New Active Birth: Concise Guide to Natural Childbirth - Softcover

Balaskas, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0044403887 ISBN 13: 9780044403883

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

"New Active Birth" will help you and your partner prepare for and experience an Active Birth. Naturally, throughout time and the world over, women have chosen to walk, stand, squat, lie - to move their bodies freely and actively to find the most comfortable positions for labour and birth. It is only we in the west who have the extraordinary notion that a woman should lie on her back in a position that defies the laws of nature and gravity. With this book, you can learn to develop all your body's resources to deal with the instinctive experience of childbirth. It is also for partners, teachers, midwives and everyone involved, to help mothers get up off the delivery table and to bring back some of the common sense which has been overlooked by modern obstetrics. "New Active Birth" is the new and revised edition of Janet Balaskas' pioneering and acclaimed "Active Birth" covering over 180 clear black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. Fully updated and extended with new information - includes sections on Water Birth and Recovery After Birth. It offers revised and expanded prenatal and postnatal exercises with step by step photographs. It presents a detailed up-to-the minute section covering every aspect of Active Birth at home and in hospital and the Active Birth Movement. Janet Balaskas is the founder of the Active Birth Movement. The mother of four children, she trained with the National Childbirth Trust and is a counsellor for childbirth.

About this title

From the Publisher

Every year the number of home births is increasing – Active Birth is not a trend it’s a definite social change and women want to know about it.
Active Birth is increasingly practiced in UK hospitals. Birthing pools are standard – and over half in the UK are supplied by Active Birth.

Synopsis

All over the world and throughout history women have chosen to walk and move during labour and to give birth in upright positions. It is only we in the West who have had the notion that a woman should lie on her back to deliver a baby. Janet Balaskas' campaining has helped an ever increasing number of women and experts to recognize the value of this approach to childbirth. The revised edition of this handbook will help women to prepare for active childbirth whether at home or in hospital. It includes new sections on "Birth in Water" and "Recovery after the Birth" starting with breastfeeding and the first few weeks of life with baby. It also gives pre-natal and post-natal exercises and details of the Active Birth Movement, its history and the Active Birth Manifesto. Janet Balaskas is a counsellor for childbirth and trained with the National Childbirth Trust.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0044403887
• ISBN 13: 9780044403883
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224