Birth Pregnancy

As an OB/GYN Dr. Allison Hill has delivered thousands of babies; as a mom she's given birth to her own two children. Hill has a unique perspective on the many questions moms have surrounding pregnancy and childbirth - especially when it comes to going natural. Drawing on her 20 years of expertise as well as current medical data, she weighs the pros and cons of the range of options available - hospital or birthing center, MD or midwife.

If this is your first time as a mom, then you are probably feeling overwhelmed. Being a mom might seem too much for you to handle right now and no matter what other people say, the feeling of worry just won't go away. If you want to be just one of those moms who doesn't stress about the little things, then First Time Mom's Survival Handbook is the best audiobook for you. Arming yourself with enough information allows you to know what to expect - and prepare yourself for anything.

Do you desire a pregnancy and delivery filled with the peace, presence, and the power of God? If painful childbirth is part of sin's curse, is this even possible? Janet Mills, international minister and co-leader of International Glory Ministries with Joshua Mills, has given birth to three children. Each pregnancy was divinely touched by the glory of God, radically impacting the way she gave birth.

So, it’s your first pregnancy? You might feel a little anxious. Worried. Wound up? There’re a million things you don’t know, and even more things you would never think of. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone gave you the secrets to make life easier during pregnancy? If you could just listen to a book. Pick up the best tips, tricks, and advice to ease away the worries. Get all the best information in a single resource. Information like, what not to buy so you can save money on the essentials.

Soon-to-be dad, congratulations on adding another member to your family—albeit a smelly and very demanding addition. (You’ll soon discover this if it's your first time around the block.) However, that’s a topic for another book. For now, we must help you help your wife while your little one is growing in her tummy.

Journalist Rebecca Grant provides us with a never-before-seen look at the changing landscape of pregnancy and childbirth in America—and the rise of midwifery—told through the eyes of three women who all pass through the doors of the same birth center in Portland, Oregon. In remarkable detail and with great compassion, Grant recounts the ups downs, fears, joys, and everyday moments of each woman’s pregnancy and postpartum journey, offering a rare look into their inner lives, perspectives, and choices in real time.

I’m assuming you’ve picked up this book because you’re either curious about having kids, you’re currently up the duff, or you’re stumbling through the early days of parenthood with a mattress-sized sanitary towel between your legs wondering what the hell has just happened. That, or you’re killing time in WHSmith, waiting for your flight to Ibiza. You lucky bastard.

Your journey into parenthood has already begun. This book is a roadmap that tells you where you are, how long it takes to reach the finish line, and what happens in between. It helps to eliminate the anxieties that will inevitably accompany you into this brave new world.

Whether offering insight into the rise in home births, the alarming rise in America’s maternal mortality rate, or the history of involuntary sterilization, Karkowsky offers a window into all that pregnancy, labor, and birth can entail - birth and joy, but also challenge and loss - illustrating the complexity of reproductive life and the systems that surround it. With historical insight and journalistic verve, Karkowsky unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society; and explores what’s at risk when these aspects of medicine remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.

In the 21st century, women are supposed to have a choice about where they give birth. But when that choice is home, women often encounter obstacles, despite robust evidence that birth at home is safe, beneficial, and should be available for women who want it. Why Home Birth Matters is a clear discussion of the reality of modern home birth which aims to show how the home environment supports and powers the birth process, while encouraging parents to consider how it might work for them.

More than 90 percent of sexually active women have only been given a very limited amount of information about how birth control works, often right at the beginning when they start their first pill or patch. Not all of us enjoy biology lessons, and figuring out the complexities of hormones, cycles, and our bodies can feel a little too much. But it doesn’t need to be rocket science. Getting a better insight into how your body really works can empower you and open up choices and possibilities so that you make the best decisions for yourself. After all, this is your body!

In this audiobook, you'll discover how the process of getting pregnant works, what causes infertility in both men and women, and how to reverse infertility by making the right lifestyle and dietary changes. It’s time to give your body what it needs to create a new little life! Don’t let the time keep slipping by - get the help you need to conceive today! In Fertility: How to Get Pregnant, you’ll find out about the various cultural and educational perspectives on infertility.

The definitive guide to childbirth from the home of hypnobirthing. More than 100,000 copies sold worldwide, helping countless babies into the world. Fifteen unique relaxation scripts to help prepare you for a calm and confident birth. KGH is the home of hypnobirthing, KGH is taught in hospitals, antenatal classes, and by midwives and birthing professionals all around the world. The KGH Teacher training course is accredited by the Royal College of Midwives and is the source material for many other hypnobirthing books and courses.

If you think baby brain is bad for you, think again - because neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay (author of The Women's Brain Book) has looked at studies and talked to experts from all over the world and the proof is in: giving birth is one of the best things to ever happen to a woman's brain. Baby Brain contains the ultimate good-news story about mothers' brains, backed up by scientific research from leading experts and presented in highly digestible bite-sized sections by one of Australia's leading science communicators.

Are you hoping for a joyful and stress-free pregnancy and birth? Would you like to feel calm, confident and full of gratitude, rather than fearful, stressed, and full of doubt? Positive affirmations are known to harness positive thinking and quiet an anxious mind.

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.

Each time she knelt to "catch" another wriggling baby - nearly 3,000 times during her remarkable career - California midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy and the world makes way for one more. With every birth, she encounters another woman-turned-goddess: Catherine rides out her labor in a car careening down a mountain road. Sofia spends hers trying to keep her hyper doctor-father from burning down the house. Susannah gives birth so quietly that neither husband nor midwife notice until there's a baby in the room.

Parir no es un manual médico, sino un ensayo sobre la experiencia más vital por la que pueda pasar una mujer desde el punto de vista de ella y del bebé. Un análisis de lo que pensamos del parto, lo que sabemos, lo que históricamente ha sido y qué significa en el imaginario colectivo.

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.

Black women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lacking resources or access to care. Even professional, middle-class Black women are at a much higher risk of premature birth than low-income White women in the United States. Dána-Ain Davis looks into this phenomenon, placing racial differences in birth outcomes into a historical context, revealing that ideas about reproduction and race today have been influenced by the legacy of ideas which developed during the era of slavery.