Gentle Birth Books by Barbara Harper
Available in 9+ languages
English
In “Gentle Birth Choices” Barbara Harper helps parents to plan a meaningful, family-centered birth experience. The included DVD blends interviews with midwives and physicians and shows six actual births, including water birth, home birth, and vaginal birth. A powerful instructional tool for expectant parents, midwives, hospitals, birth centers, and doctors.
Español
En Opciones para un parte suave, Barbara Harper, partera, enfermera y madre de tres hijos, define los elementos que debe tener un parto suave: apoyo de los seres queridos, ambiente apacible y tranquilizador y el mínimo de intervención médica. Muestra cómo planificar un parto significativo y familiar y analiza las muchas y diversas alternativas disponibles, incluyendo el dar a luz en un centro de alumbracmiento independiente, en casa o en el hospital; la búsqueda de la persona indicada para los primeros auxilios, que comparta nuestra filosofía acerca del parto, ya sea una partera, un doctor o ambos.
Chinese
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本书是国际生育教育协会ICEA、国际母乳会LLL、拉玛泽协会推荐书目。以循证医学和人性化关怀为基础，还原了生产的原本面貌：”自然的、温柔而充满力量的”，厘清了众多医疗误区，提倡自然的生产、温情关爱，观点超前但真实可信，对于我们理解“温柔分娩”的内涵和演变有很大帮助。同时也提醒女性，生产不是”生病”，是自然演进的过程，也是生命的最初选择，要相信自己的身体、知觉和与生俱来的能力。
May Change Your Mind About Your Birth Choices
Excellent book! Absolutely changed my mind about the birth choices I had made – but not in a condemning way. I was prepared to have a hospital birth complete with epidural and all the other ‘bells and whistles’ and now I’m planning a home water-birth!! This book may change your thinking about birth, but in a good way.
Extremely Helpful
I appreciated this book because it gives a very nice history of birth, both from the medical side and that of midwifery. It also paints a beautiful picture of birth and really gives you a vision for a birth experience, not a set of do’s and don’ts.
A must for pregnant women!
If you want to be inspired and empowered in choosing the birth that’s best for you and your baby, this book is the perfect place to go. Ms. Harper is thorough and honest, she did her research and presents the facts in a way that is concise and easily understood, by even the newest, youngest mom. This book has the answers.