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The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition
by Goer, Henci
- Used
Certified Lamaze instructor and activist Henci Goer brings women the carefully researched facts they'll want to have--the complete rundown on modern pregnancy and childbirth.
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- Title The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
- Author Goer, Henci
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date October 1, 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP67641464
- ISBN 9780399525179 / 0399525173
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.04 x 6.12 x 1.07 in (22.96 x 15.54 x 2.72 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Health & Fitness
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Childbirth, Pregnancy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99012456
- Dewey Decimal Code 618.4
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Summary
Birth activist Henci Goer gives clear, concise information based on the latest medical studies. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth helps you compare and contrast your various options and shows you how to avoid unnecessary procedures, drugs, restrictions, and tests. The book covers:
- Cesareans
- Breech babies
- Inducing labor
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring
- Rupturing Membranes
- Coping with slow labor
- Pain medication
- Epistiotomy
- Vaginal birth after a Ceasarean
- Doulas
- Deciding on a doctor or midwife
- Choosing where to have your baby
- and much more . . .
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- Ingram Advance, 08/01/1999, Page 48