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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 618.4 EAN: 9780316779074 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0316779075 Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 280 Publication Date: February 01, 1994 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Studio: Little, Brown and Company Accessories:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: In The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth, William and Martha Sears, authors of The Baby Book and creators of the concept of "attachment parenting," here turn their attention to the birth experience. In this helpful resource guide, the Searses cover the gamut of possibilities, and teach readers what they need to know to take control of their own birthings. The Birth Book is divided into three parts: "Preparing for Birth," "Easing Pain in Labor," and "Experiencing Birth." You'll find details about vaginal births; cesareans; VBACs; water births; home births; best birthing positions; drugs; pain; how to design your own birth plan; the humor, chemistry, and sexuality of birth; and pages and pages of birth stories. Product Description: Gives expectant parents an overview of the options available, offering up-to-the-minute advice on such matters as physical and emotional preparation, the father's role, avoiding a cesarean birth, and other information. 35,000 first printing. Tour. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - EnlighteningI had no intention of having a natural birth before reading this book. I work for a pharmaceutical company and I am fully supportive of using modern medicine, when medically necessary of course, including pain relief during childbirth. This book inspired me and empowered me to pursue a natural, drug-free birth. I still chose to have my baby in a hospital in order to have in peace of mind of being near all the medical equipment necessary should something go wrong. I changed my care provider from ... Read More Rating: - Accurate and Honest Advice From a DoctorDr. Sears will tell you honestly, that each and every advised medical procedure is not a good idea. Episiotomies, doppler heart rate, ultrasound, he says plainly, that each one of these have either little or NO MEDICAL proof that they help with birth outcomes. He also clearly states that these procedures usually reduce natural births. This is better information that I got even from most midwives! Really amazing to see it in print. The dietary advice for pregnancy isn't accurate, ... Read More Rating:  - Conflicts with Current Research!!!I bought this book 7 months into my pregnancy, looking for advice as to labor and delivery. Not only is the book out of date (1994) but relies heavily on research that has been proven unreliable or false. In addition, the authors write from their own experience, which sounds like a good idea, but learn this: the wife has unbelievably short labors, and bases her entire idea of labor for the rest of society on the fact that she naturally had her children in a few hours or less (actual length of labor: average ... Read More Rating: - a Must ReadI read several books throughout my first pregnancy, and found this one to be the most informative. There is a chapter on relaxation during the labor process (how to focus on keeping your muscles relaxed during contractions so your uterus doesn't have to fight against them) that I found to be VERY helpful. A very educational book that I highly recommend. Rating: - read this if you think natural is the ONLY wayI was ready to learn about the actual birth process at around my 6th month of pregnancy and picked this book because it looked very complete and informational. Unfortunately I came to find that it was entirely biased on the side of natural birth and that if I chose pain meds it meant I did not "value the birth". Also the information given about pain meds and giving birth in a hospital left me feeling like all my original plans for birth were not good enough. I would not recomend this to anyone looking for the ... Read More 
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