Spiritual Midwifery | Ina May Gaskin | Spiritual Midwifery, Fourth Edition

Spiritual Midwifery | Ina May Gaskin | A must have for couples preparing for Natural Childbirth

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Spiritual Midwifery

	Spiritual Midwifery Ina May Gaskin Book Publishing Company (TN), 2002 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 89 reviews view larger image
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Spiritual Midwifery, Fourth Edition

I recommend reading this book to all parents interested in having a natural birth.

Ina May and her husband Stephen began `The Farm' in the early 1970's. The birth stories in Spiritual Midwifery come from women's experiences on The Farm. The Farm statistics include (as of the year 2000) 2028 births of those births 95.1% of all babies were born in the home, 4.9% were transported to the hospital and only 1.3% were emergency transports. This book is based on the over 2000 births that have taken place on `The Farm'.

In the USA over 30% of all women give birth through surgical procedure called a Cesarean Section. Ina May's book gives support to the fact that birth is not a medical procedure. Spiritual Midwifery speaks to the normalcy of birth and explains why no more than 5-10% of women need a Cesarean Section to deliver babies. Ina touches on topics such as tests given during pregnancy, natural birth, complications that may arise and how to manage them in and out of hospital setting and most importantly the book provides factual and time-proven information.

Spiritual Midwifery is on the bookshelf of most Midwives and homebirth Midwives. If you are looking to have your questions and concerns addressed and answered this is the book to read. If you wish to buy just one book, this is the one.

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A must have for couples preparing for Natural Childbirth

this is a great book for women preparing for natural childbirth...and their support people. i especially like the photos of childbirth b/c our society gives us few images of what natural childbirth looks like. in addition, i think reading the birth stories in this book helps couples preparing for childbirth to engage in healthy fantasies about their upcoming birth.
I find the health information to be accurate, well-organized, and the reader can easily skip to the areas of interest. if a woman develops a pregnancy complication, she can find a good summary of her condition and the treatment to expect in this book.
lastly, i think it's positive perspective on the pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood is beneficial to all women of childbearing age.

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Very Soothing for a First-Time Pregnant Woman

I am currently seven months pregnant and recently borrowed this book from my friend. I was starting to get a little freaked out about giving birth (this is my first baby), until I read this book.

I loved the simple and matter-of-fact way that Ina May describes things. And I LOVED the birth stories! Just by reading women's experiences with birth, though some were difficult, I saw how rewarding giving birth could be and how not scary it really is.

I recommended this book to another one of my friends who is the unoffical "doula" of our group and she loved it. Last I heard, she had recommended it to at least five people.

I really advocate reading this book if you are pregnant or are going to be assisting someone in giving birth. Knowledge is power and this book has a lot of knowledge in it. I even would tell you to read the section just for midwives at the back.

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Great book!

This book is fantastic! I originally bought it to break through some of the negative imagery I had regarding child birth. The media had pumped me so full of pain and bad that I was terrified at the idea of having kids. I still don't have any but this book has made me more comfortable with the idea...plus I have leant it to friends and family as they fell pregnant all claiming they found the positive stories a great help! A must read for any expectant or simply curious woman ;D

the one to have

If you are looking into becoming a midwife or you just want to understand what goes on during birth this is the one book you have to reed!
The great thing about Ina May, is that she will stay real by including a couple of unfortunate stories, and describe them with great positive vibe, that way I did not get scared but I remembered that anything can happen.

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