Birthing Normally: A Personal Growth Approach to Childbirth - Softcover

Peterson, Gayle; England, Pam; Jones, Lyn; O'Brien, Marion

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096252316X ISBN 13: 9780962523168

Publisher: Shadow & Light, 2010

Synopsis

Pregnancy is a time of natural stress. It is the healthy stress of changes that flow within a woman physically and emotionally, as she grows towards motherhood. Ever evolving, a woman's travels through pregnancy and birth ready her for the work of mothering and family synthesis. Birthing Normally is about the very intimate nature of personal growth in pregnancy, and woman's quest towards birth, in both physical and psychological terms. It is also a very practical guide to understanding and applying holistic principles of prenatal care for the physician, midwife, and childbirth educator interested in decreasing complications of birth, and increasing potential for normal childbearing. It is the first technical book about birth that is widely read by both the childbirth professional and by women preparing for labor and birth.

About this title

About the Author

Gayle Peterson, MSSW, PhD, is a family therapist specializing in prenatal and family development. She trains professionals in her prenatal counseling model and is the author of "An Easier Childbirth", "Birthing Normally" and her latest book, "Making Healthy Families". She has appeared on numerous radio and television interviews including Canadian broadcast as a family and communications expert in the twelve part documentary "Baby's Best Chance". Her articles on family relationships appear in professional journals and she is an oft-quoted expert in popular magazines, such as "Mothering" and "Fit Pregnancy" and "Women's Day". A national public speaker on women's issues and family development, Gayle Peterson practices psychotherapy in Berkeley, California and is a wife, mother of two adult children and a proud grandmother. Dr Peterson also writes a family column for parentsplace.com. and answers questions live on ivillage music station, Fridays 1:20pm ET.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shadow & Light
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 096252316X
• ISBN 13: 9780962523168
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Carvin Patricia
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 276