Before You Give Birth
Know more during pregnancy, feel ready for birth
This birth preparation book is designed to help you feel calm, confident and ready for labour using real, practical tools that actually work.
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This book was originally published as Birthing with Trauma and Fear.
It has been republished as Before You Give Birth to better reflect its purpose — giving women the tools, understanding, and confidence to walk into birth feeling prepared, not fearful.
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It’s real, honest, and written straight from the heart.
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This book was originally published as Birthing with Trauma and Fear.
It has been republished as Before You Give Birth to better reflect its purpose — giving women the tools, understanding, and confidence to walk into birth feeling prepared, not fearful.
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About the Book
If you’re wondering how to prepare for birth in a way that actually feels realistic, this book walks you through it step by step.
Pregnancy is a time of anticipation, questions, and preparation, yet so much of what truly shapes birth goes unspoken.
Whether this is your first baby or not, this book is your guide to approaching birth with clarity, confidence, and self-trust.
Drawing from over a decade of experience as a doula and childbirth educator, along with her own deeply personal journey, Moran Liviani shares practical tools, grounded insight, and the powerful stories of women who have experienced birth in many forms.
Through years of supporting women, Moran developed The Essential 10 — a clear and practical framework designed to help you prepare emotionally, practically and holistically to strengthen your confidence, and step into birth feeling informed and steady.
This book meets you wherever you are in your journey. It supports you in understanding how mindset, preparation, communication, and trust influence not just how birth unfolds — but how it feels and how it’s remembered.
It is also a valuable resource for partners and birth professionals seeking a deeper understanding of how to support someone preparing for birth with insight and care. Birth does not have to be something you simply get through.
With the right preparation, it can be something you enter with strength, awareness, and intention.
LET THIS BOOK REMIND YOU:
YOU ARE CAPABLE.
YOU ARE POWERFUL.
AND YOU CAN WALK INTO BIRTH READY.
Birth Doula, HypnoBirthing Practitioner, Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist & Author
Moran (@2lifedoula) is a proud mama to three incredible girls — her greatest achievement and inspiration. She has worked in the birth space for over 13 years, supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. As the founder of 2Life Doula and author of Before You Give Birth – Know More in Pregnancy, Feel Ready for Birth. Moran is passionate about empowering women, honouring their choices, and helping create positive birth experiences that last a lifetime.