Birth Stories: Mystery, Power, and Creation

Author:   Jane Dwinell
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780897893046


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   30 July 1992
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jane Dwinell
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.255kg
ISBN:  

9780897893046


ISBN 10:   0897893042
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   30 July 1992
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Women, Birth, and Power Kitty: Ruptured Membranes Cindy: An ""Accidental"" Natural Birth Susan: Birth/Death Shelley: A Three Generation Birth Joanne: A Planned Cesarean Birth Laura: Infection, Induction, and Intensive Care Karen: A Five-Day Labor Hannah: Joyful Home Birth Mary: Childbirth and Violence Against Women Emily: Premature Labor and Birth Kim: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Ariel: Pain or Pleasure? Maria, Sandy, and Teresa: Twins! Elaine and Janet: Meconium Aspiration and Shoulder Dystocia Rebecca: Teen Mom Linda: Birth Among Family and Friends Anna: Postpartum Hemorrhage Penny: Holding Back Sally: A Woman-Chosen Pitocin Induction Lynn: Gestational Diabetic Tammy: Stuck at Eight Afterword"

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Birth Stories is opening a new era in childbirth education: Each birth story is the occasion for sensible comments by an experienced midwife. One cannot imagine a more attractive and effective way to satisfy the curiosity of pregnant women. -Michel Odent Author of The Nature of Birth and Breastfeeding Dwinell is a rare and precious soul who trained, worked, and taught in American maternity units--and yet managed to maintain sensitivity, insight and awareness into the true nature of pregnancy and childbirth . . . a conscious work of vision, empowerment, and hope. -Nancy Wainer Cohen Author of Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and VBAC in the 90s ?Birth Stories compels medical professionals to retouch the miracle, the basic essence of birth that is not taught from the medical model of childbirth. Birth Stories empowers the expectant woman to believe in herself and in her ability to give birth. Labor support people can also benefit from this book. Coaching tips are interspersed throughout the stories and the discussions that follow.?-Nursingworld Journal ?It will be of interest to women who are planning to have children or are already pregnant, of course, but Jane also suggests that it would interest teenagers who are thinking of becoming nurses or midwives.?-Growing Without Schooling It will be of interest to women who are planning to have children or are already pregnant, of course, but Jane also suggests that it would interest teenagers who are thinking of becoming nurses or midwives. -Growing Without Schooling Birth Stories compels medical professionals to retouch the miracle, the basic essence of birth that is not taught from the medical model of childbirth. Birth Stories empowers the expectant woman to believe in herself and in her ability to give birth. Labor support people can also benefit from this book. Coaching tips are interspersed throughout the stories and the discussions that follow. -Nursingworld Journal


Dwinell is a rare and precious soul who trained, worked, and taught in American maternity units--and yet managed to maintain sensitivity, insight and awareness into the true nature of pregnancy and childbirth . . . a conscious work of vision, empowerment, and hope. -Nancy Wainer Cohen Author of Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and VBAC in the 90s


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JANE DWINELL, R.N., a registered nurse for the past 15 years, has attended over 1500 labors and 1000 births at home, in the hospital, and at a birthing center. She has been published widely in prominent periodicals concerned with women's issues, health care and country living skills.

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