Choosing Waterbirth : Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Birth

Waterbirth is an all-natural, gentle, pain-reducing, fulfilling, and empowering birthing method, in which mother and infant start their new life together in a relaxing and deeply familiar environment: warm water. But is it safe? How does water reduce the pain? And is it really more beneficial to your baby?In this complete guide to waterbirth, a yoga instructor and mother of five'water babies'relates her own experiences in the tub while providing the important information that every parent needs to understand, prepare for, and undertake waterbirthing:The basics of natural birthHow water immersion promotes the feeling of well-being while reducing painHow to locate birthing facilities, practitioners, and tubsExercises designed to relax and strengthen the motherHow to create the ideal birthing environmentPractical advise for breast-feeding, baby massage, and moreIn addition, Choosing Waterbirth contains a complete prenatal yoga program with exercises and breathing and relaxation techniques designed to prepare the mother for an easier labor and delivery. More than 80 photos, including some of the author giving birth in water, bring the experience vividly to life.If you are interested in creating a loving, positive, empowering, and fulfilling birth experience, Choosing Waterbirth will provide you with all the information, practical guidance, and insight you'll ever need.

waterbirth Is An All-natural, Gentle, Pain-reducing, Fulfilling, And Empowering Birthing Method, In Which Mother And Infant Start Out Their New Life Together In A Relaxing And Deeply Familiar Environment: Warm Water. But Is It Safe? How Does Water Reduce The Pain? And Is It Really More Beneficial To Your Baby?

in This Complete Guide To Waterbirth, A Yoga Instructor And Mother Of Five Water Babies Relates Her Own Experiences In The Tub While Providing The Important Information That Every Parent Needs To Understand, Prepare For, And Undertake Waterbirthing:

• the Basics Of Natural Birth
• how Water Immersion Promotes The Felling Of Well-being While Reducing Pain
• how To Locate Birthing Facilities, Practitioners, And Tubs
• exercises Designed To Relax And Strengthen The Mother
• how To Create The Ideal Birthing Environment

in Addition, choosing Waterbirth Contains A Complete Prenatal Yoga Program Withy Exercises And Breathing And Relaxation Techniques Designed To Prepare The Mother For An Easier Labor And Delivery. More Than 80 Photos, Including Some Of The Author Giving Birth In Water, Bring The Experience Vividly To Life.

if You Are Interested In Creating A Loving, Positive, Empowering, And Fulfilling Birth Experience, choosing Waterbirth Will Provide You With All The Information, Practical Guidance, And Insight You Ll Ever Need.

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bertram, A Mother Of Five And A Yoga Instructor, Recounts Each Of Her Labor And Delivery Experiences Using The Gentle And Natural Method Of Water Birth. Intended As An Illustrated Manual From Pregnancy To Birth To Recovery, The Book Includes Sections On Prenatal Yoga Postures, Techniques For Birthing In Water, Choosing A Home Birth, Breast Feeding, And Parenting A New Baby. This Intensely Personal Work Is Imbued With A Spiritual Perspective Relative To Both The Physical And Psychological Aspects Of Motherhood. While The Text Offers Expectant Mothers Encouragement And Reassurance, A List Of Additional Resources--associations, Centers Where Water Birthing Is Available, Books, Tapes, And Web Sites--would Have Been Useful. As Water Birth Becomes More Mainstream, Public Libraries May Wish To Include This Book In Their Wellness Collections. (photos Not Seen.)--deborah Anne Broocker, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Dunwoody Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Every woman, when she finds out she is carrying a new life, asks herself a number of difficult and soul-searching questions.