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Our Next Selection New parents are faced with a myriad of choices about pregnancy, labor, and birth. In Gentle Birth Choices Barbara Harper, renowned childbirth advocate, nurse, former midwife, and mother of three, helps to clarify these choices and shows how to plan a meaningful, family-centered birth experience. She dispels medical myths and reimagines birth without fear, pain, or violence. Harper explains the numerous gentle birth choices available, including giving birth in an independent birth center, at home, or in a hospital birthing room; finding a primary caregiver who shares your philosophy of birth; and deciding how to best use current technologies. She also provides practical advice for couples wishing to explore the option of using a doula or water during labor and birth to avoid the unwanted effects of drugs and epidurals. Enjoying this discussion? Check out the Unassisted Childbirth Reading Room! |
About CRR: We choose books that promote the truth about birth. We believe that telling the TRUTH about birth is the only way we will ever get back to trusting birth. - AAMI Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. – John Locke, 1632-1704, English Philosopher |
Home Birth is essential reading for all couples considering having their baby at home. Striking a perfect balance of practical information, compelling personal stories and research evidence, leading childbirth educator Nicky Wesson shows how giving birth to your baby in your own home can be the most exciting and fulfilling thing you ever do. Nicky tells us what the research says, what midwives think, what mothers want, what babies need. Every sentence is packed with interest. Read it, even if you are not planning a home birth - it is very relevant to everyone who is pregnant.Copyright © 2005-2007 Carla Hartley. Maintained by Toni Rakestraw.