From the Hips A Comprehensive, Open-Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Becoming a Parent

Having a baby is life-changing. It's intense, inspiring, exhausting, outrageous, amazing, transformative - and that's just the way you feel when you find out you're pregnant. FROM THE HIPS is what every new mother is looking for from a pregnancy book: a reliable resource crammed with the most accurate and up-to-date information about having a baby told in a friendly, positive, supportive, and encouraging tone. The authors, both young mothers themselves, talked to hundreds of women from diverse backgrounds with diverse beliefs and experiences. The result is a comprehensive look at all the myriad choices, complications, physical and emotional changes, and expectations women face when becoming mothers. Packed with information as well as quotes and stories from women sharing their unique experiences. This is not your mother's parenting book. Breaking away from the traditional, text-heavy format of other parenting books, this book introduces the 4-colour format that is reminiscent of popular websites for women. With the colourful, dynamic illustrations, our authors turn an unflinching eye on all the embarrassing questions and uncomfortable moments of motherhood.

Rebecca Odes is the coauthor and illustrator of the bestselling sex/life guide, Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL. She lives in New York City with her husband and children.
Ceridwen Morrisis a writer and mother living in New York City.