Download or read book Joyous Childbirth Changes the World written by Dr. Tadashi Yoshimura and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No matter how science has progressed, childbirth, in essence, has remained unchanged from ancient times . . . [It] is the last natural process left to us,” writes internationally lauded obstetrician Dr. Tadashi Yoshimura. “The fact that it has remained unchanged means that there is truth in it.” The truth and power of birth is the subject of Dr. Yoshimura’s first book published in the United States. Yoshimura describes babies born so directly into the arms of their mothers that they do not cry, and women so transformed with pride and passion in their ability that they are joyous and forever changed. Instead of a medical emergency, Yoshimura describes birth as a transcendent and natural process that cannot be perfected, and that, when performed through the innate power of women, reveals what he calls a “mystic beauty.” Full of delightful stories of birthing women and peaceful smiling infants, and helpful tips from his childbirth preparation program, Joyous Childbirth Changes the World is a must-read for all expectant parents and those who care for them. Yoshimura’s clinic serves as a testament to the kind of compassionate birth culture that is possible if we prioritize the health and experience of women and babies.
Download or read book Joyous Childbirth written by Cybele Gold and published by Signet. This book was released on 1978-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joyous Childbirth written by E. J. Gold and published by And/or Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes preparations for birth, the birth experience, and post-natal developments in terms of human consciousness and family awareness
Download or read book Fearless Birth and Beyond written by Nina Joy and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine what it would be like if you could create the birth of your dreams. Fearless Birth & Beyond will stretch your imagination beyond what you might think or believe pregnancy & childbirth has to be like. In this beautiful picture book you will take an amazing journey with Nina Joy to Hawaii, where she swam with spinner dolphins during her pregnancies. Experience a painless, fearless birth of a Star in a vortex of liquid love. And for the birth of her third water baby, you will be on the edge of your seat for the count down to two Dome Births! You will feel as if you are on these adventurous pregnancy & birth journeys with her and all the while gain invaluable information on how to create the birth of your dreams. In Nina's "How to" section she shares simple tools and Keys you can easily use to release fears or doubts in yourself. Valuable information that can help release negative memories or traumas you may have experienced, whether conscious or unconscious, about pregnancy, labor and birth. Nina shares her secrets of success in deliberately creating Joyous Conscious Birth. "It is my joyous intention, to uplift and empower you and help guide you back to you! To assist you in recognizing that your body was designed to give birth. No matter what you have been told or experienced in the past, you absolutely do have innate wisdom within you. And you can call upon that wisdom, not only during this time of your life... this oh so powerful right of passage, but always!" In this one of a kind book you will re-discover that your body was precisely created for childbirth and that the power within you can be harnessed and called upon during this amazing time of your life. Fearless Birth & Beyond will uplift your spirits, your pregnancy and empower and guide you towards the "BIRTH OF YOUR DREAMS!"
Download or read book Birth Matters written by Ina May Gaskin and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for her practice's exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international notoriety for promoting natural birth. She is a much-beloved leader of a movement that seeks to stop the hyper-medicalization of birth—which has lead to nearly a third of hospital births in America to be cesarean sections—and renew confidence in a woman's natural ability to birth. Upbeat and informative, Gaskin asserts that the way in which women become mothers is a women's rights issue, and it is perhaps the act that most powerfully exhibits what it is to be instinctually human. Birth Matters is a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women, value birth, and reconcile modern life with a process as old as our species.
Download or read book The Joy of Natural Childbirth written by Helen Wessel and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Labor of Love written by Judith Zimmer and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring and empowering celebration Sharing the extraordinary joys of giving birth, nineteen women bring you their own true stories. Honest and reassuring, their voices offer comfort and support, as well as warmth, humor, and a wealth of practical advice for mothers-to-be. Meet Ann, who reveals how it felt to give birth underwater; and Miriam, who looks back on a beautiful birth—even after 52 hours in labor. Rosemary, a first-time mother, recounts the natural childbirth of her twins, while Susan relives the birth of her fourth child. In this touching and candid collection, every common type of birth is covered, along with important questions to ask of your practitioner, the people at your delivery site, and yourself, so that you, too, can have a satisfying birth, no matter what method you choose. "An exquisitely balanced view of the various scenarios that occur in childbirth. Women would benefit greatly by using this as a primer for pregnancy preparation and planning." — Pat Burkhart, Associate Professor and Coordinator Nurse-Midwifery Program, New York University Clinical Director, Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center "This is a great book to read both before and after having a baby. Reading these stories is like finding a soul mate." —Bonnie Rote, RN Childbirth Educator and Director of Aerobics and Fitness Association of America's Prenatal and Postnatal Exercise Educational Programs
Download or read book Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth written by Elisabeth Bing and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BIBLE FOR EVERY COUPLE PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH OF A BABY When it was first introduced more than thirty years ago, the Lamaze method was a revolutionary childbirth technique. Since that time, it has made pregnancy and childbirth easier for millions of women, lessening their dependence on pain medications before and after birth. Elisabeth Bing’s classic book on the Lamaze method guides women through the physical and psychological challenges of pregnancy. Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth details the changes a woman can expect in her body during pregnancy, labor, and delivery and provides a complete program of exercises for increased muscular control and relaxation during childbirth. This guidebook also emphasizes the partner’s supportive role in the Lamaze method, both in preparation and in the delivery room. This newly revised edition includes an expanded program with new photographs of exercises for every pregnant woman. Elisabeth Bing also provides more information on what to expect in the hospital, including updated information on cesarean births and the medications commonly prescribed during delivery. Filled with vital information and reassurance, Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth will make expectant couples better prepared than ever for this joyous, rewarding experience.
Download or read book The Joy of Pregnancy written by Tori Kropp and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you expecting mystery, sensuality, wonder, and delight? If you're pregnant, you should be!
Download or read book The Joy of Birth written by Camilla Jessel and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Joy of Birth written by Jessel and published by Dial Books. This book was released on 1983-04-25 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orgasmic Birth written by Elizabeth Davis and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the hit documentary that inspired a vibrant online community, this innovative approach to birthing shows women how to maximize childbirth's emotional and physical rewards. With more than 4 million babies born in the United States each year, too many women experience birth as nothing more than a routine or painful event. In her much-praised film Orgasmic Birth, acclaimed filmmaker Debra Pascali-Bonaro showed that in fact childbirth is a natural process to be enjoyed and cherished. Now she joins forces with renowned author and activist Elizabeth Davis to offer an enlightening program to help women attain the most empowering and satisfying birth experience possible. While an orgasmic birth can, for some, induce feelings of intense, ecstatic pleasure, it is ultimately about taking control of one's own body and making the most informed decisions to have a safe, memorable, and joyful birth day. Whether women choose to give birth at home, in a hospital, or in a birthing center, Orgasmic Birth provides all the necessary tools and guidance to design the birth plan that's best for them. Featuring inspiring stories from mothers and their partners and filled with practical advice and solutions, this one-of-a-kind resource is the next frontier of natural, intimate childbirth.
Download or read book Find Your Birth Joy written by Sarah Showalter-Feuillette and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of sage advice, practical tips, heartening stories and essential exercises, Find Your Birth Joy contains all the tools needed to come away with both your baby and a sense of your own incredible power. You, your baby, and your birth experience are wholly unique. Why shouldn't your preparation be as well? This sensible and lighthearted step-by-step guide offers 15 digestible tips all to set you up for one thing - To feel empowered by your labor and birth story. This is the cut-to-the-chase birth book with a fresh, modern perspective you've been looking for. Afraid of pain? Needing support? Looking for practical pregnancy, labor and birth tools? Working to stay positive? Wondering who-partners, parents, friends, doulas, midwives, doctors, nurses- should be present during the birth? Wanting to release anxiety and fear? Secretly hoping that if you prepare you might be one of those who experience a painless childbirth? Maybe even an orgasmic birth? Wishing someone could tell you what natural birth is actually like? Searching for community? In Find Your Birth Joy, you'll learn to craft and self-direct a birth experience unique to you, your baby and your specific needs and desires. You'll nurture your instincts, plan for the support you deserve, and learn how to consciously make decisions during pregnancy, labor, and birth, so you come away feeling in-control your birthing experience. With this autonomy, you can come out of birth with both your baby and a sense of your own incredible, exuberant power. Forget giving the authority of your body and power of your birth over to others - when you experience it to the fullest and own this incredible power, birthing your baby is an opportunity for a profound personal and family transformation that will easily be of one of the highest points of your entire life. By the end of Find Your Birth Joy you'll know how to set yourself up for the birth of your dreams while making peace with the wondrous unknowns inherent in birthing your baby. Praise for Find Your Birth Joy: "Sarah's book celebrates the extraordinarily powerful force of the female birthing body and introduces this empowering concept with honest reflections, open-heartedness, and a host of spirited messages that can help you build resilience and self-compassion for whatever happens in your own childbirth experience. It's a much-needed manifesto for a new generation of young women who have been misled by over-medicalization and popular media messages that somehow modern females are "too posh to push." It's an important book that will help parents tap into the confidence they need during this transformative time." - Prof. Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP Clinical Medical Anthropologist Chair, California Institute of Integral Studies "What I really appreciate is that Find Your Birth Joy is written by a new mama. She is close to her own birth experience and speaks from an honest and heartfelt place. Empowered by the birth of her daughter, Sarah offers a practical and thoughtful handbook for natural childbirth full of tips, tools and practices to guide pregnant women through the preparation for birth. I absolutely recommend this book for women who are looking for a guide to a more connected, conscious and natural birth." - Jane Austin, childbirth educator, prenatal and postnatal teacher and trainer, and founder, Mama Tree Prenatal Yoga School "Wisdom passed from mother-to-mother is arguably one of the best ways a woman can prepare for childbirth, but sometimes you hear more of the bad than the good. Find Your Birth Joy is a positive and empowering guide to preparing for childbirth that will speak equally to your head and to your heart." Bryn Huntpalmer, founder, The Birth Hour podcast "A powerful and unique guide for women. Highlighting that everyone deserves a joyful birth!" - Maria A. Iorillo, LM, CPM
Download or read book The Big Book of Birth written by Erica Lyon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last—everything expecting moms need to know about giving birth Childbirth is one of the most significant events of any woman’s life—and for many, also a source of enormous anxiety and fear. In The Big Book of Birth renowned childbirth educator and Realbirth Center founder Erica Lyon offers an antidote to that fear with a comprehensive and up- to-date guide to childbirth. Drawing from more than a decade of teaching expecting parents what really to expect, Lyon fills the void that currently exists in childbirth literature, offering clear, current, objective advice on everything from choosing your doctor or midwife, to the realities of assisted and cesarean births, to the many different pain-coping options you can use during delivery and proven techniques that can help you relax and often speed along your labor. The Big Book of Birth guides women through the four stages of labor, dispelling misconceptions and providing a wealth of objective information in a warm, welcoming, and well- organized format. A long-overdue resource, The Big Book of Birth gives expectant mothers the knowledge they need to approach childbirth with confidence and joy.
Download or read book The Birth Of A Mother written by Daniel N Stern and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1998-12-03 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As you prepare to become a mother, you face an experience unlike any other in your life. Having a baby will redirect your preferences and pleasures and, most likely, will realign some of your values.As you undergo this unique psychological transformation, you will be guided by new hopes, fears, and priorities. In a most startling way, having a child will influence all of your closest relationships and redefine your role in your family's history. The charting of this remarkable, new realm is the subject of this compelling book.Renowned psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern has joined forces with pediatrician and child psychiatrist Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern and journalist Alison Freeland to paint a wonderfully evocative picture of the psychology of motherhood. At the heart of The Birth of a Mother is an arresting premise: Just as a baby develops physically in utero and after birth, so a mother is born psychologically in the many months that precede and follow the birth of her baby.The recognition of this inner transformation emerges from hundreds of interviews with new mothers and decades of clinical experience. Filled with revealing case studies and personal comments from women who have shared this experience, this book will serve as an invaluable sourcebook for new mothers, validating the often confusing emotions that accompany the development of this new identity. In addition to providing insight into the unique state of motherhood, the authors touch on related topics such as going back to work, fatherhood, adoption, and premature birth.During pregnancy, mothers-to-be talk about morning sickness and their changing bodies, and new mothers talk about their exhaustion, the benefits of nursing or bottle-feeding, and the dilemma of whether or when they should return to work. And yet, they can be strangely mute about the dramatic and often overwhelming changes going on in their inner lives. Finally, with The Birth of a Mother, these powerful feelings are eloquently put into words.
Download or read book Joy at Birth written by Susan Crowther and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be at the birth of a baby is special, yet there is an increasing secularisation and reliance on technology in contemporary maternity care, particularly in the western context. Through exploration of experiences at birth this book explores joy at birth, which is often ignored and overlooked beyond the activities that help to ensure survival. This book draws on a collection of stories of birth from mothers, birth partners, obstetricians and midwives, that demonstrate joy at birth across professional groups and in different types of births and locations with or without technological interventions. Each chapter introduces stories of joy that highlight embodied, spatial and relational meanings. Employing the Heideggerian notion of a human being, it sketches out an ontological focus that draws our gaze to the everyday taken-for-granted ways of being at birth. Based on phenomenological experiential data and rigorous interpretive analysis underpinned by seminal philosophical writings, this book calls for readers to attend to the wholeness of birth in all situations and at all births in ways not attempted before. It will be of great interest to midwives, and those working in and studying maternity, obstetrics and neonatology, as well as social and medical anthropology, sociology, cultural, organisational and clinical psychology and spirituality.
