Water Birth: The Concise Guide to Using Water during Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy - Softcover

Balaskas, Janet; Gordon, Yehudi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722527888 ISBN 13: 9780722527887

Publisher: Thorsons, 1992

Synopsis

Written for expectant parents and their birth attendants, this book provides practical information on the use of water through pregnancy, birth and during infancy. The benefits of using water are now being widely recognized and birth pools are to be found in increasing numbers of hospitals. This book provides encouragement and all the necessary advice for parents contemplating a water birth and the midwives who will attend in labour.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

'Water Birth' is written for expectant parents and their birth attendants. It is the first book to give comprehensive and practical information on the use of water throughout pregnancy, birth and during infancy.

Modern maternity practices are changing. Today more women are seeking to avoid the routine 'high tech' approach and are choosing to give birth using natural and active methods. For many, this means deliberately choosing to labour and give birth in or near to water.

Introducing a deep pool of warm water to the birthing room is a way to make labour shorter, easier and more comfortable. It increases the mother's sense of privacy and makes the baby's entry into the world gentle and free from trauma, whether the birth occurs in or beside the pool.

The benefits of the use of water are now being widely recognised and birth pools are to be found in increasing numbers of hospitals and can be hired and easily installed at home.

'Water Birth' is straightforward and detailed, reassuring and supportive. A companion volume to 'New Active Birth', it provides encouragement and all the necessary advice for parents contemplating a waterbirth and the midwives who will attend them in labour.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722527888
• ISBN 13: 9780722527887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192