New Active Birth: A Concise Guide to Natural Childbirth - Softcover
This new edition of Janet Balaskas' bestselling guide to active pregnancy and childbirth aims to brings back the "common sense" she believes is often overlooked by modern obstetrics. Throughout time and the world over, women in labour have chosen to move about freely and actively - to find the most comfortable position for childbirth. Only recently have women have been told to lie on their backs - in a position that defies the laws of nature and gravity. "Active Birth" helps parents to prepare for and to experience a more liberated, more natural and therefore more comfortable childbirth and its wisdom applies throughout the pregnancy. The book shows how to develop the body's natural resources and to deal instinctively with the experience of childbirth. It includes supportive quotes from mothers who have been through an active birth, and pre- and post-natal yoga and breathing exercises. The book is a step-by-step guide to what birth can feel like and the different options available to mums at all stages, including recovery after the birth.
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From the Publisher:
Every year the number of home births is increasing Active Birth is not a trend it s a definite social change and women want to know about it.
Active Birth is increasingly practiced in UK hospitals. Birthing pools are standard and over half in the UK are supplied by Active Birth.
From the Back Cover:
Active Birth is increasingly practiced in UK hospitals. Birthing pools are standard and over half in the UK are supplied by Active Birth.
'New Active Birth' will help you and your partner prepare for and experience an Active Birth. Naturally, throughout time and the world over, women have chosen to walk, stand, squat, lie – to move their bodies freely and actively to find the most comfortable positions for labour and birth. It is only we in the west who have the extraordinary notion that a woman should lie on her back in a position that defies the laws of nature and gravity.
With this book you can learn to develop all your body’s resources to deal with the instinctive experience of childbirth. It is also for partners, teachers, midwives and everyone involved, to help mothers get up off the delivery table and to bring back some of the common sense which has been overlooked by modern obstetrics.
'New Active Birth' is the new and revised edition of Janet Balaskas’ pioneering and acclaimed 'Active Birth':
Over 180 clear black and white photographs and line drawings throughout.
Fully updated and extended with new information – includes sections on Water Birth and Recovery After Birth.
Revised and expanded prenatal and postnatal exercises with step by step photographs.
A detailed up-to-the minute section covering every aspect of Active Birth at home and in hospital and the Active Birth Movement.
Janet Balaskas is the founder of the Active Birth Movement. The mother of four children, she trained with the National Childbirth Trust and is a counsellor for childbirth.
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- PublisherThorsons
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 000710815X
- ISBN 13 9780007108152
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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