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Gentle Birth Choices: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions about Birthing Centers, Birth Attendants, Water Birth, Home Birth, Hospital Birthby Barbara Harper
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 many 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:
Review:"Harper is among the most active, enthusiastic, and effective writers and advocates in the field of childbirth education today." Review:"One of the top ten recommended books for pregnant women and their families." Review:"Exactly the sort of guide that pregnant women have needed to help them sort through the myriadnumber of choices and options." Synopsis:In Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper, a mid-wife, nurse, and mother, outlines the elements of gentle birthing and provides 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. More than 50 black-and-white photographs by Suzanne Arms capture the joy and intensity of birth. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index. About the AuthorBarbara Harper--midwife, nurse, and mother of three--is the founder of Waterbirth International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and research about natural childbirth, including the use of water to ease labor and delivery. She is also the author of the Gentle Birth Choicesboxed set with video. Table of ContentsForewordby Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Ph.D. Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Gentle Beginnings Ingredients for a Gentle Birth 2. The Medicalization of Childbirth Our Legacy of Birth From Midwife to Physician The Promise of Science Pain Relief: The Era of "Twilight Sleep" Hospital Births for Everyone Unraveling Diagnostic Procedures The Results of Medical Intervention 3. Dispelling the Medical Myths Myth: The Hospital Is the Safest Place to Have a Baby Myth: Maternity Care Should Be Managed Only by a Physician Myth: The Electronic Fetal Monitor Will Save Babies Myth: Once a Cesarean, Always a Cesarean Myth: Birth Needs to be Sterile Myth: Drugs for Pain Relief Won't Hurt the Baby Myth: An Episiotomy Heals Better Than a Tear Myth: It's Better Not to Eat or Drink During Labor Myth: Family and Friends Interfere During Birth Myth: If You Are Over Thirty-Five, Your Birth Will Be More Difficult Myth: Boys Need to be Circumcised 4. A Gentle Revolution Birth without Fear Birth without Pain Birth without Violence Birth Reborn Birth without Rules Voice of Protest--Consumers Seek Change 5. Midwifery in America--An Emerging Tradition The Midwife Model of Maternity Care Midwifery Education--Education versus Experience Midwives Confront the System Midwifery in the Future 6. Water Births Why Water Birth? Water Birth History Beyond the Leboyer Bath Labor Pools in France Water Birth Comes to America Making Waves in California Water Birth Around the World Questions Everyone Asks About Water Births Water Works 7. The Mind-Body Connection Mind-Body Response Listening to the Body Listening to the Baby Visualization for a Gentle Birth The Power of Prayer The Sexuality of Childbirth Redesigning Prenatal Preparation Mind, Body, Spirit in Unity 8. Creating Gentle Birth Choices Planning Your Birth Consumers Create Choices Health Care for All Women and Children by the year 2000 Appendix A:Questions to Ask a Doctor Appendix B:Questions to Ask a Midwife Appendix C:Sample Birth Plan for a Hospital Birth Appendix D:Procedures and Protocols for Hydrotherapy for Labor and Birth Appendix E: Sample Letter to Hospital Appendix F:Resources Appendix G:Maternity Health Index Endnotes Bibliography Index What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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