| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-355) and index. |
| Contents |
On being born. Twenty babies : an unexpectedly quick introduction to vaginal birth ; The first five minutes ; An alternate route : Cesarean birth -- Pain and politics. B.E. (before epidurals) ; Nowadays : an "epidural monoculture"? -- Significant others. Daddies ; The gang's all here : a history of birth attendance -- Looking at babies. Inside looking out : the five senses at birth ; "The newborn worth rearing" : infant resuscitation, from Aristotle to Apgar ; Infant origami : a guided tour of the newborn body. |
| Summary |
An engaging study of the entire childbirth experience draws on the latest medical advances and research into human birth to examine all of the factors that converge to produce a child and to trace the history of birthing methods, neonatal care and resuscitation, the use of painkillers, and more. |
| Subject |
Childbirth -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
9780345502865 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0345502868 hardcover alkaline paper |
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