Author of the classic SPIRITUAL MIDWIFERY, Ina May Gaskin tells readers how to reduce the risk of epidurals, avoid C-sections, and maximize the safety of the birthing process for mother and child.
For half a century, the all-natural Bradley method has helped mothers have healthy babies and joyful birthing experiences--and made fathers partners in the miracle of life. Today more than 1,000 teachers in every state recommend this pioneering guide--now available in a trade paperback edition.
"Move over, Lamaze. HypnoBirthers say their form of deep relaxation takes the panting and pain out of labor." -Time Magazine HypnoBirthing(R): A Celebration of Life - with Birth Exercise CD Included! Childbirth is not something to be feared; it is a natural expression of life. With HypnoBirthing, your pregnancy and childbirth will become the ...
Since the Bradley method was first introduced in 1970, a growing number of expectant parents have opted for natural childbirth, knowing that it's safer than medicated or surgical delivery. But where can parents-to-be go for information on how to have a successful Bradley birth? This book provides all the answers, offering sound advice on how to ...
A guide for those who wish to help a woman have a positive childbirth experience. It provides information about: techniques and medications for easing labor pain; tests and treatments of the fetus and newborn; strategies to help labor progress; medical procedures; and, how to best help the mother during the early postpartum period.
The complete and essential guide to birth with a doula by the "undisputed experts in the field."--Los Angeles Times. More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a "doula." This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the ...
This book offers a provocative and incisive analysis of medical intervention at childbirth - an experience fast becoming the norm in America, even as women seek more choice. In the U.S, nearly half of all mothers are chemically induced into labour whether they want it or not, and almost a third give birth via Caesarean section. For women who want ...
Fully updated and revised, this guide covers the time from the last few weeksof pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Includes new information onwater birth, labor aids, and epidural anesthesia. 35 illustrations.
The Official Lamaze Guide helps expectant parents experience childbirth with confidence. In clear, easy-to-understand terms, this book dispels the myths that pregnancy and birth are fraught with risk. Lothian and DeVries offer solidly researched evidence to document that common medical interventions (such as pitocin, epidural block, c-sections, IV ...
The classic book on home birth is now in its fourth edition. Includes updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Mothers-to-be are instructed on how to take care of themselves while pregnant and how to prepare for being a mother and taking ...
The national C-section rate is at an all-time high of 31%. Are all of these C-sections necessary? Are some of them done simply for the convenience of doctors? Inductions seem to have become the norm. Are they always necessary? In the end, expectant mothers are often left feeling powerless, as their instincts are replaced by drugs and medically ...
Recommended by Lamaze International as one of the top ten books for pregnant women and their families, this text includes a 45-minute DVD of six live gentle births.
In Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper, a mid-wife, nurse, and mother, outlines the elements of gentle birthing and provides a new model of maternity care that reduces the need for high-tech crisis intervention, and focuses instead on preparation and good health for mother and child. More than 50 black-and-white photographs by Suzanne Arms ...
Anyone working to improve the childbearing experience and help women avoid unnecessary intervention has encountered numerous "obstetric myths" or "old doctors' tales". And while the evidence in the medical literature may be solidly, often unequivocably, against whatever "the doctor said", without access to that evidence, the pregnant women is ...
The only book devoted to labor pain, the number one concern of pregnant women, Easing Labor Pain is a positive and encouraging guide to everything an expectant mother can do--from pregnancy through postpartum, but especially during labor--to make sure pain doesn't overshadow the joy of giving birth.
In matchless prose and stunning photos, Frederick Leboyer discusses the importance and beauty of yoga for pregnant women. He shows how they can use yoga to move toward healthy and joyous childbearing and how the health benefits will far outlast the birthing process--for both mother and child. 100 photos.
Three decades ago Jessica Mitford wrote about the idiosyncrasies of American funeral rites in "The American Way of Death", and now, with a blend of wit, commitment and curiosity, she provides a cautionary tale about how Americans give birth. The book is not about the miracle of life, but about the role of money and politics in a lucrative industry ...
This practical, heartfelt volume provides soon-to-be mothers with a road map to painless, joyful childbirth. Rather than telling you what and what not to do, it offers a nine-step process that leads women to discover their innate ability to give birth to their children naturally.In "Painless Childbirth" natural birthing expert Giuditta Tornetta, ...
}This indispensable book by three distinguished authorities on childbirth shows how every expectant parent can use the help of a doula, or trained labor companion.In their vivid, step-by-step guide, the authors follow the actual course of birth in various settings. They show readers how to achieve these dramatic benefits, and how to find and ...
A drug-free Bradley birth is the best start a baby can have. Dr. Robert A. Bradley has been practicing and teaching his method of husband-coached childbirth for over thirty years and has a 94 percent unmedicated birthrate. Illustrated.
In his breakthrough book, Jones introduces a new, highly effective method of childbirth preparation using mental imagery. He shows expectant parents how to prevent the pain and fear associated with childbirth.
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