The Positive Birth Book: A New Approach to Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Weeks
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The Positive Birth Book: A New Approach to Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Weeks
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It is easy to read, is non-alarmist about birth and seeks to help women feel calm, confident and flexible in the options available to them, no matter how unpredictable or far from an "ideal" birth their journey takes them. Many parents-to-be and their support people have little knowledge of what to expect in the birthing suite.
One of the funniest ones listed under Pushing; "Wanting to have the most intense bowel movement of my life.Because it gives mothers what they now most need - accurate facts, proper reassurance, and about a thousand reasons to be excited about birth. This book offered a variety of suggestions for making an unmedicated birth more comfortable, from massage suggestions to diagrams of various positions for labor and birth to a recipe for "labor-ade. It is important that you always seek the guidance of your doctor or other qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health, your pregnancy or any medical conditions. I’d highly recommend to anyone who feels overwhelmed by information, choice and anyone who feels a bit clueless about everything from pain relief to how to plan for things not going to plan. When you're expecting a new baby, suddenly everyone around you becomes an expert – particularly when it comes to how to feed them.
In The Happy Birth Book, Beverley Turner, with the help of midwife Pam Wild, lays out all the facts about pregnancy, birth and new parenthood. Rebecca studied English and art history at Cornell University and served in the Peace Corps in Thailand.An enlightening and accessible portrait of maternal healthcare in America" ( Publishers Weekly, starred) Birth is an inspiring look at one of life’s most profound rites of passage. The Positive Birth Book Visual Birth Plan cards are a great way to think through your birth choices. Thanks for telling it straight about birth, hospitals, circumscion, ultrasounds, the importance of nursing a human child with human milk, unnessecary medical interventions, and how a healthy woman should trust her body and a competent mid-wife! This book covers nearly everything you need to know beginning with pregnancy through to the big day.
It helps normalise some of the experiences of new parents in a way that is both reassuring but also gives you ideas of when you might want some extra support (and where from). Most of the stuff in it was pretty basic, but I definitely came away from it with some little nuggets of new info, especially on the explanation of different natural birth "methods" and their applications to real birth stories. The insights it offers will allow many women to flip their upcoming birth experience from a potentially nervy tiptoe through a dark unknown to a cherished day. Bill is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine.Give Birth like a Feminist is a galvanising book, asking why birth is such an overlooked feminist issue, and exploring how we can improve birth, both for ourselves and for all women. Challenging negativity and fear of childbirth, and brimming with everything you need to know about labour, birth and the early weeks of parenting, The Positive Birth Book is the must-have guide for pregnant women.
- Fruugo ID: 258392218-563234582
- EAN: 764486781913
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