Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby!

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Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby! Childbirth Wisdom and Cesarean Prevention

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Andrea Frank Henkart

Available only in paperback.
Forewords by Nancy Wainer Cohen and Michel Odent, M.D.

Book Code: G294

ISBN: 0-89789-294-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-294-0

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200 pages

Bergin & Garvey Trade

Publication: 3/30/1995

List Price: $22.95 (UK Sterling Price: £12.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4

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Endorsement From Suzanne Arms

consumer advocate and

author/photographer of Immaculate Deception II: This book has both an authoritative feel and a comfortable, personal style. It's written from the trenches and will be a good resource for parents-to-be, educators, and health workers.

Endorsement From Elizabeth Davis, B.A., C.M.

author of Heart & Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth
: . . . an unflinching examination of the technological paradigm that erroneously defines birth as a biological event only."

Description: Includes chapter by Dr. John Gray, author of the best-selling, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus!

Over one million cesarean sections are performed each year in America. Only one-half of these invasive procedures are medically necessary. In the name of technological progress, hundreds of thousands of women have been coerced into relinquishing a most cherished right--the right to give birth in a gentle, supportive environment, free of medical interventions. Many of these women suffer needlessly because they place their trust completely in doctors who view medical intervention and cesarean sections as a birthing panacea. American culture has conditioned women to fear pregnancy and childbirth. Now, more than ever, it is important for women to learn all the facts before giving birth. For instance, how many women know that cesarean delivery carries approximately four times the risk of maternal mortality compared to vaginal delivery? Or that being able to fully trust their own instincts and knowing how to accurately interpret the messages the body sends may be more important to a healthy delivery than any medical equipment? Women deserve to know this kind of information in order to see beyond the external considerations of childbirth so they can put themselves back in touch with the simple, peaceful, natural process of bringing a child into this world. Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby! empowers women to face the challenges, fears, and decisions involved in giving birth today. Through anecdotal experiences, facts figures, and the contributions of well-known authors in the field, this rich volume offers fresh approaches to the aggressive procedures embraced by many doctors and women of child-bearing age. The physical, psychological, and cultural implications of cesarean sections are thoroughly examined. Also explored are many time-tested techniques such as visualization, massage, and exercises that can reposition breech babies as well as other invaluable hints for avoiding unnecessary cesarean sections. Completing this unique work is a detailed discussion of associated issues such as VBAC, the husband's role in childbirth, circumcision, and the far-reaching effects natural delivery can have on the baby's entire life. Appendices provide valuable information about questions to ask your doctor, steps in forming a successful birth plan, and sources for further guidance. Through insightful education and an understanding that can only come through experience, Henkart show how every woman possesses the ability to overcome the fear and uncertainty commonly associated with birthing in the 90s. When this ability is fully realized, women can once again hold the key to making childbirth the powerful, wondrous, life experience it is meant to be.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Nancy Wainer Cohen
Introduction by Michel Odent
Great Expectations by Andrea Frank Henkart
On the Cutting Edge by Andrea Frank Henkart
Ritual in the Hospital: Giving Birth the American Way by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Preparing for Labor and Delivery by Andrea Frank Henkart
Accept the Process: A Commentary on Childbirth Education by Gina Maria Alibrandi
Visualization Techniques for Relaxation by Andrea Frank Henkart
Body Wisdom: The Forgotten Information in Childbirth by Donna Germano
When Push Comes to Shove: What to Do If You Have a Cesarean by Andrea Frank Henkart
Healing Cesarean Section Trauma: A Transformational Ritual by Jeannine Parvati Baker
One Birth at a Time by Andrea Frank Henkart
The Husband's Role in Pregnancy by John Gray
Birth Stories from around the World by Andrea Frank Henkart
A Balinese Cesarean Story by Robin Lim
Parenting the Precious Newborn by Andrea Frank Henkart
Circumcision: A Question of Protecting Body Rights by Marilyn Fayre Milos
A Womb of Love by Andrea Frank Henkart
Appendix A: Questions to Ask Your Care Provider
Appendix B: Ideas for Your Birth Plan
Appendix C: Affirmations for Childbirth Preparation
Appendix D: Things You Can Do to Avoid Unnecessary Cesareans
Appendix E: Sources of Further Information
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 94-30915

LCC Class: RG661

Dewey Class: 618.4


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