Birth day
Subtitle: a pediatrician explores the science, the history, and the wonder of childbirth
By: Mark Sloan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780345502865
Subjects: Childbirth -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: / on being born; title: / twenty babies: an unexpectedly quick introduction to vaginal birth; title: / the first five minutes; title: / an alternate route: cesarean birth; title: / pain & politics; title: / b.e. (before epidurals); title: / nowadays: an "epidural monoculture"?; title: I - epidurals, mainly; title: Is that all there is?; title: / significant others; title: / daddies; title: / the gang's all here: a history of birth attendance; title: / looking at babies; title: / inside looking out: the five senses at birth; title: / "the newborn worth raising": infant resuscitation; title: From aristotle to apgar; title: / infant origami: a guided tour of the newborn body.