Announcing a New Book on Home Birth

Friends, the time has come. I am thrilled and terrified to announce that I have a new book coming out early next year! It’s called Room of Wonders, and it’s all about home birth: a collection of stories, expert interviews, and profiles exploring what it actually means to deliver your baby at home.

I gave birth to my three kids here in our house, the same certified professional midwife by my side each time. Like a lot of people, I had always imagined birth to be excruciating, a dreaded event to be augmented and endured. Yet my birthing days were among the most joyful and empowering of my life, and I believe part of the reason was the setting. Surrounded by my favorite people and things, I felt safe, comfortable, and strong. My babies’ births were celebrations, rooting me to our rooms and to the land itself. I began dreaming of a book about my experience and other families’, too, and the kernel of this collection took root. Four years later, here it is, available for preorder on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, my publisher’s website, and wherever great books are sold!

Room of Wonders is for readers seeking safe, evidence-based alternatives to conventional hospital birth. In this collection of interviews, profiles, and birth stories, leading midwives, doulas, obstetricians, scholars, and ordinary parents explore the benefits, challenges, and logistics of home birth. Room of Wonders will be released in Spring 2027 by the Santa Fe Writers Project, an eclectic indie press with global distribution. Learn more at the book’s website, here!