A celebration of pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year of a new baby¿s life From Mexican¿rebozo¿used to rock the belly and¿ease¿back pain during pregnancy to the Bengali practice of taking off a woman¿s bangles to help her visualize a speedy labour, from Arianna Huffington's advice for getting sleep in the early days of motherhood¿to Davina McCall's tribute to her midwife,¿from¿the inspiring proverbs printed on the¿kangas¿used to carry East African newborns on their mother¿s back to the Japanese ritual where Sumo wrestlers are¿asked¿to make infants cry, discover a world¿s worth of wisdom on becoming a mother.