Birthing is a comprehensive guide to pregnancy, birth, and beyond, written by Davina McCall and featuring expert advice from midwife Marley Hall and a team of leading experts. It covers fertility and conception, pregnancy care, birth choices, the fourth trimester, emotional wellbeing, sex and intimacy, representation that matters, real stories, and looking after your baby. The book aims to empower women with confidence and clarity and birth they deserve, regardless of their path to parenthood.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 11 September 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Birthing: Your Honest, Expert Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

Birthing is your honest, expert guide to pregnancy, birth, and beyond, featuring everything you need to feel informed, supported, and empowered. From the bestselling author of Menopausing comes a bold, honest, and practical guide to conception, pregnancy, birth, and beyond. In Birthing, Davina McCall, together with midwife Marley Hall and a team of leading experts, lifts the lid on the questions women often feel too afraid or too embarrassed to ask. Inside, you'll find:

• Fertility & conception – IVF explained clearly, plus advice on what really helps (and what doesn't).


• Pregnancy care – Midwife Marley's step-by-step guidance, from antenatal care to preparing for labour.


• Your changing body – how to stay strong and comfortable throughout pregnancy and post-partum.


• Birth choices – understanding your options, managing pain, and knowing your rights and a supportive look at what happens throughout the birthing process.


• The fourth trimester – practical advice for recovery, feeding, and the reality of life with a newborn.


• Emotional wellbeing – coping with anxiety, financial pressures, identity shifts, the mental load of new motherhood, and supporting your mental health throughout it all.


• Sex & intimacy – an open, honest look at relationships and intimacy during and after pregnancy.


• Representation that matters – vital insights into Black maternal health and why tackling inequalities saves lives.


• Real stories – empowering voices from women sharing their honest experiences.


• Looking after your baby – advice on feeding, crying, sleeping, and everything in between in those early days.

Unflinching, supportive, and full of expert knowledge, Birthing is here to empower you with the confidence and clarity and birth you deserve – whatever your path to parenthood.

Weight: 938g
Dimension: 176 x 243 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008701840