Thorsons The Gentle Birth Method, Self-Improvement & Colouring, Paperback, Dr. Gowri Motha and Karen Swan MacLeod
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Description: Childbirth guru Dr Gowri Motha, who practises with Dr Yehudi Gordon - author of Birth and Beyond - shows women how her revolutionary method helps women carry the baby to full term, have less intervention in the birth; feel less pain in labour, and feel happy and in control. Thorsons The Gentle Birth Method, Self-Improvement & Colouring, Paperback, Dr. Gowri Motha and Karen Swan MacLeod - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Harper Collins
Product ID: 9780007176847
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Dimensions: 159x216mm
Keywords: pregnancy,labour,delivery,diet,massage,relaxation,obstetric,natural birth,exercise
ISBN: 9780007176847
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Author: Mrs C E
Rating: 5
Review: I came across this book when I was 8 weeks pregnant with my second child. I was not happy with how things went the first time around and even though I had a fairly pleasant pregnancy (even though I put on a massive 26kg!) my labor was long, painful and with the help of the epidural which I decided to go for in the end resulting in slight complications. I did not want that the second time around, so when I found out I was pregnant I started researching for alternative ways to help me. This book was a god sent. A very good read with so much good advise which I did not fallow as a bible but more as a guidance. I did my best regarding the diet advice (about 70% of the time). Couldn't afford to take all the alternative sessions of reflexology, supplements and so on. Only had one massage during my pregnancy during my 2nd trimester. However I did exercise on a very regular basis (mainly pregnancy exercise DvDs and Pilates for pregnancy) which I really think made a huge difference. While other mothers were feeling big, uncomfortable and awkward (I had two THREE other friends who were pregnant with me at the same time!:)I was feeling able to run around my 2 year until the end and people kept mentioning to me how well I looked and how they wished they looked like me if they were pregnant :) I only put on 12kg compared to 26kg this time as well! A very important part was also the fact that I listened to the Hypnosis Cd in preparation for the birth religiously every night for the whole duration of the last trimester. I really believe that this is what prepared my mind for the labor. I was much more prepared this time thanks to that. Labor is painful -there is no running away from that. But you can definitively prepare your body and mind for this amazing experience. I ended up having a water birth with no pain relief but a couple of tablets of paracetamols which I took at home! Yes there was pain, yes there were moments I did not know if I can do it, but thanks to the CD I was constantly reminding myself that I CAN DO THIS and my body is capable of this. I manage to stay calmed and focused and the midwife kept mentioning to me how impressed she was by that. I was dilating quickly and had a healthy and strong baby girl :) I would reccomend this book to anyone who is pregnant!
Author: IndyCurl
Rating: 1
Review: Terrible book with dated advice. Very little evidence for her claims - she says eating fresh mango, grapes and banana are bad! It's fresh fruit for goodness sake! The advice is so prescriptive, so lacking in evidence other than her own (limited) observations, that i think it's a little dangerous. Why should i feel guilty for eating a little cake when i feel like it? And I love mango. I have been down the natural therapy road, and do believe it has its value, diet and exercise are very important in maintaining health, and why not try simpler natural remedies before trying something more clinical? But ancient remedies, including Indian Ayurveda, has limited value, the reality is that infant and maternal mortality was (and still is) very high without modern medicine. And some herbs can be very strong. MOtha advises self-hypnosis for relaxation and massage (all fine), but her dietary advice and herbal remedy advice is questionable. There are better natural birth-prep books out there (Katharine Graves isn't bad). There is just too much hokum in this one,
