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Author
Publisher
Book Pub. Co
Language
English
Description
Shares the birthing stories of women who chose to have their babies at home with the help of a midwife, provides information about the safety of techniques used in the hospital before and after birth, discusses postpartum depression and maternal death, and includes resources for doulas, birth centers, and other organizations.
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women's bodies, and it's no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond. Menopause is not a disease--it's a planned change, like puberty. And just like puberty, we should be educated on what's to come years in advance, rather than the current practice of leaving...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"OB/GYN, writer for The New York Times, USA Today, and Self, and host of the show Jensplaining, Dr. Jen Gunter now delivers the definitive book on vaginal health, answering the questions you've always had but were afraid to ask--or couldn't find the right answers to. She has been called Twitter's resident gynecologist, the Internet's OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women's health...and she's here to give you the straight talk on the...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Published to widespread acclaim, Tina Cassidy's smart, engaging book is the first world history of childbirth in fifty years. From evolution to the epidural and beyond, Tina Cassidy presents an intelligent, enlightening, and impeccably researched cultural history of how and why we're born the way we are. Women have been giving birth for millennia but that's about the only constant in the final stage of the great process that is human reproduction....
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Renowned for her practice's exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international notoriety for promoting natural birth. She is a much-beloved leader of a movement that seeks to stop the hyper-medicalization of birth--which has lead to nearly a third of hospital births in America to be cesarean sections--and renew confidence in a woman's natural ability to birth. Upbeat and informative, Gaskin asserts that the way in...
Author
Publisher
Vermilion, an imprint of Ebury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In-demand hypnobirthing coach Hollie de Cruz provides you with the skills and tools to make any birth feel safe, calm, connected and empowering. Drawing on her experience working with new mums, including Fearne Cotton and Giovanna Fletcher, Hollie de Cruz helps you prepare for a positive (not 'perfect') birth experience and approach motherhood with confidence in yourself and your instincts."--Publisher's description.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive pregnancy guide for expecting mothers and their partners offers advice from top experts in the field who cover more than three hundred topics of interest, including fertility, birth, nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle changes.
Author
Publisher
Health Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
HypnoBirthing helps women to become empowered by developing an awareness of the instinctive birthing capability of their bodies. It greatly reduces the pain of labor and childbirth; frequently eliminates the need for drugs; reduces the need for caesarian surgery or other doctor-controlled birth interventions; and it also shortens birthing and recovery time, allowing for better and earlier bonding with the baby, which has been proven to be vital to...
Author
Publisher
North Star Way
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"With more than 1.3 million video views each month and over fifty-two million total views on her YouTube channel, Howland's (a.k.a. Mama Natural) funny but informational videos have empowered millions of women to embrace natural pregnancy and parenting. Now Howland is turning to the page, offering up the first week-to-week natural pregnancy book for soon-to-be moms. For the last half-century, control over childbirth has been in favor of doctors....
12) The birth partner: a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and all other labor companions
Author
Publisher
The Harvard Common Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harvard Common Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Now fully revised in its fifth edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide to helping a woman through labor and birth, and the essential manual to have at hand during the event. The Birth Partner includes thorough information on: preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun; normal labor and how to help the woman every step of the way; epidurals and other medications for labor; pitocin and other means, including natural ones, to...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"PCOS is the most common cause of anovulary infertility. More than that, PCOS symptoms can cause significant emotional distress and long-term health consequences. Most women who receive a diagnosis of PCOS have no idea what it means; this book picks up where the diagnosis leaves off." -- From back cover.
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The New York Times best-selling author of The Vagina Bible offers empowering, period-positive, no-nonsense facts about the science, medicine and myths surrounding menstruation.
Most women, transgender, and non-binary people who menstruate can expect to have hundreds of periods in a lifetime. So why is real information so hard to find? Despite its significance, most education about menstruation focuses either on increasing the chances of pregnancy...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While a farm family bustles about, preparing for the arrival of Christmas, they do not notice the great anticipation spreading among the animals, who know that something very special is on its way
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