First Australian edition - hardcover, printed cover (no dustjacket). Born Jeannine O'Brien, the author also known in USA as Jeannine Parvati and Jeannine Parvati Baker.She practiced as a midwife in Sonoma County, California for over ten years, before moving to rural southern Utah where she continued her practice and taught Prenatal Yoga while raising a family. She founded Hygieia College, a mentorship program. She is credited with popularizing the practice of lotus birth in the United States. This, her first book, was influenced by ashtanga yogi Baba Hari Dass and offers guidance and instruction in yoga for a healthy pregnancy and gentle birth. The central section of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of postures and movements and includes photos illustrating the postures. Throughout, the author offers advice to the mother-to-be and promotes a woman's right to make her own choices about the birthing environment and the method of her baby's delivery.