Birth Skills

Birth Skills
Author: Juju Sundin
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1741763940

Every pregnant woman's essential, step-by-step guide to taking charge of their labour and birth by Australia's leading expert in advanced labour pain management with her best-known client, Sarah Murdoch. Even after reading countless pregnancy books I still didn't understand what my labour would be like. All I really knew was it would be painful and scary. Then my obstetrician suggested I take Juju Sundin's birth skills classes. Juju gave me the knowledge to understand my body during labour and taught me about the physiology of pain and how to use her techniques to deal with it. - Sarah Murdoch If you're like most women, you'll go into labour with little knowledge of exactly what your body is doing and why, and how you can actively manage the pain and stay in control while helping your body do what it's designed to. That's where Birth Skills comes in, a step-by-step guide packed with information plus easy-to-learn, proven pain management skills. In Birth Skills, obstetric physiotherapist Juju Sundin shares the techniques she has pioneered over her 30-year career, while Sarah Murdoch takes you on a personal journey of her own labour and birth, describing how she learned the skills in the class then applied them on the big day. Whether it's your first baby or lucky last, you will learn: * how your body works in labour and why * how to turn fear into positive action so you stay in control * how to use movement, breathing, vocalisation, visualisation, keywords and other handy techniques * what to wear, what to take, and what questions to ask * how your partner can help, and working as a team * other women's experiences using Juju's techniques. Birth is all about the bigger picture -- educating and empowering yourself, giving it a try, doing it your way, and a healthy mother and baby. - Juju Sundin

Mindful Birthing

Mindful Birthing
Author: Nancy Bardacke
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2012-07-10
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0062205978

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting. SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING: Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirth Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing

Your Baby, Your Birth

Your Baby, Your Birth
Author: Hollie de Cruz
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2018-08-30
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1473557003

No matter how you birth your baby, feel calm and safe with hypnobirthing "This woman is a great healer and birth expert. This book will be brilliant." Russell Brand Your Baby, Your Birth is a truly modern hypnobirthing book for ALL births. In-demand hypnobirthing coach Hollie de Cruz provides you with the skills and tools to make any birth feel safe, calm, connected and empowering. Drawing on her experience working with new mums, including Fearne Cotton and Giovanna Fletcher, Hollie de Cruz helps you prepare for a positive (not 'perfect') birth experience and approach motherhood with confidence in yourself and your instincts. Your Baby, Your Birth will teach you: - That birth is safe - listen to your body, embrace the changes, prepare your mind and relax during pregnancy - Exercises and breathing techniques for labour and birth for you and your birth partner, along with guided meditations to keep you calm and engaged - How to trust your instincts, understand your body and baby, and make informed decisions throughout your pregnancy and beyond Hollie de Cruz, creator of the award-winning yesmum positive affirmation cards, is renowned for demystifying hypnobirthing and her down-to-earth, realistic approach is highly sought after. Whatever kind of birth you are planning, let Hollie de Cruz provide you with a set of deep relaxation, mindfulness and meditation tools for an empowering experience.

Body, Soul, and Baby

Body, Soul, and Baby
Author: Tracy Gaudet
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2008-01-29
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 038533575X

In a culture that rarely sees pregnancy as a journey to self-discovery, Body, Soul, and Baby offers a fresh perspective on this transformative life experience by showing women how to tune in to the cues offered by their bodies and souls—as well as by the babies growing within them—for a healthier pregnancy, a more fulfilling birth experience, and a deeper bond with their baby. Drawing on the best of both complementary and conventional Western medicine, Dr. Gaudet has written a groundbreaking guide that shows you how to become an active participant in your pregnancy. By working with the natural processes of pregnancy, you can discover how to: • Pick up important signals from within about what you need, what your body needs, and what is right for both you and your baby • Tune in to cues that can alert you to early signs of problems • Use the mind-body connection to reduce stress, explore this remarkable life change, and bond with your baby • Nurture your whole self, including your evolving sexual and sensual needs • Make informed and conscious choices that reflect both your personal feelings and the latest medical information • Collaborate with your doctor or midwife, and build a supportive health-care team Empowering, inspiring, and respectful of the wisdom of the female body and spirit, this invaluable book also includes advice on eating right and staying active, and natural and alternative approaches to pain relief. Whether you’re already pregnant or preparing to be, the time to start listening to your inner wisdom is now, and the guide to doing it is here.

Mind over Labor

Mind over Labor
Author: Carl Jones
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1988-02-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0140467629

The fear and pain most women expect from pregnancy can at last be overcome. Carl Jones, a certified childbirth educator, tells how using mental imagery can help you reduce the pain of labor by controlling the fear beforehand. His easy-to-follow, eight-step method, which teaches your mind to cooperate with your body, will help make your childbirth less stressful and more natural. Whether you plan to give birth at home, in a childbearing center, or in a hospital, Carl Jones's simple exercises will put you in touch with the best instrument of birth there is—yourself.

Mindful Birthing

Mindful Birthing
Author: Nancy Cohen
Publisher: Revolution Lab Limited
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781914080913

Discover the Modern Approach to Pregnancy and Birthing Process That Will Help You To Bring Your Child To This World With Ease! Pregnancy and childbirth can be among the most remarkable, significant, and unique experiences a woman will ever have. But they also bring a lot of fear, pain, and uncertainty for a lot of people. There is, however, a way to avoid all of those negative emotions and feelings... How so? With the aid of the mindful birthing technique! Mindful birthing has the potential to transform and ease the experience of pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the postpartum relationship with the new baby. Would you like for your pregnancy and birthing process to go without a hitch? Would you like to learn the secrets of mindful birthing? If so, you are in the right place because this guide will show you everything you need to know for the mindful birthing method to become a part of your life. With step-by-step instructions and expert strategies and exercises, you will rewire your brain for three core principles of mindfulness - acceptance, letting go and trusting. Special guides will teach you the easiest way to manage the pain All of the above will thoroughly prepare you for the birth of your baby - for expected and unexpected circumstances (a change to birth plans, sudden interventions or unforeseen outcomes, etc.). Here is what this mindful birthing guide can offer you: - Complete guidance on your mindful birthing journey with step-by-step instructions - How to prepare yourself for the birthplace and childbirth - Exclusive mind exercises to manage and deal with pain and fear - Mindfulness meditations and exercises for mindful relationships, self-love, and life - And much more! If you want to learn the secrets of mindful birthing and ease your mind, all you need to do is follow the step-by-step instructions and the expert advice found inside this comprehensive guide. So, what are you waiting for?

A Mind-Body Birth

A Mind-Body Birth
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9781311300959

This book will instill in any birthing woman the confidence and trust in her body to enjoy and relax in her birth experience. By following this step-by-step approach to birthing with your mental and emotional capacities, not just the physiological processes, you will reconnect with your innate birthing body, and let it do what it needs to do to birth your baby. "A Mind-Body Birth" explains why educating yourself and establishing birthing preferences is imperative to enjoying your birth, how environmental factors - all of which are within your control - can work with the biological processes of birth to support your experience, and how each stage of labour requires something different from your mentality. Feel the calm, peace, power, and encouragement with this book written by a Certified Birth Doula and Wellness Coach. This is a must-read for anyone looking to add to their birthing toolbox!

A Timeless Birth

A Timeless Birth
Author: Kat Villain
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 243
Release:
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1525566903

Ignite your innate womb wisdom by optimizing your mind, body, and soul in preparation for childbirth. Liberate your intuition and take the passage of motherhood into your own hands with practical and accessible tools for radiant health. A Timeless Birth provides a comprehensive holistic approach to creating the conditions for a graceful pregnancy, empowered birth, and regenerative postpartum experience. It covers feminine health, menstruation, preconception, pregnancy, and the postpartum period, and includes: • natural ways to enhance fertility; • scientific information about the body’s systems and chemical elements; • nutritional guidance, with an emphasis on traditional unprocessed diets; • recipes for plant-based medicines and potions; • yoga poses for wellness from preconception through pregnancy and beyond; • mindfulness and meditation guidance to align the body and mind; • Taoist healing practices; • ways to nurture your relationship with your partner during the transition to parenthood. With personal notes from Kat Villain to her daughter, and informed guidance on a range of holistic health practices, A Timeless Birth is a comprehensive account of the transformative experience of pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood.

BirthSkills: For Mind, Body & Baby

BirthSkills: For Mind, Body & Baby
Author: Shari Read PhD
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2012
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0987357905

BirthSkills: For Mind, Body & Baby offers an explanation of what is happening in the physical body during labour, including detailed explanation of the working of the uterus. From there we move on to explain the various ways in which you can work WITH your body during the process, both physically and emotionally. Throughout the book there are tips and suggestions for birthing partners, ways to work cooperatively and collaboratively with care providers and an approach to medical assistance that avoids feelings of failure and disappointment and focuses on the end goal: health mum, healthy bub.