Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

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If the natural childbirth books hadn't made me so insanely fearful of what labor in the hospital would be like, I would've gone in earlier and probably wound up taking drugs, which I really didn't want to do. She has lectured all over the world at midwifery conferences and at medical schools, both to students and to faculty. this is a really good book that a patient recommended to me when I told her I was REALLY WORRIED about actually giving birth. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth is skewed toward natural childbirth and can get a little culty, especially all the stories about The Farm, but I found the information in the second part of the book really helpful even when planning for a hospital birth.

Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. I also didn't like how biased it was, I was hoping for an open view of childbirth and what I got was a really negative view of hospitals and doctors. I wound up spending a lot of my pregnancy terrified of what would happen to me at the hospital, and convinced that medical professionals would make traumatic what would otherwise be an awesome and beautiful experience. I didn't like him because my legs weren't shaved and I was cold and because he had two, pretty, tiny nurses (whose legs probably were shaved) stare at me the whole time (I'm sure for our mutual protection, but still), and because he said "now try to relax" which has to be the most useless, most insensitive thing to say, ever (implication: there's something wrong with you if under these oh-so-pleasant circumstances you can't relax), and I wanted to give him a hard kick, pull down my skirt, and go home.

Overall I took one star away for the amount of birth stories (127 pages worth) and the fact that they were very old. There was also a lot of practical midwifery information that I'm glad I read before making my second attempt at a natural childbirth. Drawing on over 40 years' experience, internationally acclaimed midwife Ina May Gaskin shows you how to use the mind-body connection to help labour progress calmly and safely. She quells a lot of anxieties women may have about how they are going to birth a baby out of such a small space (not an uncommon concern)… Even if you don’t read the book, it’s at least worth looking into her idea of Sphincter Law and how this affects the laboring process.

We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. if you are an older mom to be as well as younger this is a good starting point on your journey to motherhood.

I find it refreshing to read something so real that attempts to turn our stereotypical hospital birth routine upside-down. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall).

A little like "I have found truth and if this doesn't work for you, it's probably because you're repressed and have been brainwashed by patriarchy and big pharma.He dejado las clases de preparación al parto porque este libro le da mil vueltas a la matrona de mi pueblo: más actualizado y no mete miedo. They were all so different from the birth stories you normally hear, and it made me happy to know that natural childbirth really can be an extremely positive experience. If you're skeptical that you're going to be able to move a small person from one of your internal organs to the world via your vaginal opening, Ina May will clear all that up for you. Her new book, Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth was released 4 March 2003 by Bantam/Dell, a division of Random House. I would recommend-- no REQUIRE-- this book for anybody who wants to have kids, or who has had kids, or --shoot-- anybody with reproductive parts.