Description |
xix, 311 pages ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-298) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: A new philosophy, a new approach -- How to read this book: A guide for those who like to skip around -- One: Choosing the best birth environment for you -- Two: Your labor pain-how painful is it? Really -- Three: Your very normal, very common fears of childbirth -- Four: Full-throttle pain relief: Techniques that can eliminate your labor pain -- Five: Easing the pain: Medications to relieve (but not eliminate) your pain -- Six: Complementary and alternative appraoches to labor-pain relief -- Seven: Pain relief for a cesarean delivery -- Eight: Want to avoid painful suffering? So did they -- Nine: Don't let this happen to you -- Ten: Birth stories from the other side of the stirrups! -- Eleven: How your caregiver's attitudes can impact your chilbirth experience. |
Subject |
Pregnancy.
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Childbirth.
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Analgesia.
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Added Author |
Alexander, Kathryn (Kathhryn J.)
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ISBN |
0345476638 |
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