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Title: Welcome With Love by Jenni Overend, Julie Vivas ISBN: 0-916291-96-0 Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Pub Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What birth can mean for a family
Comment: Welcome With Love talks about childbirth with love, feelings, and great respect. It is about the kind of birth that all women are entitled to have -- and all families are entitled to be part of.
This wonderful children's book depicts a gentle, natural home birth on a windy, fireplace-lit night. The whole family participates in welcoming the new baby into the world. The story of a mother's fourth baby being born, is told in her young son's voice. He speaks of his mother's great noises during labor but he's not afraid, because she had told him beforehand that she "might make a lot of noise", he mustn't worry because "that's what it's like when babies are being born," and that she'll feel better if she yells and screams. The book shows the mother in full naked splendor pushing her baby out, the family watches with great love, tears in their eyes and excitement in their faces. The pictures were illustrated with absolute respect and regard for the birthing woman's privacy and dignity.
The book describes childbirth with touching honesty and realism. This is a perfect book to prepare children for the homebirth of a sibling. I found this beautiful story at our local library and enjoyed reading it so much I purchased a copy for my family. I love this book and highly recommend reading it to children of all ages.
Rating: 5
Summary: Home Birth Momma
Comment: As a home birth mom myself I adore this book! I needed a "how was I born book" for my daughter. So many books talked about the hospital birth and I did not want to imbed that into her precious mind. Co sleeping, brestfeeding, labor and love are all beautifully portrayed! I nerer noticed the rusticness until I read it in these other reviews. BUY IT, KEEP IT FOREVER!
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautifully illustrates natural birth in a family
Comment: It seems like every book about the arrival of a new sibling tells a child he should be jealous -- do we set them up for this? This book, instead, illustrates wonder and love as it tells the story of the birth of a family's fourth child through the eyes of the third, while acknowledging subtly and honestly that young Jack is aware of the change in his place in the family, through a single sentence near the end ("[The baby]'s between Mum and Dad, which is where I'd like to be.") In this home birth, though a midwife attends, family is central: Julie Vivas depicts the girls holding a hot water bottle against Mum's back and bringing her towels; an aunt arrives bearing flowers and soup; Dad holds Mum tight during contractions. Breasts and nursing and naked Mum are illustrated naturally and beautifully. Yes, the setting is rustic (as some reviewers note) but the book takes place in Australia, which probably accounts for cultural differences. Homebirthing, breastfeeding, and family-bedding folks will find content that supports these practices. My 15-month-old loves to turn to the page with a large illustration of a wrinkly, naked boy baby with the cord still attached. I plan to use this book liberally with my son when we begin preparing for his first sibling in a couple of years.
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Title: The Biggest Bed in the World by Lindsay Camp, Jonathan Langley ISBN: 0060286873 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 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: A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying around the World by Emery Bernhard, Durga Bernhard ISBN: 0152008705 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: I'm Made of Mama's Milk by Mary Olsen ISBN: 0971537402 Publisher: Mary Olsen Books Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond by Hilary Flower, Peggy O'Mara ISBN: 0912500972 Publisher: La Leche League International Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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