A quick, easy-read book for pregnant women, their partners and family - and also for caregivers!
ISBN: 978 1 906619 12 1
Paperback, 156 x 256 mm
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Surprising, Inspiring Birth:
Accounts of birth to inform, amuse and reassure
A book of birth
stories for pregnant women, fathers-to-be, mothers, mother-in-laws and potential
birth attendants. The wide range of upbeat birth stories give a reassuring
insight into what birth with minimal intervention is all about. It's especially
useful for pregnant women who have a passing interest in the idea of giving
birth 'normally' or 'naturally' or 'without drugs' and their relatives. It may
also be of interest to midwives, doulas and obstetricians, particularly if they
are looking for positive, reassuring books to give or lend out to their clients.
Here's a bit more information:
- 156 pages of birth stories are presented without much preamble - only a snappy
heading. There are approx 7 pages of commentary, the rest being just accounts
from women around the world.
- Accounts are divided up into the following sections: Getting pregnant, Having
one, Having two or more, Coping with high risk and actual problems, Overcoming
bad first experiences, Testing the limits of possibility, and Ordinary,
Extraordinary Adjustments.
- Readers should come to appreciate many of the potential problems and choices
associated with childbirth through reading the accounts.
- Accounts are about getting pregnant, finding appropriate care, experiencing a
range of healthy outcomes, having a doula, dealing with past sexual abuse,
giving birth vaginally with twins, triplets and breech babies - and losing
weight after the birth! There are also accounts about c-sections and VBACs.
- Detailed information is provided through some of the accounts on the normal,
healthy processes so as to help readers understand what to expect and not feel
afraid.
- Guidelines are provided on water birth, coping with premature babies and even
lotus birth!
- Contributors include
Angela Horn and
Michel Odent
and many women and men, of all ages and types!
- There are 27 inspirational greyscale photographs.
- The Introduction is called: "You mean, you had no drugs?!"
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