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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Publisher’s Preface: There’s Nothing New Under the Sun
Foreword: Not Just Another Book on Parenting
Preface: Don’t Throw Your Baby Out with the Bath Water
A New—or Old—Way to Think about Birth
RITES ANCIENT AND MODERN
THE ART OF CONSCIOUS PARENTING
BIRTHING, BONDING, AND DOING IT OUR WAY
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
High-Tech Birth and the Alternative
A MODEL BIRTH
A DISTURBING SURPRISE
BONDING
AN ALTERNATIVE BIRTH: CONTINUING THE STORY OF OUR CHILD’S ARRIVAL
FIXING THE WORLD
EVERYONE PROSPERS
A Child’s First Schoolhouse: Learning in the Womb
PRESENT AT THE CREATION
BUT FREUD DISAGREES
FOUR WAYS YOUR BABY LEARNS BEFORE BIRTH
TEACHING YOUR CHILD IN UTERO
Birth: Labor and Delivery
A WOMAN’S EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN MEDICAL MODEL OF CHILDBIRTH
A NEW ERA DAWNS
WHAT IS NATURAL CHILDBIRTH?
ALL ABOUT NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
CREATING A BIRTH ENVIRONMENT THAT WORKS FOR YOU
HAVING LOVED ONES IN ATTENDANCE
BIRTHING POSITIONS: THE DECISION IS YOURS
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT DRUGS AND ANESTHESIA
STANDARD HOSPITAL BIRTH PROCEDURES AND INTERVENTIONS
AFTER BIRTH: CUTTING THE UMBILICAL CORD
APPROACHING THE FOURTH TRIMESTER
Breastfeeding
THE EXPERTS SPEAK
THE BIG NO-BRAINER
THE BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING
BREASTFEEDING FOR WORKING MOTHERS
DALIT’S EXPERIENCE
THE FATHER’S ROLE AND NURSING THE WORLD
Life after Birth: The Most Important Days of Our Lives
A WORD ABOUT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
DRINKING FROM THE RIVER LETHE
THE POWER OF PARENTAL NURTURANCE
THE SCIENTIFICATION OF LOVE
LACK OF BONDING: THE ROOTS OF DISEASE, ALIENATION, AND HUMAN VIOLENCE
THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS OF A CHILD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING BIRTH
POST-BIRTH CLOSENESS
THE PLEASURES AND TREASURES OF CO-SLEEPING
THE NURTURE OF NATURE
The Great Healer
IN REVIEW
BREAKING THROUGH AND BREAKING UP
GOING IT ON YOUR OWN
SPEAKING FIRST HAND
BOILING FROGS
TIKKUN
Afterword: Thinking of Conscious Parenting as Green Parenting
Footnotes
Endnotes
Resources
Bibliography
About the Authors
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
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