GREAT book to prepare for childbirth

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	• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth Ina May Gaskin Bantam, 2003 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 281 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An Excellent Book

This is by far the most borrowed book in my midwifery practice. Women love this book. The birth stories at the beginning are positive and realistic. The overall theme that a woman's body is capable, powerful, and perfectly made for giving birth rings true throughout.

Best in Show!!

I read way too many pregnancy books before I got to this one. It literally changed the way I view childbirth and I am so thankful to these crazy hippies! I always pass it on to the newly pregnant...the positive birth stories alone give the first time mom an idea of what birth might be like and a sense of assurance that your body was made to do this.

The pragmatic analyst in me appreciated the citation of studies and the birthing center's statistics.

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My favorite!

My absolute favorite natural birthing book! Full of mama stories/births... it was the most helpful book I read during my pregnancy~ I loved and used some great tips from Ina May... and now recommend this book to all my friends expecting little ones! My homebirth was beautiful... thank goodness for midwives like Ina May Gaskin!

birth can be nice

this book everybody should read who has to do with pragnancy,all kind of choices are discribed and there is much hope for normal delivery and with a lot less technology.

GREAT book to prepare for childbirth

I only wish I had started reading this book earlier. I was trying to hurry up and get to the end, and my son came a few days early and I didn't get to finish, I was so bummed!
I loved this book, it was very informative, but I also loved reading the other women's birth stories. It was great, and I even remembered to remember something I read in the book during my very fast, very intense labor- the throat sphincter. I'm SO glad I read about this- I remembered to relax my throat and not tense up and try to blast the baby out as fast and hard as you can. I think we grow up seeing people in movies and on TV doing this, and having people screaming "PUSH!" at them, and this is NOT what the birth experience needs to be.
Ina May is a gift to women and the world of pregnancy and childbirth. I'm so glad she is sharing her knowledge and experience with the rest of us. I totally get why people would move to The Farm just to have her as their midwife! We were lucky enough to have AMAZING midwives in Los Angeles, and had a wonderful home birth, free of interventions and full of love and intimacy.
This book was a part of our wonderful pregnancy and amazingly beautiful and empowering birth experience, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is expecting, no matter what kind of "birth plan" you have. I'd just recommend you start reading it much earlier than I did so you have time to finish it!

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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.

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