Parental Control, Ep 60: Bestselling Author Milli Hill On The Realities Of Giving Birth

About Milli Hill

Milli Hill is a writer and freelance journalist with a passion for women’s rights in childbirth and throughout their reproductive lives. Her book The Positive Birth Book is one of the UK’s bestselling pregnancy guides, selling nearly 100k copies since publication in 2017. Her more recent books, Give Birth like a Feminist, and My Period (for preteens), have also topped the Amazon charts.

A freelance journalist since 2013, Milli has written for many publications, including The Telegraph, Guardian, iPaper, Good to Know, Mail Plus and Mother & Baby Magazine. For over two years she wrote a weekly column for Best Daily Magazine, which often went ‘viral’ and won her thousands of followers and acclaim from the likes of Ricki Lake.

As a writer, Milli is best known for raising awareness of women’s voices, rights, and experiences in the birth room. She is a tireless advocate for women’s choices, and for the notion that birth can be positive in any setting, from home to the operating theatre. She has appeared on many podcasts and radio shows including BBC Radio 2 (Jeremy Vine, Amol Rajan), BBC Radio 5 Live (Emma Barnett), and TalkRadio.

The Positive Birth Book

Challenging negativity and fear of childbirth, and brimming with everything you need to know about labour, birth and the early weeks of parenting, The Positive Birth Book is the must-have guide for pregnant women. A widely acclaimed bestseller since it was first published, it has empowered hundreds of thousands of women worldwide to make informed, positive choices about their births.

Fully revised and updated, this new edition will help you work out what kind of birth you really want, and learn how to maximise your chances of getting it.