My Body My Baby, Official Edition

Healthy women will produce healthy babies, and there will be celebration of birth globally," states Chain-Kalinowski. "It is not only women who need to regain faith in childbirth, but our medical profession, needs to do just that. She believes that women who take care of themselves will need less intervention and we will see more homebirths and celebrated births as our children become confident in the gift that was bestowed upon us, the ability to birth naturally. Women are in fact the...
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Healthy women will produce healthy babies, and there will be celebration of birth globally," states Chain-Kalinowski. "It is not only women who need to regain faith in childbirth, but our medical profession, needs to do just that. She believes that women who take care of themselves will need less intervention and we will see more homebirths and celebrated births as our children become confident in the gift that was bestowed upon us, the ability to birth naturally. Women are in fact the driving force of maternity services and they need to reclaim birthing.The book starts with Chain-Kalinowski's grandmother's home birth in the village. Then it takes readers on a journey across three continents: Europe, the Middle East and New Zealand. It offers a vicarious experience of the realities of maternity care by case scenarios. Readers will witness the celebrations, where women have taken charge of their health, as well as the pitfalls when they have not. It highlights global concerns about the caesarian section epidemic, and the cause of Face of Birth and Freedom for Birth campaigns.Come on a journey with world-renowned lecturer, author, midwife, and nurse Irene as she presents to us a comprehensive book on everything you need to know about holistic childbirth.