Birth Journeys
Title | Birth Journeys PDF eBook |
Author | Leonie MacDonald |
Publisher | Star Class |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2012-01-20 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 098713681X |
Stop listening to the horror stories. Be reassured, excited and inspired. Find out how beautiful and powerful birth can be. Discover the keys to planning your own positive birth - the best beginning to motherhood. Birth Journeys is a diverse collection of 29 encouraging and inspiring birth stories by real women (and men). It includes a wide range of birth experiences and choices: hospital, birth center, homebirth, unassisted birth, water birth, IVF, caesarean, VBAC and twins. Some stories are warm and lighthearted, some are serene and peaceful, while others are a wild whirlwind experience. Each story is positive, uplifting and empowering. Birth Journeys also contains contributions from health care professionals, academics, birth educators and authors including Dr Sarah J Buckley, GP and author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering; Hannah Dahlen, Associate Professor of Midwifery at the University of Western Sydney; Renee Adair, founder and principal educator of the Australian Doula College; Jane Hardwicke Collings, founder of the School of Shamanic Midwifery; and David Vernon, editor of Men at Birth.
Switched at Birth
Title | Switched at Birth PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Kennish |
Publisher | Disney Electronic Content |
Pages | 99 |
Release | 2012-08-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1401312748 |
FICTION--A fictional memoir written from the perspective of the Switched at Birth character, Kathryn Kennish.
Painless Childbirth
Title | Painless Childbirth PDF eBook |
Author | Giuditta Tornetta |
Publisher | Cumberland House Publishing |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9781581826401 |
Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Childbirth is a road map for a woman to achieve painless childbirth.
Transformed by Birth
Title | Transformed by Birth PDF eBook |
Author | Britta Bushnell, Ph.D. |
Publisher | Sounds True |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-01-28 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1683644131 |
"Britta, you are a master at what you do." —P!NK, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter As expecting parents, you’re bombarded with more information—and opinions—than ever about the “right” approach to pregnancy and childbirth. How do you navigate this ocean of information—not only to find the best practical solutions for you personally, but also to embrace this incredible opportunity for emotional and spiritual transformation that comes from bringing a child into this world? With Transformed by Birth, Dr. Britta Bushnell has created the transformative, intelligent, and empowering pregnancy and childbirth guide you’ve been waiting for. This book embraces birth as a metamorphic experience—a rite of passage in which you are initiated by opening to the unbidden, embodying your own wisdom, and gaining freedom from limiting beliefs. Our culture has inundated us with limiting ideals that prevent us from fully engaging in the journey of pregnancy and childbirth—including a need for control and certainty, vilification of pain, and reverence for technology and intellectual knowledge, among others. Dr. Bushnell helps you clear away unwanted beliefs and behaviors so you can open to the meaning and power of this uniquely life-changing experience. Here she offers daily practices, rituals, exercises, and more to help you cultivate resilience, power, and connection during this transformative time. Childbirth is more than just having a baby. Transformed by Birth invites you to discover childbirth as a transformational experience that alters your knowing of who you are and lasts long after pregnancy and birth are over.
Journey to Birth
Title | Journey to Birth PDF eBook |
Author | Sakina O'uhuru |
Publisher | Author House |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2013-09-05 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1481756443 |
This book is about my life journey as a home-birth midwife. It includes the many home births I attended during my sixteen years as a practitioner, with particular attention to the last ten years. During this journey, I have learned a myriad of life lessons. Most of them strengthened me and my ability to continue on this path. There were incredible challenges, both joyful and painful. The most challenging lessons happened to be the most life-changing and transformative. Those lessons impacted my life tremendously, first as a woman, second as a mother and grandmother, and most assertively as a basic human being.
The Wonder Within You
Title | The Wonder Within You PDF eBook |
Author | Carey Wickersham |
Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2014-08-01 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 162405143X |
Many newly pregnant women believe mothering begins after the baby is born. As a result, their pregnancy is spent preparing the baby’s room, buying a crib, and even attending childbirth classes. All of these activities are valuable and help to prepare for this new life, but what about before the baby is born? The Wonder Within You takes you on a journey that weaves scientific studies, dozens of interviews with mothers, and storytelling into a fascinating account of life inside the womb. An obstetrician loads each chapter with advice. A sonographer gives incredible 3 and 4-D snapshots (available online) and stories from her 25 years of watching babies grow in utero. Each chapter includes week-by-week developmental information, findings from recent neonatal studies, and even nutritional advice all designed to nurture a healthy baby. The Wonder Within You also serves as a weekly journal for expectant mothers to chronicle her own baby’s journey to life outside the womb. It’s a keepsake baby book that begins before birth. The Wonder Within You will help moms meet the real needs of the growing pre-born baby. Sonograms, dietary and medical advice, and stories from experienced moms are combined to encourage 40 weeks of prenatal parenting designed with a joy for the journey in mind.
Journey Into Motherhood
Title | Journey Into Motherhood PDF eBook |
Author | Sheri Menelli |
Publisher | |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2005-09 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0974785326 |
Providing both inspiration and education, this guide to natural childbirth offers 48 personal accounts of labor and delivery without medication. Revealing the many options women have beyond birthing location, the testimonials offer insight into the joys, concerns, and realities of natural birth. From delivering at home with a midwife and hearing the right words from a hospital nurse at just the right moment to describing a combination of the Bradley method and acupuncture at a birthing center and discussing a child's birth at home in warm water, this resource combines personal insight with referential information. A glossary of terms and a resource guide to books, magazines, websites, videos, and CDs, and listings of childbirth classes and instructors nationwide are also included.