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The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth (Sears Parenting Library)

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Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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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.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.4
EAN: 9780316779074
ISBN: 0316779075
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 1994-02-01
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Studio: Little, Brown and Company


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: My Birth Bible!
Comment: If I had to choose only one book to read about giving birth, this would be it! This book covers everything, giving you the good, bad, and ugly.

I had a natural child birth... I have no doubt that it is because of this book! I felt totally prepared, and calm when I went into labor. I must have read, high-lighted, and re-read this book 3-4 times while I was pregnant. I did not take a birth class... I just read... I read a lot of books, and this was the one that stuck!

The focus is on natural childbirth, but they also are realistic... Things happen and you might not be able to have a natural birth, if that's the case they've got you covered too.

If you are considering getting this book... DO IT!!! Even if you choose to have pain meds, that's great too! This book will go over what meds are out there, how they work on you and if the baby will have any reaction to them. This is truly a Birth Bible!

~Sharina B. Seattle Wa

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful!
Comment: I love this book! It prepared me for the best birth experience possible and was by far the most positive and encouraging book on birthing that I have read. It covers home birth as well as hospital birth.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Informative, but negative
Comment: I bought this book because I am on bedrest and cannot attend birthing classes. It includes a lot of information, but I found the overall tone to be very negative on the present-day birth practices. It was extremely opinionated, skewed heavily to the authors' experiences, which made me a little turned off.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Science and heart
Comment: I am very fond of the Sears family. And this book in the Sears library is the guide to the beginning of your journey with children and becoming attached to them. I think I have learned from their books that attachment isn't just for the child it is definitely also for the parent. Attachment parenting teaches a parent how to understand the child and give them what they need instead of being in a deadlock waiting for the child to figure out how to understand you, the parent. And that is what good parenting is all about. Especially because that makes everyone more happy and parenting much more easy. The birth book is a comprehensive guide to starting the process by understanding yourself as a woman and mother in the birth process. There is history, scientific research, and a lot of heart in this book. While they are definitely pro natural birth, they are more pro having the birth that empowers you as a woman. If that means a medicated birth after reading all the research, then go for it and be happy with your decision. That is what the Sears are really about, being an informed consumer. In other words, we should make our own choices based on knowledge and personal strength. For those that want a natural birth but appreciate research, this book will give it all to you. As a scientist myself, some of the natural childbirth books are too much, but this one has it all for me; just the right mix of good research and a ton of personal experience. After reading this book, I truly feel I have the tools to have a birth that is natural with the ability to make choices that are best for me and the baby if something does not go as planned. If I could thank the Sears personally, I would with a big hand shake and a hug.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Enlightening
Comment: I 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 a brusque OB who spent maybe 5 minutes with me at each prenatal appointment to a caring nurse midwife. I hired a doula, took childbirth preparation classes, and read about pain coping strategies. In the end, I was successful at having a completely drug-free birth and am immensely happy about it. I truly credit reading this book for inspiring me to do this.

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