Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

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While I agree that it is best to have an uncomplicated, natural vaginal birth, it doesn't always happen that way. In this invaluable guide her deep experience and profound insights are updated for a new generation and a new set of technologies. Going into it with that specific plan is great, but I think women need to realize it doesn't always work out this way. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. This very lengthy review might suggest that I didn't like this book or that I majorly disagreed with the author.

Again, modern medicine’s ability to dull that pain is an incredible achievement that has aided many women who have had difficult, complicated labors, but I don’t think that these methods should be turned to simply because of a dislike of pain.Her constant reminder that deliveries at her clinic rarely need medical intervention doesn't paint a full picture. Books like this exist because women have had a variety of birth experiences, all with their pros and cons that deserve to be heard and taken seriously. The second day, I made up a drinking game -- drink every time there's a picture of a guy with a big 70s mustache. Hospitals and doctors have come a loooong way in being more patient centered and accommodating women's wishes with childbirth.

that they lie about their experiences because mommy shaming makes them feel like they've failed somehow. Still, I would recommend reading Henci Goer's book in conjunction with this for a slightly more even-handed, useful approach to the topic. However, she failed to note that part of the problem was the large number of women who demand epidurals. And if one more person tells me how great the Moosewood Cookbook is, I will heave a bag of whole grain flour at her. Gaskin explains that current medical childbirth methods prioritise the convenience of the medical establishment over the mother's wellbeing.We are under enormous pressure to be the Right kind of parents, get our kids into the Right schools and the Right activities, use the Right methods of feeding, weaning, sleep training, discipline, et cetera. The birth stories in this book, and Gaskin's explanations of the process, gave me a total confidence in my ability to do this crazy-sounding thing. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit.

I felt like my body had betrayed me by failing at this most basic task of womanhood, which my female relatives have done countless times without issue. s are not critical thinkers (or at least haven't been taught this vital skill in medical school) and that they don't have time to read recent studies. She covers all the important primal and spiritual aspects to natural birth that are important, but she also does so in a way that might not be deemed by certain people as overly fluffy or 'hippie'-like as other books - I know some people don't like or aren't used to that. Indeed, after reading her Guide to Childbirth and speaking to other mothers about it, I am inclined to agree! And although I know that natural birth hasn't changed all that much since then, I felt that the hospital parts of the various stories were grossly unfair--although interesting!and for the record, this 6th birth of mine was the most beautiful, peaceful, and amazing experience i've had -- and he was born in a hospital, with an epidural that worked, using an AMAZING doctor. For a nerd as myself, I really enjoyed her insight and you cannot help to be incredibly impressed by the track record for Ina May as a midwife. I thought a lot of them were just common sense, but obviously this is not the case as many of the things she suggests are actually not possible, not allowed, or otherwise discouraged in many hospitals. There was a story about abortion that while interesting, really didn't go into very much detail about the birth.