In my other life as a poet, I discovered the book Home/Birth: A Poemic by Rachel Zucker and Arielle Greenberg. I am a fan of Zucker’s work, and I knew she was also a doula, as she writes frequently about pregnancy, birth and working as a doula in her book Museum of Accidents. I cannot stress how incredible this book is! It functions as part poetry, part memoir, part conversation between two friends, part commonplace book of birthy thoughts, and it is beautiful!

So often birth is described as gross or painful or “over the top” or just plain scary, and sure, it might be all of those things at times, but too rarely is it described in terms of its magic. I am fortunate to live in a state where, more ofthen than not, the sacred moment of birth is venerated and valued. Utahns love birth and I love working in Utah.

If you are interested in birth, I recommend this book!