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“"The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence" is one of the rare books today containing an unapologetically woman-centered view of birth…. The authors strongly advocate natural birth…. They emphasize that women’s bodies are beautifully designed to grow, birth, and nurture babies. "The Official Lamaze Guide"…should be in every [pregnant mother’s] hands.”
—Jane Pincus, BA, MAT, MFA, "Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care"
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Lamaze International is a leading organisation providing natural childbirth training for mothers-to-be. In this revised second edition of The Official Lamaze Guide the authors explain why childbirth has become riskier in the west, leading to a shocking increase in maternal mortality rates, incidences of postnatal depression and the number of babies admitted to newborn intensive care units. To increase the health and safety of childbirth, this book recommends following the six Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices and starting childbirth education as early in pregnancy as possible.
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4.1 out of 5 stars (47 customer reviews)
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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A wonderful book about childbearing, respectful and encouraging, and, above all, wise., Nov 18 2005
By Jane Pincus - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Official Lamaze Guide,The (Paperback)
Reading this book is like conversing with loving, knowledgeable friends. By being so gently, matter-of-factly certain about the "elegance" of the birthing process, Lothian and DeVries strongly counter today's obstetric fear-mongering and the non-stop "medicalization" of birth.The authors provide a calm, strengthening atmosphere, blending physiological facts with practical advice and the wisdom of experience. They encourage women to apply to their labors the strengths they acquire while meeting life's challenges. They connect childbearing to the whole of women's lives.
Positive childbirth stories abound. The authors suggest that woman-to-woman conversations are especially important, and advise carefully listening to others' experiences -- how have other labors and births unfolded, where did they flow. or not flow, and why? Pay careful attention to what is said, and what is not said, the feelings that exist beneath the words.
Readers are referred, among other sites and publications, to The Maternity Center Association's useful website (now called The Childbirth Connection) and its literature, to birth advocacy groups, and to midwifery organizations.
This book is rare in its wholehearted support of natural birth. It reclaims the word "natural," which has been so scapegoated and abused. It's one of the books I'd recommend, along with Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth, to young women as a necessary part of their learning about pregnancy and childbirth. And it's a breath of fresh air to all of us so passionately concerned with the well-being of women and their babies.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I am wild about this book!!!, Nov 10 2005
By Jacqueline Levine "Childbirth Educator, Doula" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Official Lamaze Guide,The (Paperback)
At last!!! Here is a book that illuminates the miracle of what a woman's body does throughout pregnancy and birth in a wise and human way. It presents powerful, evidence-based information that explains and supports a woman's ability to give birth: it honors and celebrates this ability with the inclusion of wonderful birth stories. The book is informational and inspiring in equal measure, has a pleasing format and is movingly written. It's a first in its honesty, and the first book you should read about pregnancy and birth. I recommend this book with complete "confidence" that you will recommend it, too!!!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Highly recommended, May 16 2006
By MidwifeMama - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence (Paperback)
This book is a refreshing departure from so many of the fear-based mainstream maternity books out there. The authors clearly present the benefits of normal birth to both mother and infant with humor, compassion, and respect. The authors not only describe our present birth culture, they describe how it came to be and how we can influence it. As a midwife and a mother I would recommend this book to both clients and friends even before conception. Too few women are aware of the prenatal and birthing options that are available to them. I believe this book has the potential to help remedy this.
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