Description
What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you.
Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nations leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Based on the female-centered Midwifery Model of Care, Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth gives expectant mothers comprehensive information on everything from the all-important mind-body connection to how to give birth without technological intervention.
Filled with inspiring birth stories and practical advice, this invaluable resource includes:
Reducing the pain of labor without drugsand the miraculous roles touch and massage play
What really happens during labor
Orgasmic birthmaking birth pleasurable
Episiotomyis it really necessary?
Common methods of inducing laborand which to avoid at all costs
Tips for maximizing your chances of an unmedicated labor and birth
How to avoid postpartum bleedingand depression
The risks of anesthesia and cesareanswhat your doctor
doesnt necessarily tell you
The best ways to work with doctors and/or birth care providers
How to create a safe, comfortable environment for
birth in any setting, including a hospital
And much more
Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth takes the fear out of childbirth by restoring womens faith in their own natural power to give birth with more ease, less pain, and less medical intervention.
Author: Ina May Gaskin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 03/04/2003
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.08w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780553381153
Language: English
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