When pregnant, women go through an incredible change that isn't just physical, but emotional, psychological and physiological, across the world with a new baby there is also the celebration of a new mother, so why in Western Society is so much of this change not talked about and hidden. Journalist and author of Matrescence : On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood, Lucy Jones joins us this week to teach us about the changes women undergo during pregnancy and after birth, how we can care for new women and her own experience into this new area of life. Get in touch with your birth experiences over at askmumsthewordpod@gmail.com---A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.