Childbirth without fear: The original approach to natural childbirth [Hardcover]

Grantly Dick-Read (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1984

A complete guide to natural childbirth explains how to treat labor and birth as exciting, emotionally satisfying experiences, emphasizing the importance of relaxation, bonding with the newborn, nutrition, and other topics. Reprint.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 353 pages
• Publisher: Harper & Row; 5th edition (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060152214
• ISBN-13: 978-0060152215
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,350,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars childbirth without fear/wonderful experience!, February 9, 2000

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mickie t (Gaylord ,Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Childbirth without fear: The original approach to natural childbirth (Hardcover)

I read this book over 25 yrs ago,living in a small northern Michigan town there were no "prepaired childbirth" classes This was the best information avaible! I had no pain and no fear It was truly a wonderful experience. Even my husband didn't think I was in labor because I didn't act like the women in the movies! My daughters will soon be needing this book and alas I lent my copy to someone and never got it back I hope they will reprint this book and make it avaible to all women so they too may have a wonderfull delivery without drugs!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the most helpful book you'll ever read, October 3, 1999

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Cindy S. Symington (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Childbirth without fear: The original approach to natural childbirth (Hardcover)

It's a shame this book is out of print because it is by far the best book on painless childbirth ever written. A recent segment on a news program talked of a doctor who has had similar success with hypnosis, but it's nothing new. Grantly Dick-Read should get the credit. If you're pregnant and you want an easy, painless childbirth, READ THIS BOOK.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have., November 14, 2001

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barbara fitzgerald (Maineville, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Childbirth Without Fear: The Original Approach to Natural Childbirth (Mass Market Paperback)

What a shame this book is not available to all the young mothers-to-be. As a very young, new, about to be mother in 1955, I read this book and managed to go through my labor without any medication. I entered the hospital at 9AM, and delivered my first son six hours later. This book was absolutely the reason that I understood what was happening, and following the directions it suggested, was able to work with my body to make the experience an empowering one. Perhaps someone will be able to see that it is accessible to pregnant woman again.