Splashdown books

The Water Birth Book

In The Water Birth Book, natural childbirth pioneer Janet Balaskas offers straightforward, detailed and supportive advice for both parents and midwives. This comprehensive and inspiring guide includes:- A historical and cultural overview of waterbirth - The benefits of water in labour and birth - How to choose whether a waterbirth is the best option for you - How water can help throughout your pregnancy - What to expect and how to prepare for your waterbirth - The best way to use a birth pool - The experience of waterbirth from personal stories

New Active Birth

£10.99 (Signed by Author)

New Active Birth will help you and your partner prepare for and experience an Active Birth. Fully updated and extended with new information this book is ideal for parents, teachers and midwives, to help mothers get up off the delivery table and to bring back some of the common sense which has been overlooked by modern obstetrics. Includes over 180 photographs and drawings and sections on Water Birth and Recovery After Birth. A detailed up to the minute section covering every aspect of Active Birth at home and in Hospital.

Waterbirth - An Attitude to Care

by Dianne Garland £16.99

Dianne Garland has been a practicing midwife for the past fourteen years and acts as a Consultant on water birth. Published by The Royal College of Midwives, this book provides guidelines for water birth practice in hospital or at home. Subjects covered include midwife accountability, international perspectives on waterbirth; setting up a waterbirth facility; maternal and foetal perspectives; research issues; complications and problems. Professional and parental accounts of water birth’s; early pioneers; antenatal and postnatal use of hydrotherapy.

Gentle Birth Method

This book will help you eliminate common pregnancy ailments such as pelvic oedema, back pain, heartburn and nausea. Reduce anxiety and fear of Labour. Encourage your baby into the best birthing position. Have a strong likelihood of a shorter, intervention-free labour. Prevent vaginal tearing. Manage and control pain and contractions. Bond more deeply with your baby.

How to have a Baby - and still live in the real World

This book is medically exact and refreshingly honest, this definitive guide lets you in on:- Clues to conception and what to do when you get there. What's happening to your baby throughout the pregnancy. How to survive and satisfy your cravings and mood swings. Detailed descriptions of what to expect during your doctor's visits and labour. Information on how to continue your normal activities, including sex and exercise.

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