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These are just three of the many women who contributed to
Preparing for a Healthy Birth. The woman in the middle is
Sarah J Buckley – she’s a GP in Australia. Not only has she
researched birth, she’s also experienced it first-hand! The woman on
the left is Maria Shanahan, who had an optimal birth for her second
child, despite being terrified it might not be possible! The woman
on the right has asked to remain anonymous… but you’ll learn lots
about her if you read the book. Other contributors came from all
walks of life… There’s a birth story contributed by a piano teacher,
one by an engineer (oh, and another one too), another one came from
a financial analyst, another from a midwife, another from a
professional photographer, yet another from a psychoanalyst, another
from a shopkeeper… The list is long and varied. A few men also
contributed their views, as did a couple of children… and there are
plenty of contributions from professionals from around the world.
Interestingly enough, while the contributors to this book varied
enormously their conclusions about birth are extremely similar.
Preparing for a Healthy Birth is full of accounts – 100 birth stories and 180
comments – about a new way of giving birth and the disadvantages of
using what has been wrongly called ‘pain relief’. You’ll experience
less pain and whole lot more joy if you give birth without drugs!
Read about...
- The
author's three optimal births – one in Sri Lanka, one with
Michel Odent and the third with the NHS
- Other women who were attended by
Michel Odent
- The birth of Michel’s own son, as well as comments about
his daughter’s experience of birth
- Births where intervention was life-saving
- Good and bad experiences of caesareans
- Women who had successful VBACs (vaginal births after
caesarean)… and another who didn’t
- A woman who cared for her premature baby with ‘kangaroo
care’
- One woman’s harrowing experience of stillbirth at 38 weeks
- Some Russian women who secretly and successfully arranged
homebirths
- Several women who chose to give birth to their breech babies
naturally
- Two women who had triplets vaginally and numerous women who
had their twins entirely naturally
- Mothers of multiples who breastfed – and one couple who had
a surprise twin!
- Older mothers who gave birth with no problems
- A woman who decided to have a baby for someone else
- Another woman who gave birth at home before the midwives
arrived!
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