Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way

The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised in 2017 for the twenty-first century, with updated information and attractivenew illustrations and photos throughout. For women birthing vaginally,90% of Bradley births are drug-free!

The Bradley Method®, used and praised by women for almost seventy years, prepares you fordrug and surgery-free childbirth and puts you in control by providingthe tools to navigate evidence-based care. Certified childbirth educator Susan McCutcheon, one of Dr. Bradley's first students, now makes thisnatural approach to childbirth more accessible than ever. You willlearn:

· Exercises and nutrition to get your body ready for birthing
· To defuse fear by understanding all aspects of laboring
· How to involve your partner as a birth coach and a fully engaged participant
· What's driving the induction epidemic and how to avoid an unnecessary induction
· What's driving the cesarean surgery epidemic and how to reduce your risk
· How to get the information you need to make informed decisions about your birth

"The Bradley Method's simple objective, through relaxation, breathing,and visualization, is a birth free of the interventions frequentlyoffered to women in the different stages of childbirth: fetal monitors,drug-induced labor, anesthesia, episiotomy, and Caesarean section. (Its) other defining feature, the husband's active participation in thedelivery, is critical to this overall goal of an intervention-freebirth."--Mothering

"Instead of distracting yourselffrom the birth process... you are fully mindful and wholly engaged duringBradley's method of natural childbirth."--Natural Life

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