Dr Monique Rainford (right) flips through her book, 'The Maternal Glow - A Jamaican Woman's Guide to Pregnancy' with Dr Fay Whitbourne-Morrison during the launch at the Guardian Life building on Trafalgar Road on Tuesday, November 17. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Fifteen years ago, Dr Monique Rainford-Bourne fell in love. While on her obstetrics rotation, she delivered her first baby. And that's when it happened. She changed her focus from paediatrics to gynaecology.

Last Tuesday, this Harvard graduate launched her first book, The Maternal Glow - A Jamaican Woman's Guide to Pregnancy, at the Guardian Life building on Trafalgar Road. The book was the end result of another love - writing - she developed three years ago when she began penning a weekly column for The Gleaner's Health section.

"It's more than a professional work, it's a way to connect to my patients, express things they have been talking to me about for years."

Guest speaker at the launch, Dr Fay Whitbourne-Morrison, lauded the book. She noted that the book was particularly geared towards Jamaican women, telling them what to expect and when to be concerned, avoiding or simplifying medical terminology. Another great feature of the book is the list of delivery hospitals (facilities) in each parish.

Concise

The book is concise, easy to use and carry, and covers a wide range of topics.

Rainford-Bourne's father, Milton Rainford, was very proud, telling Flair, "I was proud of her from the day she was born."

Master of ceremonies and her colleague, Dr Michael Abrahams, charged those present, "Don't let Sarah Palin's book sell more than this."

But we doubt that this will be possible in Jamaica as Rainford-Bourne's book is for Jamaican women and written by a Jamaican gynaecologist.