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Title: Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally by Janet Balaskas ISBN: 1-55832-038-5 Publisher: Harvard Common Pr Pub. Date: March, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: one of the BEST books available if you want a natural birth.
Comment: I am a childbirth educator and birth attendant living in Australia.I have been helping moms and their partners for nearly 20 years to be informed and confident in their native capacity to give birth normally, without all the unecessary medical intervention that is unfortunately occuring these days.There are heaps of books on birth to buy ,but still I am convinced that if a pregnant mother can only get ONE book-get this one.It is informative and very empowering and the photos in the new edition are fine and the prenatal exercises are great. The chapter on labour is good for dads to read too.It is a book for folks who would prefer a natural birth and the author is well aware of the consequences of routine medical interventions. Working as a midwife I see what goes on when women are not fully informed when they make choices about birth (more complications, more epidurals and alot more fear.)Read this book to see what options there really are available for birthing women. THEN make your choices(of birth place and caregiver).There are some other really good books around too. I am in the process of creating a website and will include these titles too, as well as info on relaxation tapes I have created for pregnant women. Meanwhile, please know that Janet Balaskas has great passion and integrity in her work to teach and empower birthing women. Any of her books are great.I have worked and trained with many people but the time I spent in UK with Janet so many years ago continues to inform my work now, and I continue to recieve fantastic feedback from the moms, dads, partners and midwives who I now teach and work with in Australia.If you are pregnant and wanting to hear and develope a positive attitude about birth (rather than the scary portrayal on popular media),you need to buy the right books and talk to the right people. Find an independent midwife in your area and have a chat. Talk to women who have a positive attitude about their birth experiences. Read this book and practice relaxation skills for birth and beyond.I hope this little book review and these suggestions are helpful.Giving birth is one of the most amazing experiences in a woman's life - a real gift..Enjoy the passion and the challenge and the opportunity to grow.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very informative
Comment: I read this book in preparation for the birth of my first. In addition to Lamaze instruction, I found this book to be very informative in describing techniques to help prepare me for the birth itself. It outlined pain management techniques, which seemed practical. The technical and scientific explanations of how the body changes during pregnancy and birth and made me feel very comfortable with the birthing experience. The only thing it didn't really touch on was cesearean delivery and how to be actively particapating in this procedure or what to do afterward in terms of bonding while being separated from the baby. I never got to use the active birthing techniques as my son was delivered 6 weeks prematurely through an emergency cesearan, but I felt that I was prepared for the active birth experience I wanted and felt very confident about it after reading this book.
Rating: 2
Summary: MUCH REPETITION
Comment: GENERALLY GOOD IDEAS BUT MANY THINGS WERE REPEATED AND THIS MADE ME GET BORED BEFORE I FINISHED. I LIKE TO SEE DETAIL AND INFORMATION IN DEPTH.
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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: 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: 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: The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer, Rhonda Wheeler ISBN: 0399525173 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 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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