A relaxation and hypnotherapy CD that helps you: overcome the challenge of childbirth; trust your body's natural instinctive ability to birth your baby; encourage you to remain positive, calm and empowered; manage and reduce pain; minimise tension and anxieties related to childbirth; and teach breathing exercises.

Childbirth guru Gowri Motha shows how her revolutionary method helps carry the baby to full term, as well as explaining how to have less intervention in the birth, how to feel less pain and stay happy and in control.

Drawing out what is known about the effectiveness of care in normal labour and birth, this guide explores the research and evidence. It highlights where the evidence is compelling and discusses its application where women question its relevance to them and where the practitioner's expertise leads them to challenge it.

Until recently a woman could not have had a baby without releasing a complex cocktail of 'love hormones'. Most women give birth without relying on the release of such a flow of hormones. Some give birth via caesarean section, while others use drugs. Humanity, the author argues stands at crossroads in the history of childbirth.

Concentrates specifically on research into midwifery and related disciplines. This book is designed to equip midwives and midwifery students with the necessary tools to navigate the maze of evidence-informed practice and the very different kinds of research that are published in midwifery, medical and related journals.

One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. This book explores the anxiety experienced by these women. It also examines the suffering after childbirth, and is useful for student and practicing midwives, health professionals, and women and their families who want to learn how to overcome a traumatic birth.

Suitable for women who are planning to have a caesarean birth, this self-hypnosis and relaxation CD aims to reduce anxieties and worries regarding caesarean birth. It also helps you to feel calm, relaxed and excited about caesarean birth.

Home births are a popular choice for expectant mothers. This work explores the opinions of expectant mothers and professionals in a way that student and practicing midwives can identify with.

Bereavement is a difficult issue for midwives to manage and families suffer when the care they receive is inadequate or inappropriate. Adopting a research-based approach, this book aids midwives in providing effective care and support to those who experience loss. It covers perinatal and neonatal loss; termination for foetal abnormality; and more.

Covering various aspects of waterbirth, this work looks at how waterbirth practices differ around the world. It includes topics such as: Why a waterbirth?; the physiology of waterbirth; Waterbirth and the family; Technology and childbirth; Waterbirth and the mid-wife; Waterbirth and the obstetician; Waterbirth internationally; and more.

This text examines the use of hydrotherapy in line with current evidence-based practice, and explores the practical issues of setting up a water birthing facility both at home and in a hospital environment.

There has been an extensive reappraisal of the physiologic changes of pregnancy and their associated disorders, along with a refinement of diagnostic procedures and evaluation of the therapeutic approaches that are of primary concern to the physician. This title provides insight on identification and treatment of predisposing risk factors.

Drawing out what is known about the effectiveness of care in normal labour and birth, this guide explores the research and evidence. It highlights where the evidence is compelling and discusses its application where women question its relevance to them and where the practitioner's expertise leads them to challenge it.

Offers a discussion of community and public health care in relation to midwifery practice, using real life scenarios.

A fascinating study of how birthing methods have evolved and how key practices have returned.