
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices
by Buckley, Sarah; Gaskin, Ina MayBuy New
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Author Biography
THE AUTHOR SCOOP
How long did it take you to write this book?Around ten years since I wrote the first material, and around 9 months to rewrite and put it all together.What was the hardest thing about writing a book?Combining it with looking after 4 children When did you know you were a writer?When I was 10, I told my class teacher I wanted to be an author! Favorite childhood book?I was a precocious reader, I read Jane Eyre at age 10 and loved Wuthering Heights.If you had to boil your book’s message down to one sentence, what would it be? Trust your body, trust your baby, follow your instincts What are you working on now? A commissioned report on the hormonal orchestration of labor If you had a superpower, what would it be? Sorting things out on every level, which includes a special talent for removing embedded hair ties from Barbie hair.
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. 2 |
Introduction | p. 4 |
Gentle Birth | |
Reclaiming Every Woman's Birth Right | p. 8 |
Vision and Tools for Instinctive Birth | p. 12 |
Emma's Birth-Sweet and Oceanic | p. 20 |
Healing Birth, Healing the Earth | p. 25 |
Zoe's Birth-Challenge and Transformation | p. 32 |
Your Body, Your Baby, Your Choice: A Guide to Making Wise Decisions | p. 37 |
Ultrasound Scans: Cause for Concern | p. 78 |
Undisturbed Birth: Mother Nature's Blueprint for Safety, Ease, and Ecstasy | p. 95 |
Maia's Birth-A Family Celebration | p. 128 |
Epidurals: Risks and Concerns for Mothers and Babies | p. 132 |
Leaving Well Enough Alone: Natural Perspectives on the Third Stage of Labor | p. 154 |
Jacob's Placenta | p. 185 |
Cesarean Surgery: The Whole Story | p. 193 |
Choosing Homebirth | p. 204 |
Jacob's Waterbirth-Perfect Timing | p. 212 |
Gentle Mothering | |
Love, Attachment, and Your Baby's Brain: How Gentle Early Parenting Promotes Lifelong Well-Being | p. 217 |
Breastfeeding: The Gift of a Lifetime | p. 234 |
Bees, Baboo, and Boobies: My Breastfeeding Career | p. 241 |
Babies, Mothers, and the Science of Sharing Sleep | p. 247 |
Ten Tips for Safe Sleeping | p. 263 |
Epilogue: Becoming a Parent | p. 267 |
Resources | p. 273 |
Acknowledgments | p. 279 |
Notes | p. 281 |
Index | p. 342 |
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