printing, and early marketing. I need your help!

 If you would like to be among the first to read Ancient Map for Modern Birth, even before its official release (estimated February 2016), please pre-order your copy Today at a 10% discount on the crowd funding website, Indie GoGo. Here is the link:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-birth-book-ancient-map-for-modern-birth#/

 And check out the cool perks... 

and these excerpts from the new book!

It is human nature to want to know how to get from “here” to “there”—without getting lost. As a pregnant woman preparing for birth, you will be handed our culture’s standardized “modern map” of birth. This map is useful for navigating routine medical and consumer tasks. And yet, many women have told me that something is missing from that modern map—they know there is something more. 

While the standardized or medical map is accessible through common knowledge, the “ancient map” is one that must be actively sought. When parents and birth professionals are shown the ancient map through modern birth (in classes or workshops), they instantly feel excited, validated, and guided. 

A pregnant woman has within her a personal compass, and yet if she has never been to Laborland, she needs a map that highlights tasks of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum transition.

Ancient Map for Modern Birth weaves together art, science, meditations, ceremonies, and the telling of great stories.  A pregnant woman has within her a personal compass, and yet if she and her partner have never been to Laborland, she needs a map that highlights her tasks of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum transition. This book offers that map.

Ancient Map for Modern Birth sheds light on many important issues in childbirth education including some that were not addressed in Birthing From Within, such as inductions, ultrasound, vaginal birth after cesarean, postpartum ceremonies, and more. This book also introduces the six archetypes of birth: Gatherer, Mother, Gatekeeper, Fool, Huntress, and Birth Warrior. All of these archetypal energies are within you, and each one plays a part in your preparation and transition into parenthood. Here’s another excerpt from Ancient Map for Modern Birth:

The journey of the Birth Warrior is reflected in a complex map made up of many layers. Within the body, a living map flows through our veins. Within the soul, a timeless map guides our intuition. Within the mind, an ever-changing map is engrained in our values and beliefs. Within the heart, a personal map connecting thousands of stories informs us. Mindful preparation for birth and parenting means becoming aware of your multi-layered personal map.

Have you ever seen the cellophane overlays of human anatomy in the old Encyclopedia Britannica? Each structure of the body (skeletal, muscular, circulatory, and so on) was drawn on transparent pages, so, as you turned the pages, you watched the human body built, layer-by-layer, from skeleton to skin. In the same way, as you turn the pages of this book and of your life, each new discovery, each new task you complete on your journey, will build, layer by layer, a new self who is fully ready for birth.

The Birthing From Within model and this book are both layered in four parts: the Call, the Tasks of Prenatal Preparation, the Descent into Laborland,⁺⁺ and the Postpartum Return.

Stay tuned Birth Peeps, I'll be posting more excerpts from the book this week.

Warmly,

Pam