Friday, February 19, 2021

Book Blast and Giveaway - Courageous Birth: The Joys & Challenges of Fully Embracing Pregnancy, Home Births and Babies by Dr. Laura Sims D.C.

Welcome to my stop on the book blast for Courageous Birth: The Joys & Challenges of Fully Embracing Pregnancy, Home Births and Babies by Dr. Laura Sims D.C. This book blast was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt from the book as well as the blast wide giveaway for a chance to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit all the stops on the book blast for more content. Enjoy!
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Title: Courageous Birth: The Joys & Challenges of Fully Embracing Pregnancy, Home Births and Babies
Author: Dr. Laura Sims D.C.
Publication Date: July 8th 2020
Print Length: 107 pages
Genres: Non-Fiction, Self-Help
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In building her family, Dr. Laura Sims has experienced joy and loss. This is a mother who has been through the worst and best of pregnancy, birth and family life and she won’t shy away from telling the truth of it.

Dr. Sims shows that, as the mother, you have the first say in how your pregnancy and the birth goes. You get to decide how you want to bring your baby into the world. Home births are rising and there is more and more understanding of how putting the mother’s comfort first results in better birthing experiences. Within days of knowing she was pregnant for the first time, Dr. Sims knew she wanted a home water birth. She took the reins right from the start, but was disappointed in the lack of literature available to her about the kind of pregnancy and birth she wanted. Courageous Birth is her offering to women like her, women who want to know the truth of the experience and who want someone to show them what is possible for them in pregnancy, birth, and post-natal life. Dr. Laura Sims opens up her family’s joys, losses and hopes for mothers looking to understand. With an intimate and honest window into her life, Dr. Sims empowers expecting mothers and post-birth mothers to find what’s best for them and their babies.

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EXCERPT:
Being a professional and having a new baby is possible. I dedicated an entire chapter to this because I feel it’s an important part of my life and I know that many times, a person’s career can get in the way of having children or vice versa. I’m a driven person by nature, however, I know many men and women who have a baby and become even more motivated to succeed and provide. With conceiving Grace and starting our business simultaneously, we were taking the leap in all regards. We dove all in. Ready to do whatever it took to make it work in as smooth and effortless a way as possible. Given that I felt so amazing immediately after birth, I got right back into being a chiropractor, working side by side with my husband while Grace was in the baby sling. She was constantly attached to me or her daddy. There were little if any times she was not in contact with us—unless our patients were holding her. She was in the office whenever we were. There were many benefits to having her there, as well as some challenges.

I encourage you to discover what works best for your situation. This is my experience and what worked for our family. It may look completely different for you. The main thing here, is that it is possible and you can do it!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Laura Sims has been helping people reach optimal health since 2006. Along with her husband, they founded 2 of the largest chiropractic practices on the western slope of Colorado.

She believes the body is capable of healing itself when free from nerve interference. In 2019, she completed a 2-year Master's class in Soul-Centered Living from the University of Santa Monica.

It is her heartfelt mission for everyone to step more fully into their courageousness and trust their inner knowing!

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GIVEAWAY:
Dr. Laura Sims will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter. Good luck!
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17 comments:

  1. How long did it take you to write this book?
    Thanks for the contest.

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  2. This book sounds really interesting.

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  3. Sounds like a very interesting book.

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  4. I like the cover. The artwork is very cute.

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  5. This would be a great book for my granddaughter, her baby is due Sept 12th

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  6. As a mother of 5 I think this is a great book.

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  7. Hello, What made you interested in the subject matter of birth? Thank you for the contest, and best of luck with the book.

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  8. The cover art seems appropriate for the book. Good job.

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  9. The excerpt is a great lead into a great book.

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  10. I enjoyed the excerpt. Thank you for the giveaway!

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  11. Nice book cover and the book sounds interesting. :)

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