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Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth Updated with New Material

by Ina May Gaskin
Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth Updated with New Material

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ISBN10: 0553381156
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What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you.

Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nations leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Based on the female-centered Midwifery Model of Care, Ina Mays Guide to Natural Childbirth gives expectant mothers comprehensive information on everything from the all-important mind-body connection to how to give birth without technological intervention.

Filled with inspiring birth stories and practical advice, this invaluable resource includes:• Reducing the pain of labor without drugs--and the miraculous roles touch and massage play

• What really happens during labor

• Orgasmic birth--making birth pleasurable

• Episiotomy--is it really necessary?

• Common methods of inducing labor--and which to avoid at all costs

• Tips for maximizing your chances of an unmedicated labor and birth

• How to avoid postpartum bleeding--and depression

• The risks of anesthesia and cesareans--what your doctor

doesnt necessarily tell you

• The best ways to work with doctors and/or birth care providers

• How to create a safe, comfortable environment for

birth in any setting, including a hospital

• And much more

Ina Mays Guide to Natural Childbirth takes the fear out of childbirth by restoring womens faith in their own natural power to give birth with more ease, less pain, and less medical intervention.

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PRAISE for THE BIRTH PARTNER and#160; and#8220;Penny Simkin shows how giving support in childbirth is not only a matter of helping a woman through labor and deliveryand#8212;important though that isand#8212;but also of enabling her to cherish a meaningful memory of birth.and#8221; and#8211; Sheila Kitzinger, author of Rediscovering Birth and The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth and#160; and#8220;A clearly written book that describes what really happens in our maternity units. I recommend it highly for both parents and a supportive friend.and#8221; and#8211; Marshall Klaus, M.D., author of Bonding, Your Amazing Newborn and Mothering the Mother

Synopsis

The cofounder of The Farm Midwifery Center and author of "Spiritual Midwifery" now shares her knowledge and wisdom about the "true capacities of the female body." This amazing book takes the fear out of childbirth, recasting it as the positive experience it should be, and includes inspiring and instructive birth stories from women who have used the midwifery model of care at The Farm.

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Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, new mothersand#8217; mates, friends, and relatives and doulas (professional birth assistants) have relied on Penny Simkinand#8217;s guidance in caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Fully revised in its fourth edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide for preparing to help a woman through childbirth and the essential manual to have at hand during the event.

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Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, new mothersand#8217; mates, friends, and relatives and doulas (professional birth assistants) have relied on Penny Simkinand#8217;s guidance in caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Fully revised in its fourth edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide for preparing to help a woman through childbirth and the essential manual to have at hand during the event. and#160; This completely updated edition includes thorough information on:

Preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun;

Normal labor and how to help the woman every step of the way;

Epidurals and other medications for labor;

Non-drug techniques for easing labor pain;

Cesarean birth and complications that may require it;

Breastfeeding and newborn care;

And much more. and#160; For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this book is indispensable.


About the Author

Penny Simkin, P.T., is a physical therapist, childbirth educator, doula, and birth counselor. She is nationally recognized as a premier authority on childbirth, having helped 9,000 expecting women and birth partners in childbirth and attended hundreds of couples though the birth process. Simkin is a prolific author and serves on more than ten different consultant and editorial boards, including the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, The International Childbirth Education Association, and The Seattle Midwifery School, where she also provides training for doulas and lectures for the students. She has written myriad books,andnbsp;journal and magazine articles. She is also co-founder of DONA International (formerly Doulas of North America) and The Pacific Association for Labor Support. In addition to providing childbirth education, birth counseling, and labor support, Simkin travels extensively throughout the country, lecturing and presenting at conferences and workshops. andnbsp; For more information, please visit Simkinand#8217;s website at pennysimkin.com

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Carlota , January 30, 2013 (view all comments by Carlota)
great and informative book for future moms to be or for couples! the first part of the book is about birth stories. These stories bring experiences from other midwives and mothers. Through their stories, one can easily learn and assimilate that all births are different and a natural process. The second part is more technical and highlights some elements of the birth. I found this part very useful and with great information. although for moments it gets repetitive. Overall, I recommend this book!

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Jenny , September 22, 2006 (view all comments by Jenny)
[t]Ina May's Guide to Childbirth [/t]is a long-needed addition to modern-day natural[kw] childbirthing resources[/kw]. In this easy-to-read text, Ina May Gaskin begins with numerous birth stories as told by women who've experienced the empowering gift of birthing children naturally. The stories illustrate the innate power of women's bodies to gestate and birth human life. In a culture infused with fear about childbirth, these stories offer the reader a different and healing perspective-- that childbirth is not an event to be feared, but rather to be revered and relished and learned from. Key to enabling the birthing women are the [kw]midwives[/kw] who support and encourage them as the births of the babies unfold. The sense one gains as one reads the birthing stories is that[kw] birth[/kw] is sacred and manageable and possible and glorious; indeed, empowering. The second part of the text is a breakdown of the components of modern day birthing choices available to women in mainstream care. User-friendly explanations of each component enable expectant parents to understand the available choices fully, as well as to understand the risks inherant in each intervention or test or available mode of care. [a]Ina May Gaskin is perhaps the world's most reknowned midwife. She and her husband Steven Gaskin helped establish The Farm, a community in Tennessee, at which a highly succesful birthing center operates. She has done more than possibly any other person to bring midwifery back to into the consciousness and use of American women. She was president of the Midwives' Alliance of North America from 1996 to 2002, and in 2003 was selected as Visiting Fellow of Morse College at Yale University. She lectures all over the world to physicians and midwives, as well as to lay people, on issues of midwifery and topics surrounding the increasing maternal mortality rate in the United States. She is known for her championing of low-intervention birth, as well as for the outstanding statistics garnered at the Farm's birthing center in outcomes for women and babies. [These statistics were published in "The Safety of Homebirth: The Farm Study," authored by A. Mark Durand in the American Journal of Public Health, March 1992, vol. 82, pp. 450-452.] Ina May Gaskin is also the author of Spiritual Midwifery, now in its 4th edition.[/a]

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553381153
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
03/04/2003
Publisher:
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Pages:
400
Height:
.77IN
Width:
6.08IN
Thickness:
.75
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2003
Series Volume:
31
UPC Code:
2800553381155
Author:
Ina May Gaskin
Author:
Penny Simkin
Subject:
Health and Medicine-General
Subject:
Natural childbirth

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