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Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby!: Childbirth Wisdom and Cesarean Prevention » (New Edition)

Book cover image of Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby!: Childbirth Wisdom and Cesarean Prevention by Andrea F. Henkart

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

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Author Biography: Andrea F. Henkart

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1Great Expectations1
2On the Cutting Edge13
3Ritual in the Hospital: Giving Birth the American Way25
4Preparing for Labor and Delivery39
5Accept the Process: A Commentary on Childbirth Education59
6Visualization Techniques for Relaxation67
7Body Wisdom: The Forgotten Information in Childbirth73
8When Push Comes to Shove: What to Do if You Have a Cesarean81
9Healing Cesarean Section Trauma: A Transformational Ritual91
10One Birth at a Time99
11The Husband's Role in Pregnancy109
12Birth Stories from around the World117
13A Balinese Cesarean Story127
14Parenting the Precious Newborn131
15Circumcision: A Question of Protecting Body Rights141
16A Womb of Love151
Appendix A. Questions to Ask Your Care Provider155
Appendix B. Ideas for Your Birth Plan157
Appendix C. Affirmations for Childbirth Preparation160
Appendix D. Things You Can Do to Avoid Unnecessary Cesareans162
Appendix E. Sources of Further Information165
Bibliography and Suggested Reading List169
Index175

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