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| Birth Your Way | 
 enlarge | Author: Sheila Kitzinger
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
Buy New: £24.99
New (2) Used (4) from £7.20
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 248963
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0751307882
Dewey Decimal Number: 618
EAN: 9780751307887
Publication Date: February 28, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Incredibly helpful and supportive book April 28, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm pregnant with my first baby, and as soon as I started thinking about the birth I had a niggle that was telling me I'd prefer to give birth at home. As it was my first baby though, I thought I was perhaps being unrealistic. Someone recommended this book to me and I read it cover to cover - then went straight to my next midwife appointment and booked my home birth. Since booking the home birth my husband expressed a few concerns about having the baby away from hospital but I was able to point him to the relevant sections of this book to reassure him that a home birth was no more risky than a hospital birth in a low risk pregnancy like mine.
I feel completely confident with my decision now and hope that things stay complication free so that I can have my home birth as planned.
 Lacks up to date evidence January 29, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Despite having been "revised" this appear to be related to updating a few phone numbers and superficial revisions. The book is a pleasant and intriguing read but borders on fanatical at times and inflammatory about hospitals/medics. I am enthusiastic about home birth but was particularly aggravated that the cited research was so dated. Much research is about 20 years old and therefore risks being misleading. Needs a much more substantial revision.
A wondeful book August 10, 2003
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I suffered PTSD after having my first child in hospital. I was so damaged by the experience that I decided to have any more children. But unexpectedly I fell pregnant 6 years later, I was terrified. I was so relived when I read this book, there were other women who had been through the same thing! It gave me confidence and although nervous I decided to have a home birth with the aid of a midwife. It was fantastic, my daughter was born on the sofa with no trouble!! I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone who has experienced trauma in a hospital birth and are looking for an alternative for the next one. Inspirational and informative, a must read!!
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