The Blood, Sweat, Tears, Tears, and Sweetness: The Shit They Don't Tell You About Labor, Delivery, and The First 48 Hours Afterwards. - Hardcover

Byrd, Carolyn H. P.: - Carolyn Byrd is the owner and founder of Cary Integrative Health, a health care collaborative to mental health providers, dieticians, functional medicine doctors, massage therapists, acupuncturists, and coaches. Within the practice she works as a habit and health coach and massage therapist. She is also a registered yoga teacher, a personal trainer, and veteran. Her work focuses on moving her clients out of mental, habitual, and physical blocks and pain patterns. She is passionate about what she does and believes education and community are keys to optimal health care.She is wife to Cameron and momma to Cardinal Elizabeth, to whom she holds highest gratitude and love for making her a better person every day. When she is not at her clinic or at home with her people and menagerie of pets, you can find her at the barn riding her horse, Godiva, or cooking up something plant-based and gluten free.Gramelspacher, Sarah: - Sarah Gramelspacher worked on the illustrations for this book during her third trimester of pregnancy, while experiencing some-butnot all-of the phenomena described in its pages!Growing up in and around New Orleans, Sarah started drawing as soon as she could hold a crayon, and has never stopped! She studied painting at the University of New Orleans and earned her BA in 2006. Sarah has exhibited paintings in galleries across the U.S., and has created illustrations for picture books, middle-grade novels, and magazines. She has worked with Highlights Magazine, Cricket Media, and Arcadia Publishing, to name a few. She is represented by Kate Kendrick at Astound Agency.