Give Birth Like a Feminist: Your body. Your baby. Your choices.

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Featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live
Selected as one of the Independents 10 best pregnancy books for expectant parents

Birth is a feminist issue. Its the feminist issue nobodys talking about.
FEATURING A BRAND NEW CHAPTER

A powerful read, whether youre pregnant or not Independent

Finally blasting the feminist spotlight into the labour ward, Milli Hill encourages women everywhere to stand and deliver, insisting that birth is no longer left off the list in discussions about female power, control and agency.

From the importance of birth plans to your human rights in childbirth, and including birth stories from women across the world, this call-to-arms will help you find your voice, take an active role in your choices, and change the way you think about childbirth.

Praise for Give Birth Like a Feminist

I feel so lucky to have read Millis book while pregnant, she completely changed my way of looking at giving birth Ella Mills, author of Deliciously Ella

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I feel so lucky to have read Millis book while pregnant, she completely changed my way of looking at giving birth Ella Mills, author of Deliciously Ella

Milli is a compassionate and passionate writer who puts women squarely at the heart of her endeavours. Emma Barnett, Womans Hour

A powerful read whether youre pregnant or not Independent

A much-needed, brilliant, reassuring, pioneering, kick-ass book that all women especially mothers should read! Emma Jane Unsworth

Milli Hill is one of our very favourite birth writers. Birth has been overlooked by feminists for too long, in spite of the injustices happening in the labour ward. This book is a rallying cry for women everywhere to take charge of their births and recognise their own autonomy at this pivotal moment in their lives. Everyone should read it and look at the experience of childbirth through a feminist lens. Ricki Lake, Producer and Abby Epstein, Director: The Business of Being Born

Whether a person is considering giving birth or not, Milli Hill's exploration of childbirth as a central feminist issue is a must-read. I loved this book! Soraya Chemaly

Everyone should read this awesome book! The world has changed and Milli Hill connects the dots in a way that can change minds and improve outcomes. Tina Cassidy

Finally. Someone brave enough to say the words feminist and birth in the same sentence in a book that is not an academic polemic. Hannah Dahlen

In case anyone is uncertain about what youre allowed to do when giving birth, Hill spells it out: stop asking for permission, recognize that your experience matters quite a bit and demand respect. Jennifer Block, journalist and author ofPushedandEverything Below the Waist

Author Bio

Milli Hill is a freelance journalist, and the founder of the Positive Birth Movement, a global network of over 450 free to attend antenatal groups - linked up by social media. She is a columnist for Telegraph Women, a regular contributor to Mother&Baby magazine, and also writes for Guardian, ipaper, GoodtoKnow, and many others. Her first book, The Positive Birth Book, has been a bestseller since publication in March 2017. Milli has become a global spokesperson for women's experience of childbirth, and is invited to speak regularly at conferences and events across the UK and beyond. She lives in Somerset with her partner and three children, aged 11, 8 and 5.