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020 $a0897892844 (hc : alk. paper)
020 $a0897892852 (pb : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aRG663$b.N37 1994
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100 1 $aNapierala, Susanna.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93122563
245 10 $aWater birth :$ba midwife's perspective /$cSusanna Napierala.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bBergin & Garvey ;$a[Lanham, Md.] :$bDistributed to the trade by National Book Network,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $a234 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.
505 0 $a1. The Nature of Water -- 2. Birthing Options -- 3. Benefits of Water Births for Mother and Baby -- 4. Prenatal Care and Preparation -- 5. Tanks -- 6. Laboring in Water -- 7. Second Stage: Pushing -- 8. Postpartum -- 9. Birth Stories -- Appendix A: 1982 Final Report to the People of California -- Appendix B: The Blessing Way.
520 $aAs women increasingly seek more humanistic birthing methods than the hospital-based delivery, certified midwife Susanna Napierala suggests that water birth offers mother and infant the ideal circumstances for beginning their lives together. Warm water, explains the author, reduces the hours and stress of labor, offers bodily support and relaxes blood flow, helping to ease the baby's journey. The baby makes its transition to breathing air in a familiar, gentle medium.
520 8 $aAvoiding the didactics of ideology, Napierala infuses her eloquent text with answers to commonly asked questions: How does the baby breathe underwater? What about complications or infections? For whom is water birth a viable choice? How does a couple prepare for it?
520 8 $aWater Birth guides the reader through the details of parental and midwife preparation, labor, and birth, noting danger signals that must be heeded. Here is a wealth of solid information, personal testimony, and instruction for those who make this choice.
650 0 $aUnderwater childbirth.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139613
650 2 $aDelivery, Obstetric$xmethods.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D036861Q000379
650 2 $aLabor, Obstetric.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007743
852 00 $boff,hsl$hRG663$i.N37 1994