Birth Pregnancy

How can mentally being ready for pregnancy aid in conception? In addition to the obvious benefits of becoming in shape, it can also help to mentally prepare for pregnancy. According to research, a happy outlook, low stress levels, and regular meditation all improve a woman's mental and physical health in preparation for pregnancy.

Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal is a one-of-a-kind discovery into your pregnancy that provides you education through storytelling. I’m excited to be your virtual doula on your journey to motherhood, along with Dr. John Thorp, a leading OBGYN with more than three decades of superb clinical research and academic service. Through our collaboration, Dr. John Thorp has ensured all material in Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal is medically accurate and evidence-based.

Discover tried-and-tested techniques to help you relax during labour, including mindfulness, breathing exercises and visualization, so that you can have an empowering, positive birth.

Dr Sara Kayat is a GP and mum of two – as a medical professional overwhelmed by the information (and often lack of information!) available to new parents, she wanted to write the book that she wish she’d had when she was starting her family. The chapters cover everything from pre-pregnancy nutrition, early pregnancy symptoms and FAQs, to what all the medical jargon at your scans really means, when to worry and when not to worry, what to expect, what is normal, and when to seek further help – Sara has it all covered.

Doulas empower mothers to plan for and secure the birthing experiences they want. Lindsey Bliss provides the resources for creating a sound birth plan and having a positive childbirth experience.

This course reveals the tools and knowledge you need to have a fulfilling birth, with little to no pain. All of this you can do in the comfort of your own home and at your own pace. The Hypnobirthing Home Study Course is a complete birth education course. You can be fully prepared for your best possible birth experience. There is no need to attend any other hypnobirthing or birth preparation class, as this is a course that covers natural birthing, alternative options, and the best interventions.

Certified birth doula and hypnobirthing coach Emma Armstrong wants women to have the power to influence their birth experience by tuning into their body and brain. Organized into five sections—brain, body, birth, baby, and beyond—this is a fresh, inclusive, and empowering approach to the birth experience. Emma brings in her hypnobirthing skills, using short, snappy language and soundbites to make this book fresh and appealing.

So, you have just found out that you are pregnant and expecting a newborn baby? Wonderful! In a few months, you will meet the little angel that will become the center of your whole world. You are about to embark on a unique adventure, which will transform not only your body but also your personality.

This modern hypnobirthing book shows you how you can incorporate hypnobirthing techniques into every stage of your pregnancy, creating a safe space for you and your baby to return to time and again.

Cada vez son más las mujeres que buscan un cambio en la atención que reciben durante el embarazo y el parto. Este libro es un manual de información y divulgación en torno al embarazo, el parto y el puerperio en nuestro contexto actual. Una herramienta en la que encontrarás información veraz, objetiva y científica sobre todo este proceso vital, y que te ayudará a tomar el control y el protagonismo de tu embarazo con tus propias decisiones.

The first doctor-written guide to becoming a dad. Combines the medical knowledge of a health-care professional with real-life experience. At this crucial life moment, knowledge is power, but you probably know less than you think: what's a cervix? Can we still have sex? Why's the midwife doing that? How do I make up a bottle and is that poo normal? Dad's role is more important than you might ever have imagined, so what can you do to help?

Doctors recommend it and pregnant couples rely on it—and you and your partner will find it indispensable! For over thirty years, Dr. Glade B. Curtis and Judith Schuler have helped millions of parents-to-be navigate and prepare for the most exciting and challenging time of their lives—and now they’ll help you. With Your Pregnancy’s signature week-by-week format, you’ll easily and comfortably follow your baby’s development as it grows during these exciting forty weeks.

The second edition of this pathbreaking, widely taught book offers five new chapters, on breastfeeding and Black infant health; Black birthing during COVID; Black doulas rethinking birthing practices; the recent buildup of a US national movement; and expanding the global movement for sexual and reproductive wellbeing. Other chapters are updated throughout. Birthing Justice puts black women's voices at the center of the debate on what should be done to fix the broken maternal care system.

A much-needed antidote to our modern, assembly-line approach to childbirth, this new book is designed as a guide for all who wish to participate in the wondrous process of bringing new life into the world. Its ideas derive from two sources: the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, with its emphasis on body, mind, and spirit, and the latest Western scientific prenatal research.

Lessons Learned from a First Time Mom’s Pregnancy, Unmedicated Birth, and Long-term Breastfeeding Experience offers you a balanced perspective from someone who has been through what you are on the verge of achieving. It's an effective introduction to the resources that will guide you in reaching your birthing and breastfeeding goals mixed with my experience in applying those resources.

The million-copy bestseller by “the man who remade motherhood” (TIME) has now been revised, expanded, and bought thoroughly up-to-date. The Searses draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and parents to provide comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. The Sears Baby Book focuses on the essential needs of babies—eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort—as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to today's parents.

Whether you are having a natural birth, a C-section, an epidural, or a VBAC, this complete method prepares both you and your partner mentally, physically, and emotionally. The highly successful Hypnobirthing Leclaire Method - the childbirth program for the 21st century that incorporates hypnosis - helps you experience labor and childbirth calmly, joyously, and painlessly! Developed by Michelle Leclaire O’Neill, a medical professional and mother, this holistic method draws on both modern science and ancient wisdom to present pregnancy as the glorious, instinctive event it should be.

Nos pensées, nos émotions et nos actions sont en permanence influencées par le dialogue intérieur que nous entretenons avec nous-même. En effet, nous négligeons bien trop souvent la façon avec laquelle nous nous adressons à nous-mêmes. Pourtant, elle est d’une influence considérable sur la manière dont nous nous comportons.

The world is filled with mixed messages about pregnancy. Popular books and well-meaning family and friends offer you unsolicited advice about what to expect and how to stay healthy - sometimes resulting in joy and excitement but other times leading to discouragement and fear. The Bible, too, has a lot to say about childbirth - offering real hope that nothing in this world can match.

'I wish someone had told me!' It's a phrase uttered by countless women after they give birth for the first time. Here's the audiobook that shares the wisdom of women and their birth stories, so that you can make informed and empowered decisions that are best for you. The Complete Australian Guide to Pregnancy and Birth draws on the expertise of dozens of doctors, midwives and other health specialists to offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date information about pregnancy, labour, birth and early postpartum in Australia.