This classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth has been fully revised for the twenty-first century. McCutcheon provides the tools to help readers make informed decisions that will help them avoid unnecessary induction and cesarean surgery. Exercises and nutrition to get your body ready for birthing are discussed, and a full explanation of all aspects of labor and birthing will help defuse fears and put you in control of this natural approach to childbirth....

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.

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Bringing a new life into the world is more than a biological process-it is the most profound act of creativity in the human experience. "By communicating with your body through the language of dreams and Imagery," teaches Dr. Catherine Shainberg, "you become an active participant in the complete journey of childbirth." With DreamBirth, this leading Imagery expert offers practical exercises and guidance for harnessing our innate creative power throughout...

In a series of 4 video interview presentations, 10 professors talk about their public health concerns regarding common medical interventions during childbirth and how these could impact the development of the infant microbiome. The videos also includes discussion of possible solutions. This video series has been created by the filmmaking team behind the multi-award winning documentary MICROBIRTH.

A series of 4 video interview presentations featuring 8 world-leading professors about the importance of the infant microbiome and epigenetics for a child's lifelong health. This series includes a discussion about the importance of science of childbirth, an explanation about the human microbiome, an exploration of the connection between the microbiome and human health and an insight into how the microbiome changes during pregnancy. This video series...

"The first book-length history of reproduction that centers [on] Native American women, Reproduction on the reservation documents the transformation of reproductive practices on Indian reservations from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first. Relying on extensive archival research as well as oral histories that allow Native women to tell their own stories, this study integrates a local history of childbearing, motherhood, and activism...

Making and having babies--what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver--has mystified women and men for the whole of human history. Over the last one hundred years, depending on the latest prevailing advice, women have taken morphine, practiced Lamaze, relied on ultrasound images, sampled fertility drugs, and shopped at sperm banks. Here, the insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, fads, and fables, and to the...

Revised and updated for today's family, this classic guide to the Bradley Method of natural childbirth helps mothers have healthy babies and joyful birthing experiences--and makes fathers partners in the miracle of life.