Better Birth: The Ultimate Guide to Childbirth from Home Births to Hospitals

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Wiley, Mar 27, 2009 - Health & Fitness - 288 pages

"It is the mind-body connection that will allow parents to fully experience and appreciate the emotional, physical, and spiritual beauty of childbirth. Better Birth will help guide parents through this journey of creation and destination to birth."
—Donna Karan

Pregnancy should be a time of joy and celebration. But if you're not emotionally, physically, intellectually, and spiritually prepared for childbirth, it can also be a time of stress and anxiety. This groundbreaking book takes the fear out of labor and delivery and arms you with the knowledge to have an informed, safe, and peaceful birth.

Better Birth will be the one resource that you can turn to again and again to get all your questions answered and feel empowered during your birthing process. Birthing expert Denise Spatafora shows you how to prepare yourself to have the childbirth you want, whether you choose to deliver your baby in a hospital, birthing center, or at home. She shows you how to tap into your mind-body connection to draw upon natural relaxation methods that promote a childbirth experience that is beautiful and fulfilling, rather than frightening. If you're pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, you and your baby deserve a better birth.

About the author (2009)

Denise Spatafora is the creator of BornClear, a nationally recognized birthing method featured on the Today show that is backed by celebrities and renowned doctors. She is a contributor to many publications and sites, and has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Elle, Women's Wear Daily, the New York Observer, New York magazine, and Allure. Visit her Web site at www.betterbirthbook.com.

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