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Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions about Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, and Hospital Birth |  | Author: Barbara Harper
Creators: Suzanne Arms, Robbie Davis-Floyd
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Seller: Louisa Book Cottage
Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 190728
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 268
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 7.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0892814802
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.45
EAN: 9780892814800
ASIN: 0892814802
Publication Date: June 1, 1994
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Barbara Harper outlines the elements of gentle birthing: support from loved ones, a reassuring and quiet environment with soft lighting, and minimal medical intervention. She shows you how to plan a meaningful, family-centered birth experience and discusses the alternatives available, providing 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. With Cesarean section rates in some hospitals at more than 50%, women are acknowledging that childbirth reform is an essential aspect of reclaiming responsibility for our bodies and our lives. Includes information on: -Giving birth in a freestanding birthing center, at home, or in a hospital birthing room. -Finding a primary care-giver who shares your philosophy of birth, whether midwife, doctor, or both. -Deciding how to best use current technologies. -Practical advice for couples wishing to explore the option of waterbirth, a choice that maximizes the attributes of water as a natural, pain-relieving relaxant and an alternative to drugs and their unwanted side effects.
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 Excellent! September 3, 2009
Shay K. Ballinger
Book was very informative and very encouraging. I am so excited to have my own natural water birth!
Beautiful and informative June 29, 2009
J. McGregor (New Zealand)
Lovely book. It's full of excellent information for any mother who is looking to have her baby in a natural way and in a natural environment. The DVD is just lovely also and would convince anyone that having a baby with as little intervention as possible is ultimately the best way for Mum and for baby.
Excellent April 7, 2009
Elle M. Dempster (Iowa, USA)
Incredible book. The information provided throughout the book really empowered me as a woman. Its startling how much information this book holds. Our nation has successfully hid much of this under the rug, but for those who are willing to take an unbiased look, you may also be stunned. The facts that the author presents are thoroughly backed-up with statistics and numerous references. I encourage any woman to read this and then pass the book around to all your friends. This is what birth should be, was meant to be like- compared to what it has turned into.
AMAZING BOOK April 2, 2009
Jessica L. Meyers
This book is absolutely an essential read for anyone who is planning to have a baby or even if you are just interested in birth. The way that our society pedals epidurals and hospital interventions for birth is horrible and this book will tell you why. It is not a book that is against the use of all interventions but rather a comprehensive informative piece on why each is good or bad. PLEASE PLEASE read and suggest to all your friends!!!
lovely book- gread DVD December 30, 2008
springolife (houston tx)
Make sure you get the copy with a DVD! It's a wonderful companion, especially for your birth partner who may not read the book. I felt saddened as I read it that my previous babies did not have gentle beginnings, but it inspired me to make things different for my soon coming baby boy!
The book has a wide range of ideas and birthing practices. No two women birth the same! Surprisingly according to other reviews here apparently some women don't think that they (or their babies) should have the option of a gentle birth. But every woman deserves it! Must read this book!
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