Penguin.com (usa)

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth

Henci Goer - Author

ePub eBook | $13.99 | add to cart | view cart
ISBN 9781440674303 | 384 pages | 01 Aug 1999 | Perigee | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
Additional Formats:
Summary of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth Summary of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth Reviews for The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth An Excerpt from The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
As an intelligent woman, you are probably used to learning as much as you can before making major decisions. But when it comes to one of the most important decisions of your life--how you will give birth—it is hard to gather accurate, unbiased information. Surprisingly, much of the research does not support common medical opinion and practice.

Birth activist Henci Goer gives clear, concise information based on the latest medical studies. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth helps you compare and contrast your various options and shows you how to avoid unnecessary procedures, drugs, restrictions, and tests. The book covers:

  • Cesareans
  • Breech babies
  • Inducing labor
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring
  • Rupturing Membranes
  • Coping with slow labor
  • Pain medication
  • Epistiotomy
  • Vaginal birth after a Ceasarean
  • Doulas
  • Deciding on a doctor or midwife
  • Choosing where to have your baby
  • and much more . . .

To keep up-to-date, input your email address, and we will contact you on publication

Please alert me via email when:


The author releases another book


   

All There Is
$24.95 | buy now

All There Is

Dave Isay

StoryCorps founder and New York Times bestselling author Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project.
See the author on tour »

Rules of Civility
$26.95 | buy now

Rules of Civility

Amor Towles

Set in New York City in 1938, this is a sophisticated and entertaining debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. Read an excerpt. Listen to a podcast.