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Holistic Pregnancy and Childbirth

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I order this book right after I bought another holistic pregnancy book "The Natural Pregnancy Book" by Aviva Jill Romm (I strongly recommend this book for anyone who is seriously intersted in natural and holistic pregnancy). Unlike Romm's "natural" approach to the pregnancy, this book seems a little too preachy and less "holistic" and "natural" than I expected. It has too much of the "official outlines" from the traditional medical practices and rather than encouraging and celebrating prengancy, they overemphasize on the threat of miscarriage and do not provide enough information for preventing it. It gives a general overview of holistic treatment and what goes on during pregnancy, so I think this is an okay book for those who just heard of "holistic treatment" but don't know what they really are. I was dissapointed overall and I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who is looking into a good natural/holistic pregnancy book.

When I found this title at my local bookstore, I was excited by the concept of it, but I didn't have to flip through it for long before I was taken aback by the negative tone and lack of trust in the process of pregnancy and childbirth. (Much like the overrated "What to Expect..." series, unfortunately!)
I found a number of sections that felt, to me, like slight, strange misrepresentations of the facts and norms, and
Then I stumbled upon an entire paragraph that had no place in any book written by people with any interest in truth or accuracy: In their description of norms in the 3rd stage of labor(delivery of placenta), in the home setting, they write that your homebirth midwife will reach up into your uterus to "remove any remaining placental tissue."
This is not true. In fact, it is a horrifying idea.
I sincerely hope that they will correct this frightening, misleading, erroneous section in any later editions of the book.

This is a wonderful book, it has an overview of tons of holistic treatments and how they affect pregnancy, a month by month guide with holistic treatments to aide that months ailments. It has diet and excercise tips galore, what to expect at the dr visits and during delivery. It even has little sidebars for fathers each chapter. It is well written and has *english* translations for alot of the medical terms. I love this book! Great for the women who prefer natural treatments, and dont want to keep calling thier doctor about whats okay to take for a headache!