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Title: The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer, Rhonda Wheeler ISBN: 0-399-52517-3 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (69 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It does make you think
Comment: I was already very interested in a med-free/ low intervention book before buying this book. I had hoped that it would provide more hard core ammunition that I could use in dealing with friends and family defending my choices. It did not live up to my hopes in this way. I still don't feel that I can totally explain the "why" behind my choice.
That said, it was still a very good book. I thought it did do a good job of laying out the case for why the doctors and hospitals respond they way they do.The book brought up many techniques routinely used in hospitals that I hadn't thought of our encountered in other reading as well.
I thought this book was also very helpful for me in preparing to talk to my doctor. It helped me to know not only the right things to ask, but how to phrase things without sounding accusatory.
I would highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Typical experience of birth not evidence based medicine!
Comment: Throughout her book, Ms. Goer makes it apparent that several current birth practices are not supported by medical research. Eletronic fetal monitoring, routine I.V., epidurals, induction and episiotomy are just a few of the topics she addresses.
This is a must-read for the woman who wants to be truly informed about her birth choices. Ms. Goer states her bias toward home deliveries and against the average OB, but she backs up her claims with medical research and includes the references in a (medical) literature summary in the Appendix. Ms. Goer provides the facts gleaned from medical literature as well as a risk versus benefit analysis so that her readers may make informed decisions about routine interventions.
I highly recommend this book for every couple, but particularly the couple pursuing a natural birth.
Rating: 4
Summary: Comprehensive guide to informed choice
Comment: As a Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator I recommed this book as a resource to my clients when they are looking for a good information based book.
Henci Goer clearly shows concise information backed by medical and evidence based studies. She is a natural birth advocate, which she admits, and honestly states her biases. There certainly isn't anything wrong with that; it is her book and she isn't making up the facts or stating untruths, it's all in the evidence.
A few reviews took offense to her tone and her biases and I found it very interesting how defensive a few people felt when reading the book. Ms. Goer does not have a "natural birth at all costs" attitude, although it is apparent that some readers took her opionions as such. She states the hard facts that are seen every day in every hospital in the United States; they are facts that not everyone wants or is able to hear.
Ms. Goer is not trying to scare women about invasive medical procedures. The fact is that procedures like inductions, epidurals, vacuum extractions, episiotomies and cesarean surgeries are scary all on their own, and women should know all of the information about these procedures before pursuing them.
The reality of it all is that not everyone wants to have an un-medicated or natural experience; and that is absolutely their choice. It is important that they have all of the information in order to make their choice an informed one about their bodies, their babies, and their births; this book gives women the information they need.
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Title: Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England, Rob Horowitz ISBN: 0965987302 Publisher: Partera Pr Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Birth Partner, Second Edition by Penny Simkin ISBN: 1558321950 Publisher: Harvard Common Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin ISBN: 0553381156 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon, Erick Ingraham, Robin Yoko Burningham ISBN: 0452276594 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Revised and Updated : The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin, Whalley, Keppler ISBN: 074321241X Publisher: Meadowbrook Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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