Labor Pain: A Natural Approach to Easing Delivery
"Labor Pain: A Natural Approach to Easing Delivery" is full of inspiring stories and useful advice ("Wild Yam: Good for Women who are Nervous") for any woman considering a more spiritually pleasing alternative to the soulless hospital delivery room. However, at times author Nicky Wesson makes claims that seem overly optimistic. Not only was her own natural labor a deeper, more satisfying experience, she says, but it was actually less painful than her "hospital births, which involved induction,epidural, laboring flat on my back, forceps, and emergency cesarean section."  It is hard to imagine this is true--surely anesthesia must be good for something. Nonetheless, any woman considering home birth will want to consult Wesson's book. (Beliefnet, June 2000)   --From Beliefnet