Birthing a better way : 12 secrets for natural childbirth / Kalena Cook & Margaret Christensen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-355) and index.

Secret 1: read positive stories -- Secret 2: get informed and shop around -- Secret 3: turn scared into sacred -- Secret 4: don't take labor lying down: gravity is your friend -- Secret 5: know there's a reason for the squeezin' -- Secret 6: learn hospital strategies: buy time and let go -- Secret 7: find out how birth centers bridge the choice -- Secret 8: meet true stay-at-home moms -- Secret 9: make a mind-body-spirit commitment -- Secret 10: transform life's challenges -- Secret 11: go confidently with expert encouragement -- Secret 12: prepare for baby's arrival: beyond the name and nursery.

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Birthing a Better Way: 12 Secrets for Natural Childbirth presents a fresh, proactive, and positive approach to why you may want to consider the safest and most satisfying kind of birth-natural childbirth-especially in these times of overused medical interventions. Kalena Cook, a mother who experienced natural childbirth, and Margaret Christensen, M.D., a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist, have written this much-needed book for expectant mothers and their caregivers, imparting proven safe or "evidence-based" information with compelling narratives. Think of What to Expect in Natural Childbirth meets Chicken Soup for the Natural Birthing Soul! Unlike other books that overwhelm with data, Birthing a Better Way simplifies the best key points. Going beyond actual birth accounts, the authors reveal 12 Secrets which bring confidence in the normal process of birth and inspire you to believe in what your body is beautifully designed to do-a far cry from what is portrayed in the media or from some fear-based conventional medical practices. More than fifty powerful testimonials include healthy mainstream women who answer why they chose natural birth (instead of Pitocin, inductions, epidurals and C-sections), what it was like, and even how it compared to a medicated birth. Six physicians share why they birthed their own children naturally, and not in the hospital. Through Birthing a Better Way, choose whether you want a doctor or a midwife and decide where to birth: in a hospital, birth center, or at home. Get informed about the variety of births such as waterbirths, breech birth, twins, VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean), and using hypnosis. Find out about ways to avoid Pitocin, an induction, or an unnecessary C-section. Discover what is in an epidural and its effects. Know what safe comfort measures truly work and how to overcome fear. Learn what you need to know about ultrasound and nutrition. Approach natural childbirth with a mind-body-spirit stance to strengthen your commitment

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