by Michel Odent (Foreword), Laura Kaplan Shanley (Author)
This book reveals how giving birth is an inherently safe, relatively painless process that is best performed without the assistance of doctors or midwives, and how confidence and a positive attitude reduces fear-and therefore the pain-of labor.
* A bibliography of unassisted childbirth resources
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 161
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
Published: 22 Feb 2012
ISBN 10: 0313397155
ISBN 13: 9780313397158
Book Overview: Contrary to popular opinion, prior to the advent of the modern-day hospital, women and babies in healthy tribal cultures rarely died in childbirth. Women in tribal cultures often had such a relaxed attitude about birth that some of them actually gave birth while sleeping. All told, Americans spend $80 billion a year on childbirth. Could it be much of this medical intervention is actually unnecessary?
Laura Kaplan Shanley is an author, freelance writer, speaker, and childbirth consultant widely recognized as one of the leading voices in the natural-birth movement.
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