Ina May's Guide to Childbirth 
asked by axelrose on November 3, 2006 5:14 PM
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 nation’s 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 May’s 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
doesn’t 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 May’s Guide to Natural Childbirth takes the fear out of childbirth by restoring women’s faith in their own natural power to give birth with more ease, less pain, and less medical intervention.
Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s 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 May’s 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
doesn’t 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 May’s Guide to Natural Childbirth takes the fear out of childbirth by restoring women’s faith in their own natural power to give birth with more ease, less pain, and less medical intervention.
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This book should be read by anyone involved in childbirth, whether you're a doctor, a midwife or mother. Ina May brings so much light into the explanation of birth.
reviewed by iconfess on November 10, 2006 3:00 AM
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I keep wondering why I had not read this book when I was pregnant with my first child. I did give birth naturally the first time, but still I'm learning so much about how being relaxed and joyful can make childbirth wonderful and amazing. An event to look forward to and not to dread or fear.
We need to have more positive birth stories in our culture, and this book is full of them.
Ina May Gaskin is the leading midwife leading the midwifery movement and natural childbirth not only in this country but, she is well received and respected in international childbirth circles.
If you are remotely interested in natural childbirth, choosing a midwife, choosing to own your body and your birth instead of giving up all control to the hospital which treats everyone like a patient that is "sick". Pregnancy is not an illness. Childbirth is not a medical condition, it is an age old, natural, spiritual event that happens every single day.
We need to have more positive birth stories in our culture, and this book is full of them.
Ina May Gaskin is the leading midwife leading the midwifery movement and natural childbirth not only in this country but, she is well received and respected in international childbirth circles.
If you are remotely interested in natural childbirth, choosing a midwife, choosing to own your body and your birth instead of giving up all control to the hospital which treats everyone like a patient that is "sick". Pregnancy is not an illness. Childbirth is not a medical condition, it is an age old, natural, spiritual event that happens every single day.
reviewed by mags on November 11, 2006 5:02 PM