Gentle Birth Method

[kej]

Hi there,
I'm a long way off before I have to start thinking about pushing etc, but am considering buying a book called 'Gentle Birth Method', by Dr Gowri Motha and Karen Swan MacLeod.
I've read about it in 'Your Pregnancy' magazine, and just wondering if anyone's read it??
Would you recommend it?
Thanks! Just looking for somewhere to start!

[dragonflyblu]

havent read it, but I think any natural birthing books are good. Every book i have read I have gotten something out of.

[littlepickle]

Hi,

I have read the book, it is really good, but hard to follow perhaps if you are not in the UK. I found that a lot of the contact and supplier information along with the recommended practitioners are UK based and therefore yu have to find your own way with a lot of things. Also the whole thing is based on Ayurvedic (sp) medicine so you are instructed to take quite a few natural supplements along with Reiki and that sort of thing. I found that the basic principles are very good and useful but found the diets hard to follow (not allowed sugar, juice, chocolate or any convenience food really) If you have good dicipline then this may be the book for you, but if you want a more relaxed aproach to gentle birth, then there are plenty of other books that guide you through a gentle and natural birth.

Good luck with your pregnancy, I hope this has helped a bit

[Oscar's mum]

There is a website about the Gentle Birth Method too if you are interested.

[kej]

Thanks for your help guys! Any other books you'd recommend?

[becca74]

feeding bubs at keyboard, typing 1 handed :laughing:

birthing from within, pam england
ina may's guide to childbirth, ina may gaskin
childbirth without fear, grantley d ick-read
gentle birth, gentle mothering, Sarah buckley
anything by Michel Odent, sheila kitzinger, pam england, henci goer etc......