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"Everything you need to know to make breastfeeding a joyful,
natural, and richly fulfilling experience for both you and your
baby"
Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women,
mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and
psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable
practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most
fulfilling way possible. Inside you'll find answers to virtually
every question you have on breastfeeding, including topics such as
-the benefits of breastfeeding
-nursing challenges
-pumps and other nursing products
-sleeping arrangements
-nursing and work
-medications
-nursing multiples
-weaning
-sick babies
-nipplephobia, and much more
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding is filled with helpful advice,
medical facts, and real-life stories that will help you understand
how and why breastfeeding works and how you can use it to more
deeply connect with your baby and your own body. Whether you're
planning to nurse for the first time or are looking for the latest,
most up-to-date expert advice available, you couldn't hope to find
a better guide than Ina May.
Upbeat and informative, Gaskin asserts that the way in which women
become mothers is a women's rights issue, and it is perhaps the act
that most powerfully exhibits what it is to be instinctually human.
Birth Matters is a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust
women, value birth, and reconcile modern life with a process as old
as our species. Renowned for her practice's exemplary results and
low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international
notoriety for promoting natural birth. She is a much-beloved leader
of a movement that seeks to stop the hyper-medicalization of
birth-which has lead to nearly a third of hospital births in
America to be cesarean sections-and renew confidence in a woman's
natural ability to birth.
Birth In Focus offers the reader a chance to see birth made real.
Water birth, breech birth, twin birth, Caesarean birth - all are
shown in 'photo stories', with accompanying text written both by
the woman and her midwife, and sometimes also the partner or a
child who was present. Clear images of the birth process provide an
excellent educational tool for students, as well as offering
inspiration to those who may not have had the opportunity to see
birth in this way. A chapter on reflection points for practitioners
will help professionals and birth supporters explore further the
issues highlighted in the individual stories. Foreword by Ina May
Gaskin.
The classic book on home birth is now available in a new edition, with updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Included are stories of working with Amish women, shedding light on a different culture with a similar appreciation for natural childbirth. Ina May also provides new information about potentially dangerous techniques routinely used in hospitals during and after birth, as well as the latest findings about VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). Improved instructions for handling breech births are also given. When the first edition of Spiritual Midwifery was published in 1976, it introduced an entire generation of young women to the possibility of home birth and breast feeding. It also breathed new life into the all-but-vanished field of midwifery.
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.
"Everything you need to know to make breastfeeding a joyful,
natural, and richly fulfilling experience for both you and your
baby"
Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women,
mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and
psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable
practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most
fulfilling way possible. Inside you'll find answers to virtually
every question you have on breastfeeding, including topics such as
-the benefits of breastfeeding
-nursing challenges
-pumps and other nursing products
-sleeping arrangements
-nursing and work
-medications
-nursing multiples
-weaning
-sick babies
-nipplephobia, and much more
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding is filled with helpful advice,
medical facts, and real-life stories that will help you understand
how and why breastfeeding works and how you can use it to more
deeply connect with your baby and your own body. Whether you're
planning to nurse for the first time or are looking for the latest,
most up-to-date expert advice available, you couldn't hope to find
a better guide than Ina May.
The international bestseller that has helped millions of women
trust in their body - and their baby - and give birth without fear
Drawing on over 40 years' experience, internationally acclaimed
midwife Ina May Gaskin shows you how to use the mind-body
connection to help labour progress calmly and safely. In Ina May's
Guide to Childbirth, she shares: - Inspiring real-life stories that
show what a positive experience childbirth can be - What happens
during labour and the true capabilities of the female body - How to
create a comfortable environment for birth in any setting - Tips
for maximising your chances of a relaxed and joyful birth
experience Read by millions of women around the world, this
reassuring and practical guide will take the fear out of childbirth
and restore your faith in the power of your body. With Gaskin's
timeless wisdom, you can approach birth with confidence and
excitement, wherever and however it happens.
An inspirational and comforting guide and journal for pregnancy,
written by Anni Daulter, mother of four, founder of Natural Mama
Media and Bamboo Family Magazine, and noted author of several
organic family cookbooks.
Sarah Buckley might be called a third-wave natural birth advocate.
A doctor and a mother, she approaches the question of how a woman
and baby might have the most fulfilling birth experience with
respect for the wisdom of both medical science and the human body.
Using current medical and epidemiological research plus women's
experiences (including her own), she demonstrates that what she
calls 'undisturbed birth' is almost always healthier and safer than
hospital births. Her wise counsel on issues like breastfeeding and
sleeping during post-partum helps extend the gentle birth
experience into a gentle parenting relationship.
In an age when normal birth can still be overtaken by obstetrics,
Grantly Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it
was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks the root causes
of women's fears and anxiety about pregnancy, childbirth and
breastfeeding with overwhelming heart and empathy. As one of the
most influential birthing books of all time, Childbirth Without
Fear is essential reading for all parents-to-be, childbirth
educators, midwives and obstetricians! This definitive reissue
includes the full text of the fourth edition, the last completed by
Grantly Dick-Read before his death in 1959, and The Autobiography
of Grantly Dick-Read, compiled from his writings. With a foreword
by Ina May Gaskin.
A revised and updated edition of the classic handbook for women
seeking a safe, organic, eco-friendly, and natural pregnancy,
featuring an integrative-based approach with new medical, herbal,
and nutritional information.
Over the last two decades, "The Natural Pregnancy Book" has ushered
thousands of women through happy and healthy pregnancies.
Addressing women's health from conception to birth, Dr. Romm
describes herbs that can promote and maintain a healthy pregnancy,
and allays such familiar concerns as anxiety, fatigue, morning
sickness, and stretch marks. She also discusses the components of a
healthy diet, with an emphasis on natural foods. New to this
edition is integrative health advice based on Dr. Romm's new
credentials as a Yale-trained physician, combined with her twenty
years of experience as a midwife and herbalist.
Here is the 4th edition of the classic book on home birth that
introduced a whole generation of women to the concept of natural
childbirth. Back again are even more amazing birthing tales,
including those from women who were babies in earlier editions and
stories about Old Order Amish women attended by the Farm midwives.
Also new is information about the safety of techniques routinely
used in hospitals during and after birth, information on postpartum
depression and maternal death, and recent statistics on births
managed by The Farm Midwives. From the amazing birthing tales to
care of the newborn, "Spiritual Midwifery" is still one of the best
books an expectant mother could own. Includes resources for the
doulas, childbirth educators, birth centers, and other organization
and alliances dedicated to improving maternity care at home and in
hospitals. This edition is in two volumes. The second volume ISBN
is 9781459647084.
Many women are taking back their right to choose the kind of birth
they desire, realizing that many birth interventions have adverse
effects on mother and baby. In this book the author presents a
different choice--one without medical interventions. What is it
like to have a natural birth and what are the benefits? Author
Natasha Panzer has pulled together birth stories from a variety of
moms who decided to give birth naturally. The book covers:
-Birthing in a birth center -Preparing for natural birth -Natural
birth in the hospital -Natural vaginal birth after cesarean -Home
births -Unexpected home delivery The birth stories are sweet and
inspiring. As you read this book, you will feel like you are right
there with the mom delivering that baby, feeling the triumph the
mom feels after delivering her baby naturally, and experiencing the
parents' joy as they welcome their newborn to this world! The
stories show that natural birth is possible in a myriad of
settings, even in hospitals. "If you are looking for
confidence-building birth stories and some good tips for getting
through labor, you'll enjoy reading Spontaneous Joyful Natural
Birth!" Ina May Gaskin, author of Birth Matters: A Midwife's
Manifesta and Ina May's Guide to Childbirth.
Here is the 4th edition of the classic book on home birth that
introduced a whole generation of women to the concept of natural
childbirth. Back again are even more amazing birthing tales,
including those from women who were babies in earlier editions and
stories about Old Order Amish women attended by the Farm midwives.
Also new is information about the safety of techniques routinely
used in hospitals during and after birth, information on postpartum
depression and maternal death, and recent statistics on births
managed by The Farm Midwives. From the amazing birthing tales to
care of the newborn, "Spiritual Midwifery" is still one of the best
books an expectant mother could own. Includes resources for the
doulas, childbirth educators, birth centers, and other organization
and alliances dedicated to improving maternity care at home and in
hospitals. This edition is in two volumes. The first volume ISBN is
9781459647077.
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