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Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth
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Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth Trade paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition

by HENCI GOER

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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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Berkley Pub Group, October 1999. Trade Paperback. Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
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  • Title Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth
  • Author HENCI GOER
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good - Cash
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Pub Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date October 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 789700
  • 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
  • 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

As an intelligent woman, you are probably used to learning as much as you can before making major decisions. But when it comes to one of the most important decisions of your life--how you will give birth—it is hard to gather accurate, unbiased information. Surprisingly, much of the research does not support common medical opinion and practice.

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 . . .

From the publisher

Henci Goer is a certified Lamaze instructor and a doula (professional labor support). She is a founding member of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, a group made up of organizations and individuals involved with maternity care in the US and fighting for a mother-friendly childbirth environment. Her articles on pregnancy and childbirth have appeared in Readers Digest and Childbirth Instructor Magazine. For twenty years, Goer has been a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator and labor support professional (doula).

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YOU'RE EXPECTING A baby or planning to become pregnant.

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Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 08/01/1999, Page 48

About the author

Henci Goer is a certified Lamaze instructor and a doula (professional labor support). She is a founding member of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, a group made up of organizations and individuals involved with maternity care in the US and fighting for a mother-friendly childbirth environment. Her articles on pregnancy and childbirth have appeared in Readers Digest and Childbirth Instructor Magazine. For twenty years, Goer has been a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator and labor support professional (doula).

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