A wise and gentle guide, Merete Leonhardt-Lupa takes the reader's hand and accompanies her on a most extraordinary journey: pregnancy through new motherhood. A Mother is Born reminds us that the psychological, emotional, and physical transformations of the mother-to-be are no less wondrous or complex than the new life she harbors. Leonhardt-Lupa helps us understand how a woman struggles, grows, develops, and is empowered as she becomes a mother. This is a life-affirming book that both new mothers and new fathers will benefit from reading. - Evelyn Bassoff, Ph.D. Author of Between Mothers and Sons: The Making of Vital and Loving Men.