Don’t know how I’d want it changed though, it was helpful to understand a little about every possible contingency. There was a middle chunk where the book was going down every rabbit hole of potential issue that was a little tedious to get through. The book is fundamentally about the birth itself and how to prepare. Anyway back on topic, overall book was pretty helpful to give me a sense of like “okay these are the different pieces on the chess board and this is how they work.” I wish there was more on the fourth trimester (ie post birth period) but that’s not really what the book was about. Culture and norms should serve the needs of the people who live in it and to the extent it doesn’t the culture should evolve we should not be beholden to serve the culture. Men used to wear high heels and makeup-eg Louis XIV and he was the most powerful man in medieval Europe, reigning for decades as the “Sun King of France.” High heels and makeup aren’t considered manly today but that may change once again.
Everyone is entitled to be who they are, whether that’s typical or atypical. The opinion that revising for inclusive language in any way detracts from the reading experience is fundamentally incorrect and heartless. I saw some reviews raging at the inclusive language (eg birthing person instead of mother because the “mother” might not be giving birth or the birth giver might not identify as feminine).
Whether you’re a cis gender heterosexual male like me helping your wife with your first baby together, or you’re a trans person that’s going to be a single parent and your close friend is helping you through the process. This book is for everyone-birth partner (whether romantic/parent, the birthing person themself, a new doula or nurse etc. For any 1-star or would-be 1-star reviewers tempted to yell at me there, how about you take that time to support the birthing person in your life instead? Would certainly pay a low fee if anyone develops an app to filter these people out of any other reviews. Alas, the world is unjust, so too the Audible review platform. But my 5-star review can't offset a single 1-star review.
Would actually give it a 4-star review of the audio because of that. Not a single one of these delicate fascists mentioned that.
You know what is slightly distracting - the actual interjections of different, possibly AI-generated speech. Even with that, figuring at worst that would make it a 3-star book. Can we just talk for a minute though about how *not* distracting it is to have inclusive language? These 1-star reviewers could have a point if the language was changed so much as to break the line of communicating substance. 5-star book, 1-star people leaving 1-star reviewsĮven though I've only listened to a bit (and reread sections of the book), this has been really helpful.
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