Elisabeth Bolaza is a critical sexualities scholar, reproductive anthropologist, and maternal health researcher. She is the founder and lead of SORADA, a research consulting practice transforming maternal, sexual, and reproductive health through research, rigor, and praxis. She is based in Oakland, California.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Why We Give Birth this Way Chapter 2: Birth Pleasure Experiences and Perceptions Chapter 3: Pain-Free Birth Chapter 4: Medicalization, Demedicalization, and Praxis Chapter 5: The Sexuality Connection and Birth Pleasure Chapter 6: Race, Class, and Feeling Good in Birth Chapter 7: The Pleasure-Forward Model of Birth Appendix

Elisabeth Bolaza is a critical sexualities scholar, reproductive anthropologist, and maternal health researcher. She is the founder and lead of SORADA, a research consulting practice transforming maternal, sexual, and reproductive health through research, rigor, and praxis. She is based in Oakland, California.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Why We Give Birth this Way Chapter 2: Birth Pleasure Experiences and Perceptions Chapter 3: Pain-Free Birth Chapter 4: Medicalization, Demedicalization, and Praxis Chapter 5: The Sexuality Connection and Birth Pleasure Chapter 6: Race, Class, and Feeling Good in Birth Chapter 7: The Pleasure-Forward Model of Birth Appendix

Elisabeth Bolaza is a critical sexualities scholar, reproductive anthropologist, and maternal health researcher. She is the founder and lead of SORADA, a research consulting practice transforming maternal, sexual, and reproductive health through research, rigor, and praxis. She is based in Oakland, California.

• Introduction Chapter 1: Why We Give Birth this Way Chapter 2: Birth Pleasure Experiences and Perceptions Chapter 3: Pain-Free Birth Chapter 4: Medicalization, Demedicalization, and Praxis Chapter 5: The Sexuality Connection and Birth Pleasure Chapter 6: Race, Class, and Feeling Good in Birth Chapter 7: The Pleasure-Forward Model of Birth Appendix