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	The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth by William Sears, Martha Sears
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Product Details Binding Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number 618.4 EAN 9780316779081 ISBN 0316779083 Manufacturer Little Brown and Company Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 269 Publication Date 1994-02 Publisher Little Brown and Company Product Description 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. In The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth, William and Martha Sears, authors of The Baby Book and creators of the concept of 'attachment parenting,' here turn their attention to the birth experience. In this helpful resource guide, the Searses cover the gamut of possibilities, and teach readers what they need to know to take control of their own birthings. The Birth Book is divided into three parts: 'Preparing for Birth,' 'Easing Pain in Labor,' and 'Experiencing Birth.' You'll find details about vaginal births; cesareans; VBACs; water births; home births; best birthing positions; drugs; pain; how to design your own birth plan; the humor, chemistry, and sexuality of birth; and pages and pages of birth stories. This guide will do more for new parents than a pacifier will for a newborn. It is a comprehensive, soothing work which will ease the fears and anxieties that explode during a pregnancy, especially during the last trimester. The Searses ( The Baby Book )--he a pediatrician and professor at the University of Southern California's School of Medicine; she a childbirth and labor expert--are themselves the parents of eight children. They explain clearly and reassuringly the array of options available to pregnant couples, from what to consider when selecting a birthing team and environment and how technology can be a mixed blessing during pregnancy to having a VDAC (a vaginal delivery after having had a Caesarean birth). The book's philosophy is that delivering a baby is often an event that parents are more caught up with than the end-product--the baby. But the book offers more than philosophy. It gives men practical advice on how to survive the changes, both emotional and physical, that arrive with impending parenthood. There are quick-reference charts on the medical tests commonly ordered by physicians during pregnancy, contraction timing and the stages of labor. The final chapter is devoted to 14 birth stories which illustrate how labor and delivery are different for each woman. While no two experiences are alike, all illustrate the importance of making conscious choices about the birth of one's child. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. With expectant parents confronted with a variety of childbirth choices, the Searses, a noted husband-and-wife team (he's a pediatrician and she's a nurse), have written a guide that outlines a number of options available for birth along with pros and cons for each. Their emphasis is on the natural birth experience--without drugs and with as little intervention as possible. They provide information on alternate settings and nonphysician birth assistants. The book is well written and well organized; references and additional reading provide avenues for further information. A complement to other books on the birth process, including Gayle Peterson's An Easier Childbirth (Tarcher, 1991); recommended for consumer health/patient education collections. - Mary J. Jarvis, Methodist Hosp. Medical Lib., Lubbock, Tex. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. It would be hard to write a bad review of any book by Dr. 'Bill' Sears and his wife, Martha (a nurse), who have eight kids and are consultants of sorts to the La Leche League. All the Sears' works bring a rare positive and encouraging approach to the difficult task of being a parent. So it's great to find that they've authored a book for pregnant women with their usual intelligent yet empathetic tone. Not surprisingly, Birth Book is pronatural childbirth and warns of the many problems associated with hospital interventions--including the soaring cesarean section rate. They present choices available in birth education classes, include birth stories, and give relaxation techniques for labor (e.g., sitting in water). Jo Peer-Haas 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. Accessories RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device Airborne Effervescent Health Formula, Original Orange, 10 Tablets (Pack of 3) Customers who bought this item also bought The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition) Ina May's Guide to Childbirth The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way: Revised Edition Customer Reviews for: The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth Rating - Conflicts with Current Research!!! I bought this book 7 months into my pregnancy, looking for advice as to labor and delivery. Not only is the book out of date (1994) but relies heavily on research that has been proven unreliable or false. In addition, the authors write from their own experience, which sounds like a good idea, but learn this: the wife has unbelievably short labors, and bases her entire idea of labor for the rest of society on the fact that she naturally had her children ... Read More Rating - a Must Read I read several books throughout my first pregnancy, and found this one to be the most informative. There is a chapter on relaxation during the labor process (how to focus on keeping your muscles relaxed during contractions so your uterus doesn't have to fight against them) that I found to be VERY helpful. A very educational book that I highly recommend. Rating - read this if you think natural is the ONLY way I was ready to learn about the actual birth process at around my 6th month of pregnancy and picked this book because it looked very complete and informational. Unfortunately I came to find that it was entirely biased on the side of natural birth and that if I chose pain meds it meant I did not "value the birth". Also the information given about pain meds and giving birth in a hospital left me feeling like all my original plans for birth were not good enough. ... Read More Rating - Excellent Information - a little biased I decided to wait until after I had my baby to review this book so I was speaking from experience as to whether it was helpful or not! Overall I found this book useful and it has excellent detailed information about the birth process, drugs, interventions & womens choices during labour. I knew exactly what was happening to me & my baby during labour and I understood all of the options available to me and their potential knock on effects. ... Read More see more reviews See all books by author William Sears, Martha Sears

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