Foreword by Jane Hardwick Collings 

24 passionate women share their stories of birth and reclamation.

Birth is something that intrinsically connects us all. We have all been through birth. Our biological mother's have all selflessly risked their lives to birth us into this world. Perhaps we too have created life, and helped to birth a human being into the world. Birth is a constant, as is death. And yet, each experience is unique. The alchemy of that exact moment a baby is born holds so much power. This multi-author book collaboration is intended to share as many experiences, lessons and stories of experts and experienced mothers in the magical world of pregnancy, birth and matresence. How do we change a broken system? How do we scaffold new parents as they navigate Matrescence? How do we create empowered experiences in the birth world?