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Sharing Birth is excellent. . . .There isn't a pregnant father anywhere who would not benefit from reading, or even just skimming, this book. All you pregnant mothers out there, don't wait for your husband to discover, purchase, and read this book. Get it yourself and give it to him. You'll be glad you did. And he will be glad you did, also. David Stewart, Ph.D., NAPSAC International Give the expectant father you know a copy of Sharing Birth. It will give him the information he needs to be prepared for that event whether it takes place at home, in the hospital, or in a birth center. And for that his wife, his baby, and he will thank you! Marian Thompson, La Leche League International This classic, step-by-step guide for anyone planning to help a woman through labor shows precisely what to do to reduce the mother's fear and pain during labor, support her through childbirth, and help her during the first days after the baby is born, enhancing parent-infant bonding as well as reducing the chance of postpartum blues. Sharing Birth gives the father the confidence to take an active part in this miracle, the birth of a child.

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?Give the expectant father you know a copy of Sharing Birth. It will give him the information he needs to be prepared for that event whether it takes place at home, in the hospital, or in a birth center. And for that his wife, his baby, and he will thank you!?-Marian Thompson, La Leche League International ?Sharing birth makes a man miraculously creative. . . . This book is a typical example.?-Michael Odent, author of Birth Reborn ?Sharing Birth is excellent. . . . There isn't a pregnant father anywhere who would not benefit from reading, or even just skimming, this book. All you pregnant mothers out there, don't wait for your husband to discover, purchase and read this book. Get it yourself and give it to him. You'll be glad you did. And he will be glad you did, also.?-David Stewart NAPSAC International Give the expectant father you know a copy of Sharing Birth. It will give him the information he needs to be prepared for that event whether it takes place at home, in the hospital, or in a birth center. And for that his wife, his baby, and he will thank you! -Marian Thompson, La Leche League International Sharing birth makes a man miraculously creative. . . . This book is a typical example. -Michael Odent, author of Birth Reborn Sharing Birth is excellent. . . . There isn't a pregnant father anywhere who would not benefit from reading, or even just skimming, this book. All you pregnant mothers out there, don't wait for your husband to discover, purchase and read this book. Get it yourself and give it to him. You'll be glad you did. And he will be glad you did, also. -David Stewart NAPSAC International

A spotty, uneven guide for the father as labor coach. Jones, a certified childbirth educator, integrates a poetic view of birth with his routine medical information: in transition, we learn, a woman becomes a primitive, elemental being in the grip of a creative power far greater than we can understand, He relates numerous case stories as he skips around through the basics of a new father's concerns ( We Are Pregnant ); the progression of labor; hints to help the laboring mother (relaxation techniques, massage); the immediate after-birth period; Special Situations (inducing labor, caesareans); and the place of family and friends at a birth (follow the personal wishes of the mother). This is all routine advice, with no subject explored in depth or at length (though Jones does cite a close encounter with a skunk en route to hospital to illustrate a special situation that might arise). For special attention to father's and couple's concerns, see instead Janice Presser's When Two Become Three (p. 407); for specifics on support during birth, Elisabeth Noble's Childbirth with Insight (1983). (Kirkus Reviews)

Sharing Birth is excellent. . . . There isn't a pregnant father anywhere who would not benefit from reading, or even just skimming, this book. All you pregnant mothers out there, don't wait for your husband to discover, purchase and read this book. Get it yourself and give it to him. You'll be glad you did. And he will be glad you did, also. -David Stewart NAPSAC International Sharing birth makes a man miraculously creative. . . . This book is a typical example. -Michael Odent, author of Birth Reborn Give the expectant father you know a copy of Sharing Birth. It will give him the information he needs to be prepared for that event whether it takes place at home, in the hospital, or in a birth center. And for that his wife, his baby, and he will thank you! -Marian Thompson, La Leche League International ?Sharing birth makes a man miraculously creative. . . . This book is a typical example.?-Michael Odent, author of Birth Reborn ?Give the expectant father you know a copy of Sharing Birth. It will give him the information he needs to be prepared for that event whether it takes place at home, in the hospital, or in a birth center. And for that his wife, his baby, and he will thank you!?-Marian Thompson, La Leche League International ?Sharing Birth is excellent. . . . There isn't a pregnant father anywhere who would not benefit from reading, or even just skimming, this book. All you pregnant mothers out there, don't wait for your husband to discover, purchase and read this book. Get it yourself and give it to him. You'll be glad you did. And he will be glad you did, also.?-David Stewart NAPSAC International

?Sharing Birth is excellent. . . . There isn't a pregnant father anywhere who would not benefit from reading, or even just skimming, this book. All you pregnant mothers out there, don't wait for your husband to discover, purchase and read this book. Get it yourself and give it to him. You'll be glad you did. And he will be glad you did, also.?-David Stewart NAPSAC International

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CARL JONES is a certified childbirth educator and author of the best-selling Mind Over Labor and several other books in the field. He lectures to parents and professionals throughout the United States and Canada about using creative imagery in labor, giving effective labor support, and prenatal intuition. He has attended over 100 births, helping couples to give birth naturally.

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