Status
Available
Local notes
EC Motherhood
Collection
Publication
Harvard Common Press (1992), Edition: Revised Edition, 272 pages
Description
Pioneering birth educator and author Janet Balaskas founded the Active Birth Movement in the 1980s. Her ideas based on the core principle that women should take ownership of their bodies during birth and be free to assume upright positions in labour have transformed birth for women and their birth companions across the world.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
272 p.; 6 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member SquirrelTao
This is the most helpful writing on childbirth that I have ever read. There is detailed information about various positions for laboring and what their advantages are.
LibraryThing member HomeBirth
In an active birth, a mother moves about freely, finds comfortable positions for labour and delivery, and seldom needs drugs or obstetrical interventions. In Active Birth, Janet Balaskas teaches mothers to develop all of their bodily resources for giving birth, to follow their own instincts, and to
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Pages
272