I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to try to make sense of it all. Anni Daulter has created what should be the new standard for today's mom: birth journals, labor workbooks, pregnancy memoirs, and holistic wisdom. It is gentle and enlightening, and lays the foundation for what we know helps women have the labor and birth they want and deserve: support, self-knowledge, and empowerment.

I don't think my stylist would let me bedazzle my splint.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I'm big on my kids being conventionally polite, and it works really well for them.

I'm a pretty quiet person.

Don't listen to anyone's advice. Listen to your baby ... There are so many books, doctors, and well-meaning friends and family. We like to say, 'You don't need a book. Your baby is a book. Just pick it up and read it.'

I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.