This book explores the history of birth practices and presents the benefits and problems of childbirth techniques during the past 100 years. Presentation of the physiology of birth, birth as a sexual event, importance of the father being face to face during birth. Shows birth as much more than just a medical event and the importance of giving birth consciously and joyfully, why people give birth at home and the benefits and safety of intimate husband/wife homebirth. 
Discusses the husband and wife "dyad," mother/infant bonding, attachment parenting, why the hospital environment isn't the best place for birth, and why husbands need a more central role during birth. Section on how to create peace and harmony in marriage and practical advice on breastfeeding and general pro-family/mothering encouragement. Provides how-to tips and helps alleviate fears and anxieties about birthing without medical professionals. Several birth stories by couples who purposely choose to birth at home alone. 
Main thesis of the book: that birth is a normal, womanly, physiological function and that women are not biologically incompetent. Since birth is uncomplicated, there need not be third parties interfering in what should be a private event among lovers. 
"What has robbed sex of its dynamism? It is man's failure to realize that childbirth is as much a part of the marital encounter as is coitus. Because of his ignorance, man has created a corporeal communication gap which prevents married couples from attaining the level of development that is their due." (p. 104)

Birth and the Dialogue of Love

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Moran, Marilyn A.

Women's Health

Terra Pub.

Collection of fifty stories about unassisted homebirth  (birth without a doctor or midwife).  Couples explain why they chose  to birth this way, how they prepared for birth, and shared their  joyous birth experiences.  Stories include previous C-sections,  including one woman who had a C-section in 1946 and had subsequent  do-it-yourself births.  Parents describe the liberating feelings  during labor and birth: no hospital staff telling them what position  to give birth in or what to eat or drink.  Families share their  previous birth failures, frustrations and fears.    Some women who were studying to become midwives chose a do-it-yourself  birth.  They discussed their dilemma and feelings of hypocrisy - on  the one hand, they wanted to help other couples by participating in  their births, but by being a midwife, they knew they were intruding on  a couples' private space.  They wondered how they could (or if they  should) encourage couples to bypass the desire for a midwife.    Couples describe the medical and social opposition they often receive,  how they increased their confidence to the final point of triumph - a  level that medical birthers seldom describe. Twenty-three photos from  North American couples show the reader the diversity of people who  choose unassisted birth.

Happy Birth Days: Personal Accounts of Birth at Home, the Intimate Husband-Wife Way

Pleasurable Husband/Wife Childbirth: The Real Consummation of Married Love describes how birth is a sexual event and how it can be pleasurable when husband and wife birth alone rather than under medical circumstances. Moran cites plenty of examples of truth/facts that are not revealed to patients who submit to the medical childbirth system. She presents research that reveals that couples who give birth intimately return to a satisfying sex life sooner and with more frequency. They often experience less fatigue and a lower incidence of postpartum depression. On the wedding day, a couple promises to turn to each other exclusively for sexual relations which includes birth in Moran's opinion, since birth is a sexual expression. Conception and birth are not mere technical feats, but holy acts and birth is presented as simple, safer and superior to hospital birth. Obstetricians and midwives detract from the marital union that can be solidified during birth. This book shows why "surrogates" should not be attending normal birth.

Pleasureable Husband/Wife Childbirth: The Real Consummation of Married Love

Marilyn A. Moran

This book is a presentation of unassisted homebirth (childbirth without an obstetrician or midwife) as it relates to psychological growth and development of the couple, the woman and the man. It addresses why people choose to give birth unassisted, why couples should consider unassisted homebirth and why so many are against unassisted homebirth. It shows how planned unassisted birth is safer than in the hospital and almost always joyful. The book provides a comparison of traditional hospital birth to unassisted homebirth, how couples are brought closer together because of unassisted birth and the profound impact this type of birthing has on fathers. Unassisted Homebirth: An Act of Love combines research, theory and personal experience. It has several unassisted birth stories after 1990 including: babies born at 36 and 43 weeks gestation, waterbirth, Rh- mother, breech twins, unassisted birth after cesarean (U-BAC), first baby a Do-it-Yourself birth, fourth generation baby born in the same house. The Stories include situations with baby born in amniotic sac, with meconium, and with the cord wrapped tightly around baby s neck. Babies were born to parents ranging from age 21 to 44. It includes chapters on preparing for an unassisted homebirth, self-actualization, how childbirth is a feminist issue, major deterrents to unassisted homebirth, unassisted birth gone awry (death and disillusion), how to recover/heal from a traumatic birth, home-based living (homebirth, homeschool, working from home), midwives role in the birth process, advocacy. It presents new ideas such as The Birth Pyramid and the power of silence at birth. Although this book presents unassisted birth as a safe and joyous way to give birth, any pregnant couple, whether they are considering an unassisted homebirth or not, would benefit from the comprehensive childbirth information as a way to improve confidence, knowledge and comfort for a more satisfying birth.

Unassisted Homebirth: An Act of Love

Griesemer, Lynn M.

Parenting & Relationships

Poisonous Plants are the number 1 cause of poisoning of children less than 5 years old. Surprised? The Index Medicus was used to collect all of the articles concerning plant poisoning in humans in the medical literature for a decade [1967-1977]. The result was a total of 95 plants that had caused human poisoning severe enough to justify published articles in the medical literature. This book was written to specifically address that problem. All of these plants are discussed in this book. Color pictures, most of which were made at the Smithsonian, common and scientific names and discussions of each plant are included. Signs and symptoms, as well as the treatment recommended in the medical articles. Easy to read and interesting.

Poisonous Plants

Science & Math

Arnold, Robert E.

Biological Sciences

Florist Marcel Wolterinck uses flowers and other flora as canvas and sculptural material in a breathtakingly creative fashion that very much rivals artists working in more ''traditional'' media. This volume presents an amazing project by Wolterinck, in which the artist transformed the official residence of the Dutch ambassador in Washington D.C., arranging the 43 varieties of tulips there into magnificent floral creations, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the cultivation of the tulip. Wolterinck's pieces coexisted in exquisite harmony with the neoclassical architecture and stately ambiance of the residence. "Wolterinck" documents this project in sumptuous full-color reproductions, examining both the flowers and their surroundings from various perspectives and levels. A tribute to the four-century Dutch tradition of artistry in gardens and flower arrangements, the artistic vision of Wolterinck, and to the incomparable beauty of the tulip itself, "Wolterinck" is a truly gorgeous book. Hardcover, 215 pages, 13 x 13 inches, 184 color illustrations.

Wolterinck

Arts & Photography

Roelofs, Cees

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Florist Marcel Wolterinck's search for the essence of color is presented in 150 striking photographs of unique floral arrangements. Each season finds its voice: winter in the stark brown of slender willow branches set in a bronze vase; spring in a bouquet of pale yellow roses brimming from a white marble urn; summer in a stunning archway made from fiery red glory lilies; and autumn in a cloud of russet berries. Hardcover, 165 pages, 10 x 10 inches, 151 color illustrations.

Wolterinck: Colour

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