Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth


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THE BIBLE FOR EVERY COUPLE PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH OF A BABY When it was first introduced more than thirty years ago, the Lamaze method was a revolutionary childbirth technique. Since that time, it has made pregnancy and childbirth easier for millions of women, lessening their dependence on pain medications before and after birth. Elisabeth Bing’s classic book on the Lamaze method guides women through the physical and psychological challenges of pregnancy. Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth details the changes a woman can expect in her body during pregnancy, labor, and delivery and provides a complete program of exercises for increased muscular control and relaxation during childbirth. This guidebook also emphasizes the partner’s supportive role in the Lamaze method, both in preparation and in the delivery room. This newly revised edition includes an expanded program with new photographs of exercises for every pregnant woman. Elisabeth Bing also provides more information on what to expect in the hospital, including updated information on cesarean births and the medications commonly prescribed during delivery. Filled with vital information and reassurance, Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth will make expectant couples better prepared than ever for this joyous, rewarding experience.




Preparation for Birth


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The first complete guide for couples to the most popular method of natural childbirth. Destined to become the standard book on Lamaze, covering everything from the moment of pregnancy to the difficulties of adjusting to parenthood.




Giving Birth With Confidence (Official Lamaze Guide, 3rd Edition)


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For a Safe and Healthy Birth… Your Way! Giving Birth with Confidence will help take the mystery out of having a baby and help you better understand how your body works during pregnancy and childbirth, giving you the confidence to make decisions that best ensure the safety and health of you and your baby. Giving Birth with Confidence is the first and only pregnancy and childbirth guide written by Lamaze International, the leading childbirth education organization in North America. Written with a respectful, positive tone, this book presents: • Information to help you choose your maternity care provider and place of birth • Practical strategies to help you work effectively with your care provider • Information on how pregnancy and birth progress naturally • Steps you can take to alleviate fear and manage pain during labor • The best available medical evidence to help you make informed decisions Previously titled The Official Lamaze Guide, this 3rd edition has updated information on: • How vaginal birth, keeping mother and baby together, and breastfeeding help to build the baby’s microbiome. • How hormones naturally start and regulate labor and release endorphins to help alleviate pain. • Maternity-care practices that can disrupt the body’s normal functioning. • The latest recommendations on lifestyle issues like alcohol, vitamins, and caffeine. • Room sharing and cosleeping: the controversy, recommendations, and safety guidelines. • Out-of-hospital births are on the rise: New research and advice on planned home birth, including ACOG’s revised guidelines, which support women’s choices and promote seamless transfer to hospital, if needed. • The importance of avoiding unnecessary caesareans for mother and child. Includes the new ACOG guidelines on inductions and active labor. • The research in support of the Lamaze International’s “Six Healthy Birth Practices,” which are: • Let labor begin on its own. • Walk, move around, and change positions throughout labor. • Bring a loved one, friend, or doula for continuous support. • Avoid interventions that aren’t medically necessary. • Avoid giving birth on your back and follow your body’s urges to push. • Keep mother and baby together—it’s best for mother, baby, and breastfeeding.




Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth


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The classic book on the Lamaze method for pregnant women and their partners, now revised and in a new trade paperback edition. Filled with vital information and reassurance, this essential book will make expectant couples better prepared than ever for this joyous, rewarding experience. Photos throughout.




Easing Labor Pain


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Reassuring guide for expectant mothers to wide range of pain control options.




Birthing Fathers


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In this unique study, Richard Reed draws on the feminist critique of professionalized medical birthing to argue that the clinical nature of medical intervention distances fathers from child delivery. He explores men's roles in childbirth and the ways in which birth transforms a man's identity and his relations with his partner, his new baby, and society. In other societies, birth is recognized as an important rite of passage for fathers. Yet, in American culture, despite the fact that fathers are admitted into delivery rooms, little attention is given to their transition to fatherhood.




Women, Power, and Therapy


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The woman seriously interested in her personal growth and self-awareness will find this volume indispensable reading! She can learn how to assume power over her relationships, mind, body, and positions in society. Leading feminist therapists provide methods that can help women make their aspirations for power a reality--in the workplace, in social situations, in intimate relationships. Topics include black women and the politics of skin color and hair agoraphobic women and behavior change, unlearning victim behavior, decision-making about contraception, single mothers by choice, female alcoholism and affiliation needs, and much more. This volume is on the cutting edge of the rapidly expanding body of literature and knowledge in women's studies, and describes new and frequently controversial ideas and programs. It deals with issues of power over the intimacies of women's bodies and psyches, as well as power in the workplace, professional societies, and the courts. In order to help the reader understand these issues more fully, this fine book also describes some of the historical and social contexts in which women have not had power or have gained power.




A Comprehensive Textbook of Midwifery & Gynecological Nursing


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Section 1 Midwifery Chapter 1. Historical Review Chapter 2. Development of Maternity Services and Current Trends Chapter 3. Midwife: Definition of the Term, Roles and Responsibilities Chapter 4. Nursing Process in Maternal-Newborn Care Section 2 Reproductive System Chapter 5. Female Pelvis and Generative Organs Chapter 6. Hormonal Cycles Chapter 7. Male Reproductive System Section 3 Embryology and Fetology Chapter 8. Fertilization, Implantation and Development of the Fertilized Ovum Chapter 9. Development of the Placenta and Fetus Chapter 10. Fetal Organs and Circulation Chapter 11. Fetal Skull Section 4 Normal Pregnancy Chapter 12. Physiological Changes Due To Pregnancy Chapter 13. Diagnosis of Pregnancy Chapter 14. Minor Disorders in Pregnancy Chapter 15. Antenatal Care Chapter 16. Specialized Investigations and Fetal Evaluation in the Antenatal Period Section 5 Normal Labor Chapter 17. Physiology of the First Stage of Labor Chapter 18. Management of the First Stage of Labor Chapter 19. Physiology of the Second Stage of Labor Chapter 20. Management of the Second Stage of Labor Chapter 21. Physiology and Management of the Third Stage of Labor Chapter 22. Management of the Fourth Stage of Labor Section 6 Normal Puerperium Chapter 23. Physiology and Management of the Normal Puerperium Chapter 24. Family Planning Section 7 Abnormalities of Pregnancy, Labor and Puerperium Chapter 25. Abnormalities of Early Pregnancy Chapter 26. Sexually Transmissible and Reproductive Tract Infections Chapter 27. Disorders of Pregnancy Chapter 28. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Chapter 29. Medical Disorders, Gynecological Disorders and Psychiatric Disorders Associated with Pregnancy Chapter 30. Multiple Pregnancy Chapter 31. Preterm Labor, Premature Rupture of Membranes and Intrauterine Fetal Death Chapter 32. Post-Term Pregnancy, Induction of Labor, Prolonged Labor and Disorders of Uterine Action Chapter 33. Malpositions and Malpresentations Chapter 34. Obstetric Operations Chapter 35. Obstetric Emergencies Chapter 36. Complications of Third Stage of Labor Chapter 37. Injuries To the Birth Canal Chapter 38. Complications of Puerperium Section 8 normal Neonate Chapter 39. Baby At Birth Chapter 40. Physiology, Screening, Daily Care and Observation Of the Newborn Chapter 41. Infant Feeding Chapter 42. High-Risk Neonates-Low Birth Weight, Preterm and Intrauterine Growth Restricted Babies Section 9 Ill Baby Chapter 43. Recognizing the Ill Baby Chapter 44. Respiratory Problems of the Newborn Chapter 45. Birth Trauma, Hemorrhage and Convulsions Chapter 46. Congenital Abnormalities, Genetic Screening and Genetic Counseling Chapter 47. Jaundice and Infections in the Newborn Chapter 48. Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders in the Newborn Section 10 Community midwifery Chapter 49. Preventive Obstetrics and Domiciliary Care in Maternity Nursing Chapter 50. Primary Health Care and Maternal/Child Health Services in India Section 11 Special Topics Chapter 51. Pain Relief and Comfort in Labor Chapter 52. Childbirth Education and Preparation Chapter 53. Special Exercises For Pregnancy, Labor and Puerperium Chapter 54. Drugs Used in Obstetrics Chapter 55. Vital Statistics in Obstetric Chapter 56. Perinatal Loss and Grief Chapter




Lamaze


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The Lamaze method is virtually synonymous with natural childbirth in America. In the 1970s, taking Lamaze classes was a common rite of passage to parenthood. The conscious relaxation and patterned breathing techniques touted as a natural and empowering path to the alleviation of pain in childbirth resonated with the feminist and countercultural values of the era. In Lamaze, historian Paula A. Michaels tells the surprising story of the Lamaze method from its origins in the Soviet Union in the 1940s, to its popularization in France in the 1950s, and then to its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Michaels shows how, for different reasons, in disparate national contexts, this technique for managing the pain of childbirth without resort to drugs found a following. The Soviet government embraced this method as a panacea to childbirth pain in the face of the material shortages that followed World War II. Heated and sometimes ideologically inflected debates surrounded the Lamaze method as it moved from East to West amid the Cold War. Physicians in France sympathetic to the communist cause helped to export it across the Iron Curtain, but politics alone fails to explain why French women embraced this approach. Arriving on American shores around 1960, the Lamaze method took on new meanings. Initially it offered a path to a safer and more satisfying birth experience, but overtly political considerations came to the fore once again as feminists appropriated it as a way to resist the patriarchal authority of male obstetricians. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Michaels pieces together this complex and fascinating story at the crossroads of the history of politics, medicine, and women. The story of Lamaze illuminates the many contentious issues that swirl around birthing practices in America and Europe. Brimming with insight, Michaels' engaging history offers an instructive intervention in the debate about how to achieve humane, empowering, and safe maternity care for all women.




Laughter and Tears


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In the year after giving birth, women experience a vast array of emotions. They may struggle with postpartum depression while simultaneously being enraptured by the new baby. Colman and Bing help identify the blues and depression that are normal during profound life change and consider all the complex forces influencing the modern mother.