This comprehensive and richly illustrated guide offers expectant parents daily orientation throughout their pregnancy – with important information and useful tips from midwifery and medical practice. And it brings joy with touching photos directly from the uterus. Impressive images show exactly how the baby develops – from embryo to birth. Modern illustrations demonstrate changes in the woman's body, prenatal examinations, and the birth process. Potential discomforts, wellness tips, and everything important about the postpartum period are also explained in detail and in an understandable way. – A well-founded and moving guide for all expectant parents.

Silvia Höfer is a freelance midwife in Berlin. She is a mother, grandmother, author of books and specialist articles, and she trains midwives.
Dr. med. Alenka Scholz is a specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics and works at a major birthing clinic in Berlin.