The Secret Life of the Unborn Child: How You Can Prepare Your Baby for a Happy, Healthy Life [Paperback]

Thomas Verny (Author), John Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1982 | ISBN-10: 0440505658 | ISBN-13: 978-0440505655

YOU CAN GIVE YOUR BABY A GREATER CHANCE FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS—MONTHS BEFORE BIRTH!
 
A pioneering physician, Dr. Thomas Verny, gives startling new evidence based on two decades of medical research.
 
Your unborn baby is:
• Capable of learning
• Able to warn you of medical problems you and your doctor may not be aware of
• Able to hear and respond to voices and sounds—including music
• Sensitive to his parents’ feelings about him
• Capable of responding to love
• An active, feeling human being.
 
The ways in which you respond to and care for your unborn child may affect his physical and emotional well-being for the rest of his life. The choices you make today about your child’s birth may make a vital difference for years to come. You can prepare your unborn baby for a happy, healthy life. This remarkable book will show you how!
 
A gift to every loving, caring parent. A book that will change the experience of pregnancy and childbirth forever!

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** 'A startling account of recent work in this field... a very timely, balanced, useful and thoroughly proficient job by authors who are fully professionals in their subject.' R.D Laing --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Dell (July 15, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440505658
• ISBN-13: 978-0440505655
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars packed with interesting facts!, May 6, 2000

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a hopeful mom (Salem, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Secret Life of the Unborn Child: How You Can Prepare Your Baby for a Happy, Healthy Life (Paperback)

I thought this book was great. It gives in depth knowledge of how mom's emotions, anxieties etc. can effect the fetus. Also important are the effects of the father's relationship with the fetus. This is usually lost in research, but this author has many case studies relating the importance of how pregnancy is percieved by all involved is basically how the baby's personality will probably be shaped. Unlike Jungian theroy, (Children do not form personality traits until toddlerhood)the author suggests that the fetus is affected and aware of it's environment from as early as perhaps 4 months gestation. a fascinating book, I highly recommed this to any expecting parent. It is also written in a very easy to read, non text book fashion.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid Experience, April 18, 2004

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This review is from: The Secret Life of the Unborn Child: How You Can Prepare Your Baby for a Happy, Healthy Life (Paperback)

I was fortunate that a dear friend lovingly packaged & sent this, when she learned of my pregnancy. This book had more impact on me, than any other baby-book I read. It influenced & enhanced the experience of my pregnancy & helped to guide my attitude & behavior even through difficult events that occurred during gestation. It is written from the perspective of love & I believe it contributed significantly to the strong bond that I have with my daughter. I still read it occasionally & find it useful in determining my approach to parenting today. I'm so pleased to have read this book.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The unborn child is a real person with thoughts and feelings, February 6, 1999

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[e-mail] (Lawton, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Secret Life of the Unborn Child: How You Can Prepare Your Baby for a Happy, Healthy Life (Paperback)

This was the first book I ever read about the thoughts, feelings, and capabilities of the unborn child. As a childbirth educator, I found the information very valuable in educating my clients about the needs of their unborn babies. It gives us a very clear, vivid picture that those are not just "blobs of tissue" developing in our wombs - they are living, thinking, reacting human beings who have feelings. Hopefully this information will help pregnant women think more carefully about how they take care of themselves during pregnancy and how they can bond with their babies before birth.