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From The Hips: A Comprehensive, Open-minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Becoming a Parent by Rebecca Odes and Ceridwen Morris

Once upon a time, pregnancy meant our sexuality was over. It was just not acceptable for women to be Mama, professional, and a sexual person. This of course was our fate pre-Demi naked and pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair, and of course Madonna who constantly refuses to be pigeon-holed into one definition of womanhood. Pregnancy became hot and the rest of culture followed. But maybe we followed too far? The pendulem has swung so far that many women feel the pressure to be everything at once.

Enough! Lest we forget, having a baby comes directly from the source of pleasure — the sexual interaction. We all know that mothers are not sexual, right? How absurd! If anything, we as women become more sexual, more sexually confident and more in tuned with our own sexual capacity when we are pregnant.

From the Hips - a new guide for a new generation of mothers to be - earns the CAKE Seal of Approval because it celebrates the fluidity of femininity without demanding one overall standard of what it means to be pregnant and sexy. Filled with up to date information and totally relatable anecdotes, this book is a go to handbook for any woman who is pregnant, thinking about getting pregnant or anyone who is interested in how to have sex while pregnant and exactly what sushi you can eat when pregnant or anyone who has recently seen the movie - Knocked Up. Enjoy.