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Gentle birth choices
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Publisher
Healing Arts Press
Publication Date
c2005
Language
English
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
618.45 HARPE 2005 3rd ed.
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618.45 HARPE 2005 3rd ed.
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ISBN
9781594770678
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Foreword / Robbie David-Floyd
Introduction
1. Gentle beginnings
Wonderfully made
Ingredients for a gentle birth
2. The medicalization of childbirth
Our legacy of birth
From midwife to physician
The promise of science
Pain relief : the era of "twilight sleep"
Hospital births for everyone
Unraveling prenatal testing
Medical legal dilemma
The results of medical intervention
3. Dispelling the medical myths
Myth : the hospital is the safest place to have a baby
Myth : maternity care should be managed only by a physician
Myth : the electronic fetal monitor will save babies
Myth : all babies should be born on or before their due date
Myth : drugs for pain relief won't hurt the baby
Myth : once a cesarean, always a cesarean
Myth : an episiotomy heals better than a tear
Myth : birth needs to be sterile
Myth : the older you are, the more difficult your birth will be
Myth : it's better not to eat or drink in labor
Myth : family and friends interfere during birth
Myth : the baby needs to be observed in a newborn nursery
Myth : baby boys need to be circumcised
4. A gentle revolution
Birth without fear
Birth without pain
Birth without violence
Birth reborn
Birth without rules
Birth with consciousness
Women take back their births
5. Midwifery in America : a growing tradition
The midwives model of maternity care
The evolution of midwifery
Midwifery revolution
The politics of midwifery
A midwife for every mother
6. Waterbirth
Why waterbirth?
Waterbirth history
Beyond the Leboyer bath
Labor pools in France
Making waves in the United States
The United Kingdom takes the plunge
Waterbirth around the world
Questions everyone asks about waterbirth
Just for providers
The future of waterbirth
7. The mind-body connection
Womb ecology
Mind-body response
Listening to your body
Listening to your baby
Mind-body preparations for a gentle birth
The sexuality of childbirth
Holistic prenatal preparation
Mind, body, spirit in unity
8. Creating gentle birth choices
Planning your birth
What women want
Consumers create choices
Health care for all women and children by 2015
Appendix A. Questions to ask a doctor
Appendix B. Questions to ask a midwife
Appendix C. Sample birth plan
Appendix D. Sample letter to hospital
Appendix E. Resources.
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