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The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth (平装)
by Henci Goer , Rhonda Wheeler
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Don Creevy, M.D., FACOG obstetrician-gynecologist Clinical Assistant Professor, USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
With the help of this book, any intelligent person can obtain the information necessary to make informed choices. This unique book will provide the tools and confidence to have the best possible birth experience. |
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Penny Simkin, P.T. internationally known speaker, USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
In Henci Goer, thinking women have a champion, and maternity caregivers have a challenger. Henci has applied her impressive intellect, wisdom, writing skills, common sense, and wit to produce The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. She analyzes and makes sense of a prodigious amount of recent obstetric research, boils it down, and summarizes its findings. And, on the basis of these findings, she makes practical recommendations for better births. Not one to pull the wool over anyone's eyes, Henci lets the reader in on her whole thinking process, providing scientific references, summaries of the articles, and logical recommendations - all in a highly readable, user-friendly format. |
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Maureen P. Corry, M.P.H. Executive Director, Maternity Center Association, USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, puts the power of the latest scientific research into the hands of women to help them discern the facts from the myths and make informed decisions about their maternity care. |
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C. Grieve (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
I purchased this book on recommendation from a LLL friend (note: it is NOT LLL sponsored, though), when attending LLL classes with my pregnant sister. I had already had two babies - not in the US, but in England. I wanted to know what my sister's labor and delivery were going to be like so I could prepare myself (I was my sister's unofficial doula).
I was intrigued and frightened at the same time. Labor and delivery in the US was a whole different ball-game than in the rest of the world and I did not like it at all (I was also gearing up for my own 3rd baby - to be born in the good 'ol US of A).
In the US, you NEED to be your own advocate - and advocate for your unborn baby - otherwise, you will be steamrollered by the OBs and other hospital staff. Read this book! Knowledge is indeed power and you need this knowledge - and this power - if you want to have your baby your way, not someone else's. No one will volunteer this stuff - you have to figure it out for yourself. Empower yourself and you will have the birth you want, not a birth that is in time for your OB's vacation. |
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Rach (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
This book is AWESOME, it has so much great info in it. It literally covers everything that you might encounter in your pregnancy and birth and gives objective reviews about BOTH sides of the issue, not just one like most books do. It will tell you the pros and cons of every choice you make, and gives astounding statistics on the rates of c-sections and much more. This book is a must have for all of those wanting or expecting a baby, and for those doulas and midwives who want to learn more or just have a good book around to reference!
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Louise Marie (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
I'm recommending this book as an alternative to "What to Expect..." It's written for a more intelligent audience, as the title implies, and it gives the evidence with the idea that the pregnant woman should be armed with information to make her own decisions. If you're not inclined to just trust doctors, this is the book for you. |
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C. Peterson (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
The points I want to make in my review are thus: the book doesn't expect you to necessarily go out and approach your childbirth with a prescribed way...but rather the opposite. It inspires you to do your own thinking instead of taking your doctor's/aunt's/mother's word for it. When reading it, it's one of those "things that make you go hmmmm"...which is why it's called the thinking woman's guide...
Second, and this is probably the most important thing I got out of it, it made me realize that in choosing my OB, I am a consumer, and I have the right to seek out an OB who would support my VBAC choices and respect the fact that I had already made myself a well-informed person. The first OB I had chosen ended up to be the wrong choice...her protocol was definitely not proven to be the best avenue for a VBAC, something I learned through my research...and the doc I ended up with was far more knowledgeable on VBACs.The VBAC Companion: The Expectant Mother's Guide to Vaginal Birth After Cesarean. I didn't use much out of Goer's book, but I'm thankful it gave me the confidence to make well-informed choices. |
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Heather (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
If you are pregnant or want to be, this is the single most important book you can read. You may or may not read it cover to cover, but it will provide you with the tools you need to make informed, research-based decisions about the birth you want. And in case you, like most thinking women, are reluctant to trust a single source, Goer provides all the information you need to check her sources and see the research for yourself. |
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Karen (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
Of all the books about the cons of obstetric procedures I've read recently, this is the first one that I've not only finished, but enjoyed. The author does not come across as being one of those techno-phobic zealots who do little more than preach at any woman who disagrees with them.
At no point did I come across the idea that if I had some procedure done, I was somehow 'betraying' my unborn child or 'shirking my duty'. Instead I was treated to accurate descriptions of what I may encounter, what each entails and how, in some instances, one leads to the other.
I would definitely recommend this to any expectant mother or parents out there. |
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N. Briscoe (MSL quote), USA
<2008-01-08 00:00>
As a childbirth educator teaching in a hospital, I'm limited on the amount of information I'm able to give my students. Thankfully, this book is listed in the "Recommended Reading" section of our class textbook. Through this book, I'm able to inform my students about the risks of interventions, how to communicate with their care givers, and how to have a better birth. Unfortunately, alot of my students are weeks before their due dates and they miss the extremely valuable information this book gives on how to choose a competent care giver and how to truly find out how their care giver practices.
The pendulum is swinging to a very high technological approach in birth. In the five years I've been teaching, the cesarean rate has doubled at our hospital. It's outrageous and not evidence based care, as Ms. Goer's book explains (and backs up with scientific studies and references).
If you want to know the real story on epidurals, IVs, VBACs, and inductions, get this book! |
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