The Gift of Giving Life: Rediscovering the Divine Nature of Pregnancy and Birth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615622521)

Felice Austin is a mother, writer, Certified Hypnotherapist, Hypnobabies(R) Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor, prenatal yoga teacher, and spiritual childbirth educator. Felice's passion for creativity and helping others create positive change drives her in her daily life and in motherhood. She has planted her tree of life in the rich, beautiful soil of Los Angeles, where they can be found with her daughter inhaling and exhaling deeply. Lani Axman finished her studies in English and editing at Brigham Young University in 2003. Following the birth of her second daughter, Lani put her pen to work for her new-found passion- childbirth advocacy. In 2007, Lani created her blog, BirthFaith.org where she continues to share her thoughts and research and is followed by thousands of readers each week. Lani became trained as a birth doula through DONA International in 2009 and in neonatal resuscitation in 2011. Lani now resides near Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband, four children. Heather Farrell is a certified birth doula (DONA International) and is addicted to seeing babies be born. She is a graduate from Brigham Young University and received her bachelors of science in Public Health and a minor in Women's Studies. Heather is a self proclaimed scripture nerd and loves to study about the lives of the women in the scriptures. She authors the blog Women in the Scriptures (womeninthescriptures.blogspot.com) which is read weekly by thousands of people around the world. Heather and her husband live in Utah and are the parents of three beautiful children. Robyn Allgood is a doula and childbirth educator affiliated with the Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth. In addition, she leads a local ICAN chapter offering support to moms after cesarean birth, supporting vaginal birth after cesarean, and offering information to prevent unnecessary cesarean sections. Sheridan Ripley has always loved all things pregnancy, birth and babies. Her first son was born by emergency cesarean at 34 weeks. Her second son was born by VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) in the hospital with an epidural. Her third son was also born via VBAC in the hospital naturally using Hypnobabies(R). As a DONA certified doula, she assists women and their partners during their birthing time. She is also a Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor and loves to help expecting parents prepare for a positive birth.