Because there will be no commercial interests advertising and promoting these materials, the Boston Women's Health Book Collective urges women to seek out such information before pursuing the newer medical approaches that almost certainly will be both costlier and riskier. Most of the women in the Boston Women's Health Book Collective were in their twenties and thirties when they first came together. As these pioneers of the second wave of feminism grew older and interacted with more women of all ages, they realized that the health concerns of middle-aged and older women also needed to be explored and questioned. Ourselves Growing Older was born out of the recognition of this need. The most recent edition, The New Ourselves Growing Older , was published in 1994.
Many books provide information and advice about pregnancy, birth, and parenthood.
While these books inform and guide us, they often give confusing and contradictory messages, telling us that we are strong and capable while at the same time cautioning us about all the things that might go wrong.