'Non-violent birth' has revolutionised the way we view childbirth, urging us to think about the birth of a child from the child's point of view. Why must the baby emerge from the darkness of a silent uterus into a world of blinding light and loud noises? Why must it take its first breath terrified, hanging upside down, endangering its fragile spine? Why is the baby separated from its mother after spending nine months in her nourishing body? "Birth without Violence" by Frédérick Leboyer is one of the milestones in the history of the humanisation of childbirth. It is the first book to express what mothers have always known: babies are born with the capacity to experience a whole range of emotions.
