Natural Hospital Birth
Title | Natural Hospital Birth PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia Gabriel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2017-08 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1558328815 |
Offers expectant mothers seeking natural childbirth in a hospital a detailed look at pregnancy and labor, explaining how to create a mutually supportive relationship among birth-care providers and make informed choices.
Natural Hospital Birth 2nd Edition
Title | Natural Hospital Birth 2nd Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia Gabriel |
Publisher | Harvard Common Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2018-05-15 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1558329188 |
Many mothers-to-be find themselves torn between choosing a natural childbirth with minimal medical intervention, and the peace of mind offered by instant access to life-saving technology that only a hospital can provide. Cynthia Gabriel, a doula who has attended hundreds of births and who advises hospitals on how to facilitate low-intervention childbirths, knows that new moms can have both. In this fully updated edition of her popular and pioneering book Natural Hospital Birth, Gabriel gives moms, as well as partners and even medical personnel, concise and reassuring guidance on how to have as natural a birth as possible in a hospital setting. Gabriel shows expectant mothers how to avoid unnecessary medical interventions, how to take the initiative and consciously prepare for the kind of birth they want, and how to prepare a birth plan to share with doctors and nurses at the hospital.
Birth Settings in America
Title | Birth Settings in America PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2020-05-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309669820 |
The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than any other country in the world, yet outcomes are worse than other high-resource countries, and even worse for Black and Native American women. There are a variety of factors that influence childbirth, including social determinants such as income, educational levels, access to care, financing, transportation, structural racism and geographic variability in birth settings. It is important to reevaluate the United States' approach to maternal and newborn care through the lens of these factors across multiple disciplines. Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States, the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth, birth settings research, and access to and choice of birth settings.
The Birth Conspiracy
Title | The Birth Conspiracy PDF eBook |
Author | Rivka Cymbalist |
Publisher | Curioso Books |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Doulas |
ISBN | 0986906603 |
Homebirth in the Hospital
Title | Homebirth in the Hospital PDF eBook |
Author | Stacey Marie Kerr |
Publisher | Sentient Publications |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1591810779 |
Written by a physician, this book embraces the power and possibility of integrative childbirth, in which the compassionate tradition of midwives is combined with the technical expertise of western medicine. --from publisher description.
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
Title | Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way PDF eBook |
Author | Susan McCutcheon |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2018-02-06 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0525537996 |
The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised for the twenty-first century—with updated information and attractive new illustrations and photos throughout. For women birthing vaginally, 90% of Bradley births are drug-free! The Bradley Method®, used and praised by women for almost seventy years, prepares you for drug and surgery-free childbirth and puts you in control by providing the tools to navigate evidence-based care. Certified childbirth educator Susan McCutcheon, one of Dr. Bradley’s first students, now makes this natural approach to childbirth more accessible than ever. You will learn: • Exercises and nutrition to get your body ready for birthing • To defuse fear by understanding all aspects of laboring • How to involve your partner as a birth coach and a fully engaged participant • What’s driving the induction epidemic and how to avoid an unnecessary induction • What’s driving the cesarean surgery epidemic and how to reduce your risk • How to get the information you need to make informed decisions about your birth “The Bradley Method’s simple objective, through relaxation, breathing, and visualization, is a birth free of the interventions frequently offered to women in the different stages of childbirth: fetal monitors, drug-induced labor, anesthesia, episiotomy, and Caesarean section. (Its) other defining feature, the husband’s active participation in the delivery, is critical to this overall goal of an intervention-free birth.”—Mothering
Natural Birth
Title | Natural Birth PDF eBook |
Author | Kristina Turner |
Publisher | Floris Books |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2014-05-09 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1782501142 |
In our society childbirth is often viewed as something to be feared and even to be avoided, through elective caesarian or extreme pain suppression. In this uplifting book Kristina Turner applies esoteric knowledge to show practical ways of transforming a difficult experience into a positive and deeply spiritual one. Kristina looks closely at the physical processes that take place in the body during pregnancy and childbirth, as well at explaining the facts behind hospital procedures and options for home birth -- providing readers with the necessary knowledge to make their own choices. She feels that birthing should be viewed as a unified process, from the nine months of pregnancy through labour to the many months of breastfeeding; all three stages contribute to developing the bond between mother and child and the child's emotional function. Kristina writes beautifully about the sacred mystery inherent in conception and pregnancy, and guides the new mother towards being a conscious participant in the spiritual process of bringing life into this world. This book is both very practical and hugely inspiring.