Birthing methods books

An in-depth exploration of how women make decisions about home births and what aspects matter most to them.  Read More >>

A discussion of community and public health care in relation to midwifery practice, using real life scenarios in...  Read More >>

A book full of practical information on choosing the best type of birth experience for you and your baby and what...  Read More >>

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Childbirth guru Gowri Motha shows how her revolutionary method helps carry the baby to full term, as well as explaining...  Read More >>

This book argues that the beneficial contribution of men has been taken for granted. Certain changes to childbearing...  Read More >>

This study examines why, despite the growing strength of the natural childbirth movement, women increasingly opt...  Read More >>

Presents an approach to the management of labour. Based on the proposition that effective uterine action is the...  Read More >>

Childbirth in the Global Village highlights and examines the role that globalisation plays in changing childbirth...  Read More >>

Childbirth in the Global Village highlights and examines the role that globalisation plays in changing childbirth...  Read More >>

This complete manual and support guide for the entire process of childbearing includes sections on empowerment,...  Read More >>

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Features a family-centered approach to perinatal nursing and examines the care and needs of childbearing women and...  Read More >>

Risk, Age and Pregnancy provides an in-depth case study of the operation of a prenatal genetic screening and testing...  Read More >>

This book provides a review of the aspects of pain associated with childbearing. Key topics include: the physiology...  Read More >>

There was a time when birth was treated as a natural process rather than a medical condition, but societal changes...  Read More >>

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This work brings the author's analysis of childbirth forward into the 17th century. Together with The Making of...  Read More >>

This clinical reference work on labour and delivery features chapters on endocrinology, management, preterm labour,...  Read More >>

Covering both the pharmacological and the more controversial non-pharmacological management of pain relief, this...  Read More >>

This collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth focuses on research conducted by anthropologists...  Read More >>

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Covering various aspects of waterbirth, this work looks at how waterbirth practices differ around the world. It...  Read More >>