List Price: £15.99 Price: £11.49 You save: £4.50 (28%)
Media: Paperback Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
some good tips but approach with caution I bought this book looking for advice on how to make the birth of my first child as healthy and an empowering experience as possible.I planned to have a home water birth. I did not follow the diet advice too closley as I found it far too restrictive however I did follow all the exercise, reflexology and hypnotherapy suggestions. This is where I give warning. I listened to the birth rehersal cd every day for 6 months which is designed to condition your mind into enabling the body to have the gentle birth you... more info
Great book, great tips Great book.
I wish I had it in my other pregnancies.
Great tips like avoiding wheat for easier delivery.
Some good advice, beware if you have a posterior baby! I have bought this book (after some careful thought) at about 25 wks. I was already eating sensibly and planning reflexology, perineal massage etc.
I had a posterior birth before and my labour was long and traumatising (despite people telling me "how neat" I looked!). I definetely did not want the same experience this time. One day, out of curiosity, as I suspected I might be carrying the baby the same way (again I carried a neat bump),I searched on how to avoid a posterior birth and found out that it... more info
Completely amazing experience Hi Im 30 weeks pregnant and have been following this book since 6 weeks. Yes the book would benefit from an index but other than that i find the information clear and concise with relevant evidence supporting each recomendation. Im the only one of my pregnant friends that has followed this book (despite me asking them to at least read about it) and so far so good, Ive had no ailments, no stretch marks no swollen joints. my baby is currently measuring perfectly on the fundal height chart. I am... more info
