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Title: Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin, Alan Bishop, Mark Schlichting ISBN: 0-913990-10-8 Publisher: Book Pub Co Pub. Date: March, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fabulous- Emphasizing the Emotional Aspect of Birth
Comment: I just finished reading this book. I was interested in learning more about natural childbrith and came away with insight into not only the physical but the essential spirtitual and emotional aspects about birth. I really loved the comments about how both partners(mother and father)need to "get it together" emotionally to be prepared for this event. I also enjoyed the the advice not to complain, that your outlook and attituted affects labor. I am glad to see this book wasn't at all sugarcoated, it dealt with complications in birth and death with such dignity and grace as well as highlighting the amazing success rates of natural childbirth. I had no idea when I started reading it that it was about an alternative "hippie" community. Very different from my personal life but I totally respect all of the individuals who made the decision to live such a simple life and focus on the amazing spirituality that surrounds us all in everday life. A definite must read!
Rating: 5
Summary: The most beautiful midwifery book ever -- a classic
Comment: This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the truly spiritual experience of childbirth. Ina May's book is a classic among midwives, and she is a well known and important influence in the natural childbirth and midwifery movements. The birthing stories are the keystone of this book, and I never grow tired of reading them over and over. The technical portions of this book are written from a lay-midwifery and low tech point of view, but it is important for readers and reviewers to know that Ina May and the Farm have the experience and birth statistics to back up what she has written.
This book, I think, is also important material for non-midwives involved in childbirth: physicians, nurses, doulas, and expectant families. The birthing stories provide a touching and humanitarian voice to the life-altering experience of birth. Not all the stories are warm and fuzzy tales of the perfect birth, and this provides a reminder of how closely linked birth and death truly are as passages through life. For those of us involved in birthing on a regular basis, this book is a reminder of how privelleged we are to be witneses to such a sacred experience time and again.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic Book!
Comment: In a world of technology driven childbirth, this book brings us as women back to the ultimate knowledge: that we have always known exactly how to give birth. Trust your body, trust your baby; trust birthing. Women helping women give birth affirms this basic truth. Get this book!
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Title: Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin ISBN: 0553381156 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England, Rob Horowitz ISBN: 0965987302 Publisher: Partera Pr Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer, Rhonda Wheeler ISBN: 0399525173 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Birth Partner, Second Edition by Penny Simkin ISBN: 1558321950 Publisher: Harvard Common Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Heart & Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy & Birth by Elizabeth Davis, Suzanne Arms, Linda Harrison ISBN: 0890878382 Publisher: Celestial Arts Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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