Authors: Andrea F. Henkart, Nancy Wainer Cohen (Foreword by), Michel Odent
ISBN-13: 9780897892940, ISBN-10: 0897892941
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: March 1995
Edition: New Edition
ANDREA FRANK HENKART has an M.A. in Psychology from Sonoma State University. She is a holistic health educator, a certified childbirth educator, a certified professional childbirth assistant, and the cofounder and past president of the Marin County chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network. As an international public speaker and seminar leader, Henkart has over 18 years of teaching experience in the fields of health, childbirth, parenting, and personal growth. She is the author of The Cesarean Challenge.
Henkart and her collaborators inform women about the current realities of childbirth in America. They provide the reader with facts, figures, cesarean prevention techniques and alternative approaches to the aggressive routines used by the medical profession today.
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Acknowledgments | ||
1 | Great Expectations | 1 |
2 | On the Cutting Edge | 13 |
3 | Ritual in the Hospital: Giving Birth the American Way | 25 |
4 | Preparing for Labor and Delivery | 39 |
5 | Accept the Process: A Commentary on Childbirth Education | 59 |
6 | Visualization Techniques for Relaxation | 67 |
7 | Body Wisdom: The Forgotten Information in Childbirth | 73 |
8 | When Push Comes to Shove: What to Do if You Have a Cesarean | 81 |
9 | Healing Cesarean Section Trauma: A Transformational Ritual | 91 |
10 | One Birth at a Time | 99 |
11 | The Husband's Role in Pregnancy | 109 |
12 | Birth Stories from around the World | 117 |
13 | A Balinese Cesarean Story | 127 |
14 | Parenting the Precious Newborn | 131 |
15 | Circumcision: A Question of Protecting Body Rights | 141 |
16 | A Womb of Love | 151 |
Appendix A. Questions to Ask Your Care Provider | 155 | |
Appendix B. Ideas for Your Birth Plan | 157 | |
Appendix C. Affirmations for Childbirth Preparation | 160 | |
Appendix D. Things You Can Do to Avoid Unnecessary Cesareans | 162 | |
Appendix E. Sources of Further Information | 165 | |
Bibliography and Suggested Reading List | 169 | |
Index | 175 |