Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
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, emIna May’s Guide to Natural Childbirth/em gives expectant mothers comprehensive information on everything from the all-important mind-body connection to how to give birth without technological intervention. br /br /Filled with inspiring birth stories and practical advice, this invaluable resource includes:br /br /• Reducing the pain of labor without drugs--and the miraculous roles touch and massage playbr /• What really happens during laborbr /• Orgasmic birth--making birth pleasurablebr / • Episiotomy--is it really necessary? br /• Common methods of inducing labor--and which to avoid at all costsbr /• Tips for maximizing your chances of an unmedicated labor and birthbr /• How to avoid postpartum bleeding--and depression br /• The risks of anesthesia and cesareans--what your doctor br /doesn’t necessarily tell youbr /• The best ways to work with doctors and/or birth care providersbr /• How to create a safe, comfortable environment for br /birth in any setting, including a hospitalbr /• And much morebr /br /emIna May’s Guide to Natural Childbirth/em 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.
