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FOREWORD BY R OBBIE D AVIS -F LOYD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Gentle Beginnings Wonderfully Made Ingredients for a Gentle Birth CHAPTER 2 The Medicalization of childbirth Our Legacy of Birth From Midwife to Physician The Promise of Science Pain Relief: The Era of “Twilight Sleep” Hospital Births for Everyone Unmasking Prenatal Testing Medical Legal Dilemmas The Results of Medical Intervention CHAPTER 3 Dispelling the Medical Myths Myth: The Hospital is the Safest Place to Have a Baby Myth: Maternity Care Should Be Managed Only by a Physician Myth: The Electronic Fetal Monitor Will Save Babies Myth: All Babies Should be Born On or Before Their Due Date Myth: Drugs for Pain Relief Won’t Hurt the Baby Myth: Once a Cesarean, Always a Cesarean Myth: An Episiotomy Heals Better Than a Tear Myth: Birth Needs to be Sterile Myth: The Older You Are the More Difficult Your Birth Will Be Myth: It’s Better Not to Eat or Drink during Labor Myth: Family and Friends Interfere during Birth Myth: The Baby Needs to be Observed in a Newborn Nursery Myth: Baby Boys Need to Be Circumcised CHAPTER 4 A Gentle Revolution Birth without Fear Birth without Pain Birth without Violence Birth Reborn Birth without Rules Birth with Consciousness Women Take Back Their Births CHAPTER 5 Midwifery In America: A Growing Tradition The Midwives Model of Maternity Care The Evolution of Midwifery Midwifery Revolution The Politics of Midwifery A Midwife for Every Mother CHAPTER 6 Waterbirth Why Waterbirth? Waterbirth History Beyond the Leboyer Bath Labor Pools in France Making Waves in the United States The United Kingdom Takes the Plunge Waterbirth around the World Questions Everyone Asks About Waterbirth Just For Providers The Future of Waterbirth CHAPTER 7 The Mind-Body Connection Womb Ecology Mind-Body Response Listening to Your Body Listening to the Baby Mind-Body Preparations for a Gentle Birth The Sexuality of Childbirth Holistic Prenatal Preparation Mind, Body, Spirit in Unity CHAPTER 8 Creating Gentle Birth choices Planning Your Birth What Women Want Consumers Create Choices Health Care For All Women and Children by 2015 APPENDIX A: Q UESTIONS TO A SK A D OCTOR APPENDIX B: Q UESTIONS TO A SK A M IDWIFE APPENDIX C: S AMPLE B IRTH P LAN APPENDIX D: S AMPLE L ETTER TO H OSPITAL APPENDIX E: R ESOURCES NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright
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