Nine Glorious Months: Daily Meditations and Reflections for Your Pregnancy

By Michelle Leclaire O'Neill

More than four million babies are born in the United States every year, each the culmination of a remarkable odyssey. For expectant mothers, pregnancy is a time of discovery, change, and inspiration.Nine Glorious Monthsis the perfect place for every mother-to-be to record her musings, experiences, and heartfelt wishes. For each day, authorMichelle Leclaire O?Neillincludes a brief description of fetal development and suggests loving meditations to support both mother and child. Her gentle and inspiring tone encourages the bond between mother and baby with inscriptions such as:Week 5, Sunday. Today I begin to imagine you. Your backbone is forming . . . I hope I am able to give you the emotional support to continue to develop and to one day stand up for what you believe in. Also included are quotations from Rumi, Shakespeare, Joyce, Ogden Nash, May Sarton, Nikki Giovanni, and many other inspiring voices. There are places on each page for the mother to record her innermost feelings. Each day there is a special place reserved for a note to the baby. Beautifully crafted and carefully illustrated in two colors,Nine Glorious Monthswill be a cherished keepsake for both mother and child.About the Author Michelle Leclaire O?Neill, Ph.D., R.N., is the director of the Leclaire Childbirth Education Center and a pioneer in the study of mind-body integration for treating infertility and preterm labor. She is also the author ofCreative Childbirth, which details her Leclaire Childbirth Method, the first childbirth method developed by a woman.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761507957
• ISBN13: 9780761507956
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

NINE GLORIOUS MONTHS

What a special book.I was truly able to connect and bond. Iwrote in it almost every day. One day I ll give it to my daughter so she can learn about her life before she was born.This book honored me and my feelings and let me feel thatI could honor my pregnancy in avery unique way. Every mother should have this book. my husband loved it too.It helped him understand the incredible prenatal bonding between mother and baby.