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Book SynopsisIn an age when normal birth can still be overtaken by obstetrics, Grantly Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks the root causes of women's fears and anxiety about pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding with overwhelming heart and empathy. As one of the most influential birthing books of all time, Childbirth Without Fear is essential reading for all parents-to-be, childbirth educators, midwives and obstetricians! This definitive reissue includes the full text of the fourth edition, the last completed by Grantly Dick-Read before his death in 1959, and The Autobiography of Grantly Dick-Read, compiled from his writings. With a foreword by Ina May Gaskin.Table of Contents1 Introduction; 2 1. The Science of Obstetrics; 3 2. Motherhood from Many Points of View; 4 3. A Philosophy of Childbirth; 5 4. Anatomy and Physiology; 6 5. The Pain of Labour; 7 6. Factors Predisposing to Low Threshold of Pain Interprestation; 8 7. Fear; 9 8. Imagery and the Conditioning of the Mind; 10 9. The Fear of Childbirth; 11 10. The Retreat of Fear; 12 11. Diet in Pregnancy; 13 12. The Phenomena of Labour; 14 13. The Relief of Pain in Labour; 15 14. Hypnosis in Childbirth as a Means of Pain Relief; 16 15. The Conduct of Labour; 17 16. Childbirth in Emergency; 18 17. Breast-feeding and Rooming-in; 19 18. The Husband and Childbirth; 20 19. Antenatal Education; 21 20. Preparation for Labour; 22 21. Antenatal Schools of Instruction and Their Organisation; 23 22. In Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMany women know, and research confirms, that having an experienced female birth companion, who is neither a health professional nor a part of their social circle, can have a tangible positive effect on their experience of childbirth. Why Doulas Matter is a comprehensive discussion of how a doula can offer expectant and new parents information and practical and emotional support to improve their experience of birth and early parenting.

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Book SynopsisMany babies are fussy and spit up milk, and in recent years it has become common for them to be diagnosed with ‘reflux’ and medicated with antacids, thickeners and acid suppressants. However, research tells us that reflux is normal in young babies and that many of the symptoms associated with it may in fact be misunderstood baby behaviours rather than clinical symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). In Why Infant Reflux Matters Carol Smyth provides a simple and practical guide to understanding reflux that will help you avoid unnecessary medication if a simple change in feeding technique or care can help reduce your baby’s symptoms. She explains what reflux is, why it happens, the difference between reflux and GORD, the role of stomach acid, and what research tells us about treatment. The book also explores the symptoms commonly attributed to reflux and looks at whether they might have other causes, and includes a plan you can work through for your individual baby to help you make informed decisions about their care.

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Book SynopsisThere couldn't be a better time for motherhood than after you've explored some of your own dreams and ambitions. Studies show later mothers to be more secure emotionally and financially than younger mothers and nearly a quarter of all women in the UK are now having babies after 35. Packed full of useful tips from top medical experts, scientists and world authorities, including Dr Michel Odent and Dr Marilyn Glenville, this book is a complete guide for the woman who's lived a life before giving birth. It covers:• preparing for pregnancy and motherhood• how to improve egg quality and prolong fertility so you can get pregnant naturally• exercises, relaxation techniques, mind-body connection for conception• how to increase your chances of success at IVF• making the most of your pregnancy, month by month• ways to avoid miscarriage• pregnancy yoga and natural remedies for common pregnancy ailments• how to have the best birth possible• from me to mum - adjusting to lack of sleep, relationship changes and that other job• parenting secrets and concepts from around the globe to inspire new mothers• the latest research in neuroscience, nutrition and psychology.Get ready to embrace the biggest, most exciting transition of your life!Trade ReviewAt last a book that puts the risk factors into perspective and encourages older women to become mothers! This is a treasure trove of useful guidance about the wonderful options there are for a positive and life changing pregnancy at any age. Written with a twist of humour, this book will inspire and inform as much as it will amuse you. -- Janet Balaskas - Founder Active Birth The book by Claudia Spahr is perfectly adapted to our time because many sentences end with a question mark. Delayed motherhood is an unprecedented situation on the five continents. When facing new situations the priority is to phrase new questions. -- Michel Odent Very easy to read and informative. -- Dr Yehudi Gordon Claudia Spahr has written a wise, informative, and entertaining pregnancy and birth guide that is both perfect for older mothers and equally relevant if you're still in your teens or twenties. Don't miss this one! -- Ina May Gaskin, author, and founder of The Farm Midwifery Centre Right Time Baby is just the right medicine for women who want to have a baby but who have been led to believe that their fertile time is drawing to a close. Nothing could be further from the truth. Take heart, read this book, and tap into your fertility birthright. -- Dr Christiane Nothrup, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom This book gives women a timely and positive understanding that pregnency over 35 is not just a possibility, but a source of joy and delight. Claudia offers oodles of useful tips and helpful information, presented in a really accessible and down to earth manner. A fabulously helpful resource. -- Una Dinsmore-Tuli, author and yoga pioneer The time is right for a book like this. I shall be recommending Right Time Baby to all my pregnancy clients. -- Dr Jonathon Dao, ND OMD Right Time Baby is heartening, but more importantly, encouraging. There is another way, if you want it. Juno magazine

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Book SynopsisWomen who become pregnant today are bombarded with urgent messages about the food they eat, the chemicals they're exposed to, the stress they feel-and how such prenatal influences will affect their future children. When Annie Murphy Paul first encountered the intense anxiety and overwhelming responsibility that now accompany pregnancy, she was shocked, then baffled, then curious. And when she become pregnant a second time, she decided to investigate. Over the course of nine months, Paul explores how fetuses are shaped in utero, separating the evidence from the hype and filling in the historical and cultural context. As a science writer, she goes deep into the exciting new field of fetal origins, examining its claims that many of our individual characteristics-from susceptibility to disease, to appetite and metabolism, to intelligence and even personality and temperament-begin in the womb. And as a pregnant woman, she probes the cultural mania that surrounds pregnancy today, bringing to bear her own intimately observed experience. Filled with startling insights and eye-opening perspectives, Origins will change the way you think about yourself, your children, and human nature itself.Trade ReviewA new book suggests, our experiences in the womb shape us for the rest of our lives. The Sunday Telegraph Annie Murphy Paul, a gifted science writer, combines impeccable science, extraordinary tenderness and lyrical prose to produce a truly revolutionary chronicle of pregnancy. In Origins, she shows that pregnancy is not a condition to be endured but the first nine months of being a mother, a time full of far-reaching choices. Origins is sweet, smart and very fresh. You'll never think about pregnancy the same way again. Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind One of the most influential environments on Earth lies within women's bodies, the still mysterious world of the womb where all of us spend the beginning months of our lives. In her fascinating book, Annie Murphy Paul explores this strange and wonderful first home, both as a science journalist investigating the critical first steps in human development and as an expectant mother thinking about how a child grows ready for the world outside. The combination, and the lessons contained in both journeys, make Origins an irresistible - and important - way to better understand ourselves. Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York In this brilliant book, Annie Murphy Paul shows us that groundbreaking research on fetal origins is not a cause for fear or anxiety, but for wonder and even hope. Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche Annie Murphy Paul elegantly assembles the evidence to prove what mothers have felt all along-that what happens in those mysterious months before birth shapes the child that emerges in fundamental ways. Insightful, enjoyable and profound. Lisa Sanders, M.D., author of The New York Times Magazine's "Diagnosis" column and of "Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis" What goes on during pregnancy is a scientific puzzle as mysterious and fascinating as what goes on inside an atom. In Origins, Annie Murphy Paul probes the murky realm in which our futures as human beings are forged. She combines in-depth reporting on cutting-edge research with a personal memoir of her own pregnancy and the anxieties and insights it produced. The result is an important, elegant piece of science writing. Carl Zimmer, author of Soul Made Flesh The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution Exciting, cutting-edge scientific research in the field of epigenetics has changed the way the medical profession looks at pregnancy, and we are fortunate to have Annie Murphy Paul as our guide through this fascinating new terrain. With stellar insight and expansive research, Origins is a thrilling survey of how fetal origins is changing the way we think about the nine months before birth. Dr. Mehmet Oz, author of YOU: Having a Baby, YOU: Raising Your Child, and YOU: On a Diet Annie Murphy Paul's Origins delights from the first sentence onward. Engaging and fresh, it answers a host of compelling questions about what is really happening between mother and child as the outside world makes its way inside in those crucial nine months of fetal development-like why you may not want to drink from plastic bottles, and what happens when you're stressed, and what about the air we breathe. While Origins deserves a place on every expectant parent's bookshelf, it should be of deep interest to anyone who has ever spent time in a womb. Sue Halpern, author of Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research and Migrations to Solitude: The Quest for Privacy in a Crowded World Origins is, quite simply, a must-read for parents-in-waiting-and for anyone interested in what makes us who we are. Paul has written a superb introduction to the emerging science of fetal origins. There are still a lot more questions than answers, but this book shows how science is -- at long last -- engaging deeply with the reality that a pregnant woman's lifestyle can dramatically impact the future life of her child. David Shenk, author of The Genius in All of Us and The Forgetting Can what we experience in the womb affect us for the rest of our lives? In a word: yes. As Annie Murphy Paul shows in this fascinating exploration of a new line of research, the fetus not only grows and develops in utero--it actively prepares for life in the world outside, reading signals the mother's body is sending about whether there will be plenty or want, hardship or happiness, and fashioning itself accordingly. The implications-for policy, for prenatal care, for parenting-are endlessly important. Liza Mundy, author of Michelle and Everything Conceivable A trek through the new frontier of 'fetal origins,' with a smart, savvy, motivated guide - Annie Murphy Paul, pregnant with her second child and driven to figure out what's going on in there. She lucidly describes what scientists are learning about the life-long impact of those first nine months, from the mother's diet to her stress level, from the BPA in plastic to the call and response of the "fetal-maternal dance." Read it with pleasure, and brace yourself for some surprises. Robin Marantz Henig, author of Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution This is a terrific book on a fascinating and largely unexplored subject-the mysteries of prenatal development. It is lucid, scientifically accurate and clear and gracefully written. Combining good science and a personal perspective is rare, especially in writing about children and motherhood, but Annie Paul has accomplished it beautifully. Alison Gopnik, author of The Scientist in the Crib and The Philosophical Baby The secret to a healthy life lies in the nine months before we're born...The woman who says mums-to-be must watch what they eat, drink and even think if their baby is to have a happy life. The Times Magazine From obesity to cancer, is your health destiny set while you're still in the womb? Daily Mail

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Book SynopsisHaving a baby has got to be the ultimate roller-coaster of thrills, fears and dreams,' observes Jane Bullivant. 'I developed a whole new hobby, lying awake wondering, panicking and hogging the entire duvet.' This manual for mums and mums-to-be spans the whole period from conception to life with a baby, including prayer for your unborn child, coping with hormone swings, keeping in touch with your partner, dealing with the fears of childbirth and miscarriage, maintaining your self-respect and managing your priorities. What does it really mean to place your baby in God's hands?Trade Review`Humour, common sense and practical wisdom: this book will be grabbed eagerly by many mothers-to-be. They will laugh and cry their way through it and feel a reassuring arm around their shoulders.’ -- Wendy Virgo * Foreword to `Dear Lord, I Feel Like a Whale’ *`Jane Bullivant brings a touch of heaven to earth in this immensely practical, easy-to-read, funny book for every new mum.’ -- Jonathan Booth, Director of Care for the Family

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Book SynopsisA perfect balance of practical information, compelling personal stories and research evidence, "Home Birth" is essential reading for all couples considering the alternative to a hospital birth. Leading childbirth educator Nicky Wesson dispels many common myths about home birth and shows how giving birth to your baby in your own home can be the most exciting and fulfilling thing you'll ever do.Table of ContentsPreface to the fourth edition Acknowledgements Preface Introduction History Why women want their babies at home Safety Deciding to have your baby at home Obtaining a home birth The high-risk pregnancy Complications of pregnancy The birth Do-it-yourself delivery Problems in labour Problems after birth Death at birth Rest after birth References Further reading Useful addresses Index

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Book SynopsisNobody Ever Told Me (Or My Mother) That! : Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development fills a missing niche in the child rearing world. It explains everything from the basics of nursing, to SIDS, to facial massage; finishing with the secrets to good speech development and your child's best natural appearance. Written by an SLP with over 30 years experience, this book is a wealth of necessary information for any new parent.

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Book SynopsisMany mothers stop breastfeeding within the first 6 weeks, and many among them say that they wanted to breastfeed longer. This book is a guide to rebuilding your milk supply after a gap in breastfeeding. It doesn’t matter whether you stopped breastfeeding a week or even several years ago. It doesn’t matter if you want to return to breastfeeding the same baby, relactate to feed an adopted baby, or any other circumstance. The process is the same, and relactation IS possible. This book will guide you through: —The practical steps including expressing and information on medication which may help. —How to safely and slowly reduce bottles as your milk supply grows. —Tips for managing a pumping regime while also parenting and juggling day-to-day life. —Supporting the baby’s return to the breast.

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Book SynopsisDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.Table of ContentsAllgemeiner Teil.- Spezieller Teil.- Erster Teil.- Zweiter Teil.- Tabelle: Gewichtszunahme des Nindes in den einzelnen Monaten.

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