I thought this book would push natural, unmedicated births, but it didn't. The book does discuss the benefits of a natural birth and the medicalization of the birthing process heavily, but the opinions aren't so strong that you feel like you are being judged or convinced that a natural birth is the only "right" way to give birth to a child. I felt the take home message of the book was that a woman should have the best birth possible; the focus should be more on how the women processes the birth and how she comes to term with it instead of the type of birth she had. The book was enjoyable and easy to read. I didn't feel like I was preached to after I finished the book.