Windows to the Womb: Revealing the Conscious Baby from Conception to Birth

Book Review: I can point to a handful of people, experiences, and books that deeply changed the course of my life. One of those books was Babies Remember Birth (now re-titled The Mind of your Newborn Baby) and one of those teachers was David Chamberlain. I was only a few months pregnant with my first child when I was assigned this book in a graduate course. I was profoundly affected by the clear, well supported, empowering, affirmation of humanity I felt from the words Dr. Chamberlain had written. I found an unfamiliar courage in myself (and also in my child to be born and in my husband) to live the truth I felt Dr. Chamberlain had laid before me. I chose a very different path than the vast majority of women becoming mothers. As a result, 24 years ago, I gave birth to my daughter, Jane, in water, in my home, supported by people who I loved and mattered to me. Jane’s birth was a beautiful, transformational experience that changed my life and the lives of others present that day. The guidance I followed from Dr. Chamberlain’s book woke many of us up to the power of women, of the birthing experience, and who we really are as babies.