Homebirth in the Hospital
Integrating Natural Childbirth With Modern Medicine
Sentient Publications · Print & ebook · February 16, 2009
The personalized and empowering experience of a home birth can also occur in a hospital setting.
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- Who it’s for
- Fifteen hospital-birth testimonies meet a practical framework for bringing choice and confidence into the experience.
- Themes
- Natural childbirth in a hospital, Choice and control in childbirth, Reducing fear around birth
- Genres
- Health & Wellness, Women's Health, Motherhood
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The personalized and empowering experience of a home birth can also occur in a hospital setting. This book presents fifteen powerful testimonies about this kind of emotionally satisfying birth. The stories show that expectant mothers can minimize fear and put technology where it belongs.Dr. Kerr focuses on the Five C's: Choice, Communication, Continuity, Confidence, and Control of protocols.
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Prospective parents will learn what questions to ask when searching for a provider and how to make their hospital birth the fulfilling experience they desire.
Birth, On Your Terms
Fifteen hospital-birth testimonies meet a practical framework for bringing choice and confidence into the experience.
Come here for
- Personal stories of emotionally satisfying hospital births
- A lens on choice, communication, continuity, confidence, and control
Expect
- Guidance on questions to ask when choosing a provider
- A case for putting medical technology in its place
Where it sits
| Health & Wellness | 97% |
|---|---|
| Motherhood | 46% |
| Women's Health | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Health & Wellness
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Maternity & Women's Health Nursing
- Authors
- StaceyMarie Kerr
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications
- Published
- February 16, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Natural childbirth in a hospital · Choice and control in childbirth · Reducing fear around birth
- Reading lane
- Health & Wellness