The complete book of pregnancy and childbirth
By: Sheila Kitzinger ; photography by Camilla Jessel and Nancy Durrell McKenna.
Edition: 1st American ed., rev. ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Pregnancy -- Popular works; Childbirth -- Popular works
Description: Kitzinger provides candid information about what mothers need to know, ranging from ways to navigate the technical landscape of hospital births to making the personal choices of a water home birth. Her "empowerment language" no longer assumes there is a marriage, replacing references to "a man" with "birthing partner." Discussing "birth rooms" rather than delivery rooms, she encourages readers to construct a birth plan, make their own space, and choose an effective birth companion.
Notes: Includes index.