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Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year: A Guide to Health and Comfort Before and After Your Baby Is Born [Paperback]

Elizabeth Noble (Author)
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0964118319 978-0964118317 September 1, 2003 4 Revised
A book to help women understand the biomechanics of the entire maternity cycle and the rationale for and against certain exercises. Noble shows how to recognize and remedy weakness and dysfunction that often plagues the average, sedentary woman during her childbearing year. As well as chapters explaining role of the key muscles (abdominal and pelvic floor) during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum, there are chapters on the principles of exercise, posture, comfort, bed rest, and Cesarean rehabilitation. Hands-on techniques for relieving some of the common joint discomforts are listed in the appendix and there are summary tear-sheets at the back of the bookfor the prenatal, postpartum and Cesarean recovery programs.

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.. a classic since 1976. Like good wine, it has become enriched with age... improves with each revision. -- BookMarks, International Childbirth Education Association, Minneapolis

An encyclopedia of information so well written...difficult to put down once started...it leaves no question unanswered. -- Family Journal

An encylopedia of information so well written that it is difficult to put it down ...leaves no question unanswered. -- Family Journal, Jan-Feb 1982

Elizabeth Noble is a writer and teacher extraordinaire. -- Jane Frahm, PT, Past-President: Section on Women's Health, American Physical Therapy Association

Essential Exercises undoubtedly presents the role of physical therapy during pregnancy and postpartum in the most complete fashion. -- Raul Art, MD, Author: ACOG Guidelines for Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period, Exercise in Pregnancy, and Pregnancy and Exercise

It has become a classic...like good wine... enriched with age, as Noble improves it with each revision. -- BookMarks, ICEA Bookcenter, Minneapolis

Noble stands out dramatically as one of the few women who have significantly improved the health of childearing women... -- Doris Haire, President; American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health

This book has faithfully served clinicians and lay persons by providing sound, practical information relating to the childbearing period. -- ADVANCE for Physical Therapists

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This classic, in print for 3 decades and regularly revised, has helped more than 200, 000 childbearing women understand the changes that their body undergoes during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum. The design of the book is unique, addressing the various muscles and functions of the body with detailed explanations of the appropriate exercises and their modifications and progressions. Noble has taught prenatal and postpartum exercise to women, and health care providers for 40 years. She is the "grande dame" of body awareness, remedial positions and movements during the childbearing year.

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  • Paperback: 284 pages
  • Publisher: New Life Images; 4 Revised edition (September 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0964118319
  • ISBN-13: 978-0964118317
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Elizabeth Noble was born and raised in Australia, where she completed studies in physiotherapy, philosophy, and anthropology. She was an American Field Service Exchange Student to Tucson, AZ in 1961.

In 1973 after living abroad, she returned to the USA and founded the Section on Women's Health of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Her first book was Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year, now in a revised 4th edition. After its publication she was invited to create a video with MGM of an exercise program she designed for Marie Osmond during her first pregnancy. Two more books resulted: Marie Osmond's Exercises for Mothers-to-Be, and Marie Osmond's Exercises for Mothers and Babies.

She wrote the first book for expectant parents of multiples, now in its 3rd edition, Having Twins--and More. Her interest in psychology led her to write Primal Connections: How our Experiences from Conception to Birth Influence our Emotions, Behavior and Health and Childbirth with Insight. A fierce advocate for the rights of children, she wrote Having Your Baby by Donor Insemination and The Joy of Being a Boy.

Her decades of presenting seminars, and professional membership in National Speakers Association, honed her interest in communication. Her website, ennobler.net provides resources on international communication issues as does her latest book, Winners Speak Globish.

 

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for those who interact/instruct pregnant women!, September 11, 1998
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I am a physical therapist who has used this book as a basis for my "Prenatal exercise and Body Mechanics" Class. I have recommended it to my patients and to other professionals who teach prenatal classes. The author adds a unique perspective by inviting women to "think outside of the box" and take responsibility for their bodies before, during and after their pregnancy. The partner exercises are very well received by my patients (our hospital averages 300 births per month). I am also the mother of 21 month old triplets and I used the book as a personal reference and guide throughout my pregnancy. The book helped me to understand and appreciate just how fortunate we are as women to be able to bear children. The author's detailed description about the pelvic floor and the emphasis on the importance of the exercises is information that should be shared with young women BEFORE their pregnancy. I have been surprised by the number of my patients who have never heard of Kegel exercises or who have no idea they have a pelvic floor! A great book to pass along to all women!
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Information without organization, September 5, 2000
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This book is an unfortunate mix of great information and important exercises combined with organization so poor it is difficult to read. I have found a lot of useful information on keeping my pelvic floor and abdominal muscles in shape, but it has been a real struggle to synthesize this information. The author jumps from prenatal to postnatal exercises within the same chapter, in a way that makes it difficult to figure out a systemtic exercise routine. She redeems herself somewhat with an appendix in the back that lists prenatal and postnatal exercises in order, with a reference to the page number. But it is still difficult to sit down and read this book from cover to cover. I haven't found a better book on exercise before and after childbirth, but I suspect there might be one out there.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great exercises and a good start to holistic prenatal care, October 23, 1998
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Elizabeth's book is a classic in the childbirth field. Her book is the sourcebook for prenatal exercises. I also appreciate the introduction to holistic prenatal care that she provides. Hypnosis is highly effective during pregnancy as studies have shown, Her writing on communication with the unborn baby taps into the most modern research on this topic. Elizabeth Noble has her finger on the pulse of what will be really important in prenatal care for the 21st Century. I recommend this book most highly.

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M,D, Ph.D. Medical Director Center for Complementary Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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