Birth with confidenceOctober 28, 2008 Jannine Barnard A friend lent me a copy of this book when I was pregnant with my first baby. I had a 38 hour labour and was able to endure through it with confidence due to having read this book. I also managed to get through with only having a little gas at the end and even then only needed it for 1/2 hour or so just to give me a breather before pushing. What I read in this book helped me to breath through each stage of labour understanding what was happening to me and knowing that it was normal and that this is something I could do. Although it took a little to understand what was needed to push my bub out she was out in no time at all. Highly recommend this book if you are about to have a baby.
This book was a real eye-opener to meOctober 26, 2008 SmtmsAlwys(Indiana, US) I was not aware of much contained in this book prior to reading it. I had only ever experienced a highly medicalized birth (a cesarean) and I read this book during my second pregnancy.
I only wish I had read this earlier in my pregnancy - it might have ended up much less emotionally and mentally traumatic for me.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who might consider having a child (or another) at any point. If nothing else, it stands as a good education to what could possibly be.
This book empowered me to have a homebirth with my first baby!October 17, 2008 LauraP(Rocky Mountains,CO USA) Ina May is such a treasure to all women who want to give birth the way God intended, naturally! She lets you know that you can do it and it's not something to fear. There is a lot of great information about how conventional doctors deal with drugs and how dangerous they are. I attended a lecture where Ina spoke and she is just a wonderful informed human being. When you read her statistics about how The Farm has such a high natural birth rate, you know that you too can have a natural childbirth experience without drugs or at a sterile hospital. This is must read for all women who are pregnant or want to get pregnant and you have a low risk pregnancy.
A Must Read for mom's and dad's to-be!October 16, 2008 Rebecca B. Lane(Calcutta, India) I can't believe that it took me so long to read this book. This is truly one of the best "childbirth" books that I have ever read. My husband read the book right after I finished it! He loved it. I have been encouraging all of my pregnant friends to read this book, even if they don't want to have a "natural childbirth". I also just finished reading Spiritual Midwifery. Buy that book next!
read this book!October 14, 2008 Julie Hanson(Eugene, OR United States) this is sort of a part two of spiritual midwifery. what is nice about it is that she includes many more recent stories of births on the farm (including the story of an obstetrician couple who wanted a natural birth. interestingly, they were among the most fearful couples that she has ever worked with) and a pretty thorough description of labor and delivery. it is full of useful information and things that to try in labor that have proved successful for women time after time in her practice. invaluable.
