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The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth (平装)
by William Sears , Martha Sears
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Amazon.com, USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
In The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth, William and Martha Sears, authors of The Baby Book and creators of the concept of "attachment parenting," here turn their attention to the birth experience. In this helpful resource guide, the Searses cover the gamut of possibilities, and teach readers what they need to know to take control of their own birthings. The Birth Book is divided into three parts: "Preparing for Birth," "Easing Pain in Labor," and "Experiencing Birth." You'll find details about vaginal births; cesareans; VBACs; water births; home births; best birthing positions; drugs; pain; how to design your own birth plan; the humor, chemistry, and sexuality of birth; and pages and pages of birth stories.
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
This guide will do more for new parents than a pacifier will for a newborn. It is a comprehensive, soothing work which will ease the fears and anxieties that explode during a pregnancy, especially during the last trimester. The Searses ( The Baby Book ) - he a pediatrician and professor at the University of Southern California's School of Medicine; she a childbirth and labor expert - are themselves the parents of eight children. They explain clearly and reassuringly the array of options available to pregnant couples, from what to consider when selecting a birthing team and environment and how technology can be a mixed blessing during pregnancy to having a VDAC (a vaginal delivery after having had a Caesarean birth). The book's philosophy is that delivering a baby is often an event that parents are more caught up with than the end-product - the baby. But the book offers more than philosophy. It gives men practical advice on how to survive the changes, both emotional and physical, that arrive with impending parenthood. There are quick-reference charts on the medical tests commonly ordered by physicians during pregnancy, contraction timing and the stages of labor. The final chapter is devoted to 14 birth stories which illustrate how labor and delivery are different for each woman. While no two experiences are alike, all illustrate the importance of making conscious choices about the birth of one's child.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. -This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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Library Journal, USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
With expectant parents confronted with a variety of childbirth choices, the Searses, a noted husband-and-wife team (he's a pediatrician and she's a nurse), have written a guide that outlines a number of options available for birth along with pros and cons for each. Their emphasis is on the natural birth experience - without drugs and with as little intervention as possible. They provide information on alternate settings and nonphysician birth assistants. The book is well written and well organized; references and additional reading provide avenues for further information. A complement to other books on the birth process, including Gayle Peterson's An Easier Childbirth (Tarcher, 1991); recommended for consumer health/patient education collections.
Mary J. Jarvis, Methodist Hosp. Medical Lib., Lubbock, Tex.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Booklist, USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
It would be hard to write a bad review of any book by Dr. "Bill" Sears and his wife, Martha (a nurse), who have eight kids and are consultants of sorts to the La Leche League. All the Sears' works bring a rare positive and encouraging approach to the difficult task of being a parent. So it's great to find that they've authored a book for pregnant women with their usual intelligent yet empathetic tone. Not surprisingly, Birth Book is pronatural childbirth and warns of the many problems associated with hospital interventions - including the soaring cesarean section rate. They present choices available in birth education classes, include birth stories, and give relaxation techniques for labor (e.g., sitting in water).
Jo Peer-Haas - This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Sage (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
My husband and I plan to use the Hypnobirthing method for our baby girl due Jan 2008. Since you can never plan your birth and everyone is different I wanted to know a general overview of all the other things I could encounter while in labor. This book is FANTASTIC. It's not negative, just the facts. I find I can't put it down. There are so many pregnancy related books out there that have a negative feel to them and this book isn't one of them. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I love this book. |
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Lisahnadew (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
I found this book to be very valuable. I have been trying for years to overcome a fear of birth, especially since getting pregnant. This book definitely helped.
I have to disagree with some of the reviews below which state that this book is anti-OB, or anti-hospital, or makes you feel guilty if you have a c-section. Not true. And clearly my OB feels the same way, as he recommends this book to all his patients. Many times throughout the book the authors discuss legitimate situations for c-sections- they simply say that c-sections are over-prescribed, which is true. The goal of the book, stated several times, is for the parents to look back on the birth of their child with happiness, however that happiness is achieved. Success stories involving epidurals and c-sections are included in the book. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
The Birth Book advocates an unmedicated birth with few interventions. However it does not condemn the medical establishment. It gives the reader enough information to make well thought-out birth choices. It also gives a woman understanding of her body and the birth process to enable her to know that her body can handle the physical challenges of birth. Overall, the book puts emphasis on having a satisfying birth by fully participating in all decisions, medical or not. An excellent book! |
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Rico (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
I am a mother of twins who were born vaginally without the use of any pain medication and I am confident that this book helped make that possible. The information it provided, along with the subtle reassurances are absolutely wonderful. It walks you through every step of the birthing process! I felt so prepared and relaxed that I now feel compelled to buy this book for every expecting mother I know. You really MUST buy this book, you will not regret it! |
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Monica (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
This is one of the better birth books out there. It gives you a good comparison of the different sides to birthing. Coming from a doctor, some of the information is surprising, as I was shocked to read that a doctor would actually advocate a natural childbirth! Most doctors in my experience look at you like you are a lunatic if you say you want a natural experience.
Dr. Sears and Martha do a pretty good job at explaining pros and cons and even include info it is pretty obvious they don't support, which tells me they tried to be as unbiased as possible (although I have to say, it is pretty clear what their viewpoint is by the first chapter!).
A good general information book for first timers, and good review for those having their seconds. |
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Ashley Hiskes (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
I really loved this book. I wasn't even pregnant when I read it, but I still couldn't put it down. It isn't just a book for women who want to have a natural birth, but for all women who are going through birth. I would recomend it to everyone! |
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