How to have a mindful pregnancy: 30 tried and tested, simple ways to connect with your baby and your body

This simple, fun and highly practical pregnancy book contains everything you need to easily introduce mindfulness to your pregnancy.

"a delightful book, full of gentle wisdom. Based on firm evidence about what skills couples need most when preparing for childbirth and parenting" Mark Williams Co-author of Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World

"a wonderfully straightforward and easily understandable introduction to mindfulness practice for parents-to-be. Suffused with kindness and grounded in research" Nancy Bardacke Author of Mindful Birthing

How to have a Mindful Pregnancy is the perfect pregnancy book for mothers-to-be and their partners. Whether you are new to mindfulness or practice regularly, whether you are rushed off your feet or have spare time, these 30 tried and tested exercises will help you easily and gently bring the benefits of a mindful pregnancy to your life, helping you feel more connected to your body and your baby. Whereas some pregnancy books are long and heavy, this was hailed as a "Handbag sized wonder" with the reviewer from the British Journal of Midwifery continuing "[it is] my new favourite go-to as both a mother and midwife. I only wish I had found it years ago! ... This book has something for everyone, even to the most cynical mindfulness sceptic."

Sian Warriner is a Consultant Midwife, mother of four boys, and leads the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting antenatal education programme. She is also an Associate at Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford. This book draws on the exercises that Sian uses regularly in her teaching. Sian is also the lead author of the study: An Evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Courses for Pregnant Women and Prospective Fathers/Partners within the UK NHS. Midwifery, 2018. This important study evaluated the health benefits that mindful practice brings to pregnant women and to their partners.

Written with real mothers, real partners, and real life in mind, How to have a Mindful Pregnancy will help you develop a set of simple yet hugely powerful skills that can transform your emotional experience and well-being. The 30 exercises include: mindful breathing; advice on keeping a pregnancy journal; simple practices for early pregnancy; simple tools for practicing mindfulness, mindful parenting and mindful motherhood. "How to have a mindful pregnancy is a great guide for pregnant woman. The book is clear and easy to understand, and will be helpful for anyone that is wanting to try mindfulness. Having seen many women through their pregnancies as an acupuncturist and mindfulness coach and doula I understand the value of having a book like this available to women. The mindfulness scripts will really help women to lower their stress levels and connect with their baby’s. I highly recommend it." Becks Armstrong BHSc, Women’s health specialist acupuncturist, mindfulness coach and doula.