Gentle birth, gentle mothering
Subtitle: a doctor's guide to natural childbirth and gentle early parenting choices
By: Sarah Buckley ; foreword by Ina May Gaskin.
Publisher: Celestial Arts
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781587613227
Subjects: Natural childbirth; Newborn infants -- Care
Table of contents: title: Reclaiming every woman's birth right; title: Vision and tools for instinctive birth; title: Emma's birth; title: sweet and oceanic; title: Healing birth, healing the earth; title: Zoe's birth; title: challenge and transformation; title: Your body, your baby, your choice: a guide to making wise decisions; title: Prenatal diagnosis: technical triumph or Pandora's box?; title: Ultrasound scans: cause for concern; title: Undisturbed birth: Mother Nature's blueprint for safety, ease, and ecstasy; title: Maia's birth; title: a family celebration; title: Epidurals: risks and concerns for mothers and babies; title: Leaving well enough alone: natural perspectives on the third stage of labor; title: Jacob's placenta; title: Cesarean surgery: the whole story; title: Choosing homebirth; title: Jacob's waterbirth; title: the power of water; title: Love, attachment, and your baby's brain: how gentle early parenting promotes lifelong wellbeing.