Active birth : the new approach to giving birth naturally / Janet Balaskas.

  • Balaskas, Janet
Date:
1992
  • Books

About this work

Description

"In an active birth, a mother moves about freely, finds comfortable postitions for labor and delivery, and seldom needs drugs or obstertrical interventions. This book teaches mothers to develop all of their bodily resources for giving birth, to follow their own instincts, and to take full control of the childbirth experience."--Back cover.

Publication/Creation

Harvard, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, 1992.

Physical description

xviii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

Revised edition.

Notes

First ed. published in 1983. 2nd ed. published: London : Thorsons, 1991 under the title: New active birth.
Copy 1. Donor: Family of Sheila Kitzinger.
Copy 1. Inscription to Sheila Kitzinger on title page.

Contents

Foreword / Sheila Kitzinger -- Preface -- Introduction / Michel Odent -- 1. What is an active birth? -- 2. Your body in pregnancy -- 3. Yoga-based exercises for pregnancy -- 4. Breathing -- 5. Massage -- 6. Labor & birth -- 7. Active birth at the home or in the hospital -- 8. Water birth -- 9. After the birth -- 10. Postpartum exercises -- Emergency birth : for the partner.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.

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ISBN

  • 1558320377
  • 9781558320376