Books by Jennie Agg
“This book is beautifully written, and she raises some really important points both as a woman who has experienced recurrent pregnancy loss and as a really rigorous journalist. We’re talking about miscarriage and pregnancy loss more now than we were maybe ten years ago, but people still don’t really understand how prevalent it is. What Agg argues is that because it’s so prevalent, and so devastating, we need to get better at understanding the causes.” Read more...
Leah Hazard, Medical Scientist
Interviews where books by Jennie Agg were recommended
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Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: Weaving Ancient Wisdom with Modern Knowledge
by Rachel Reed -
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Why Birth Trauma Matters
by Emma Svanberg -
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Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare
by Annabel Sowemimo -
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Life, Almost: Miscarriage, Misconceptions and a Search for Answers from the Brink of Motherhood
by Jennie Agg -
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Nightbitch: A Novel
by Rachel Yoder
The best books on Childbirth, recommended by Leah Hazard
The best books on Childbirth, recommended by Leah Hazard
Birth is a transformational experience but it’s also an emotionally fraught one, with sometimes traumatic consequences, says midwife Leah Hazard. Here she recommends five books that discuss the deep psychological impact of childbirth, the debate over interventionism, and the inequalities baked into the practice of obstetrics.
