Book: Birth without violence?

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I came across this Leboyer book in the Osan library of all places. I

didn't have time to check it out, but it looked wonderful. Is this the

same Leboyer that Ina May references?

 

Any book reviews?

 

Thanks,

 

JenB

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Jen -

 

I haven't read this one. I will ask my peers about it though.

 

How are you feeling/doing? Please e-mail me offlist at dbernucca if

you'd like so we don't clog the list.

 

Dale

 

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I came across this Leboyer book in the Osan library of all places. I

didn't have time to check it out, but it looked wonderful. Is this the

same Leboyer that Ina May references?

 

Any book reviews?

 

Thanks,

 

JenB

 

 

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JenB,

 

I was happy to see your post (that you're expecting) a while back.

Congratulations!

 

I read Birth Without Violence a LONG time ago (1979). For me, it was a

wonderful, nearly revolutionary, new way to see birth and babies.

Midway through my first pregnancy, it shifted my interest and focus

from myself, my body, my impending labor, etc. to what the experience

of birth could be for my baby and to what I could do for him. I think

his ideas are more accepted today & I suspect this is the book

referenced by Ina May because I read a book of hers (Spiritual

Midwifery) before another one of my babies and her thinking was even

more considerate of babies and mothers.

 

I'd like to recommend a few other books.

 

Your Amazing Newborn by Marshall H. Klaus, MD & Phyllis H. Klaus came

along long after my babies but it just knocks my socks off! It has many

wonderful pictures of babies who are only hours or days old. The focus

of the book is the really amazing capabilities, sensitivities, and

needs of newborns. I strongly recommend this book be read BEFORE your

baby is born so that you can accommodate his/her as much as you choose

or are permitted. I like this book a lot & when I worked in a

bookstore, I sold many of these.

 

A Child is Born by LENNART NILSSON should be at the library -

Otherwise, it's probably expensive because it's loaded with color

photos. It's pretty old, as well. It has a lot of photos of developing

fetuses, taken in utero, & I liked checking the progress of the babies

as my pregnancies progressed.

 

Special Delivery by Rahima Baldwin is another older book. I read this

book more that 15 years ago but I remember that she had a great tip in

there for a way to hold combs that worked some sort of acupressure

magic & made late stage contractions feel less overwhelming. I tried it

and it worked beautifully for me. Anyone else here try that? The book

was actually aimed at planning a home birth & I think I remember you

saying you would need to use the hospital there, but I just remember

liking her perspective - that I could do this, I was designed to do

this, I could adjust to this, that I could WELCOME contractions instead

of fear them because they were making the best thing in the world

happen for me. Somehow, this book just spoke to me - maybe you can get

a look at it & see what you think. All these years later, I remember

this book.

 

Finally, after many days & nights of trial and error, my husband and I

both became pretty good at helping babies stop crying and we're still

proud and grateful for that skill. I saw a pediatrician on TV (Oprah?)

demonstrating his secrets for comforting/quieting a crying newborn. I

haven't seen his video but on TV, this guy demonstrated a few of our

very same maneuvers (tilting, shushing, soft wiggle) plus some others

that we'd never even tried. Maybe someone else here has seen his DVD

and could comment to you about it. It was called " The Happiest Baby on

the Block, " I think. Knowing how to do this makes the first 6 weeks A

LOT more enjoyable. Anybody here know anything about this?

 

Anyway, I hope other people post reviews for you.

 

best wishes for you,

Gail Rice

 

>>>I came across this Leboyer book in the Osan library of all places.  I

didn't have time to check it out, but it looked wonderful. Is this the

same Leboyer that Ina May references?

 

Any book reviews?

 

Thanks,

 

JenB<<<

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I came across this Leboyer book in the Osan library of all places.  I

didn't have time to check it out, but it looked wonderful. Is this the

same Leboyer that Ina May references?

 

Any book reviews?