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The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised in 2017 for the twenty-first century, with updated information and attractive new illustrations and photos throughout. For women birthing vaginally, 90% of Bradley births are drug-free!

The Bradley Method, used and praised by women for almost seventy years, prepares you for drug and surgery-free childbirth and puts you in control by providing the tools to navigate evidence-based care. Certified childbirth educator Susan McCutcheon, one of Dr. Bradley’s first students, now makes this natural approach to childbirth more accessible than ever. You will learn:

· Exercises and nutrition to get your body ready for birthing
· To defuse fear by understanding all aspects of laboring
· How to involve your partner as a birth coach and a fully engaged participant
· What’s driving the induction epidemic and how to avoid an unnecessary induction
· What’s driving the cesarean surgery epidemic and how to reduce your risk
· How to get the information you need to make informed decisions about your birth

“The Bradley Method’s simple objective, through relaxation, breathing, and visualization, is a birth free of the interventions frequently offered to women in the different stages of childbirth: fetal monitors, drug-induced labor, anesthesia, episiotomy, and Caesarean section. (Its) other defining feature, the husband’s active participation in the delivery, is critical to this overall goal of an intervention-free birth.”—Mothering

“Instead of distracting yourself from the birth process… you are fully mindful and wholly engaged during Bradley’s method of natural childbirth.”—Natural Life

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“Instead of distracting yourself from the birth process… you are fully mindful and wholly engaged during Bradley’s method of natural childbirth.”—Natural Life

“Robert Bradley put power in patients’ hands, reducing the number of Caesarean sections and episiotomies he performed and playing up natural ways of making childbirth less painful.”—Slate

“The Bradley Method’s simple objective, through relaxation, breathing, and visualization, is a birth free of the interventions frequently offered to women in the different stages of childbirth: fetal monitors, drug-induced labor, anesthesia, episiotomy, and Caesarean section. [Its] other defining feature, the husband’s active participation in the delivery, is critical to this overall goal of an intervention-free birth.”—Mothering

"I highly recommend not only the Bradley method, but specifically Susan McCutcheon's book to all my pregnant patients regardless of whether their goal is a natural childbirth. Susan does a great job putting her years of experience and research into a readable evidenced based guide to prepare women and their coaches for pregnancy, labor, and birth. I am grateful for the way this book expanded my knowledge and empowered me and my wife for our births."—Dr. Stephen Yip, D.O.

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Susan McCutcheon is an award-winning science educator and Certified Childbirth Educator, having studied directly under Dr. Robert Bradley in his first teacher training. She has taught thousands of couples the Bradley Method® over 50 years, and is a conference speaker and instructor at teacher training workshops across the U.S. She has served on the Hawaii State Health Plan Development Committee and the Hawaii State Regionalization of Perinatal Care Committee. She is currently teaching the Bradley Method® in Portland, Oregon, and is an active Certified Doula. She’s had three natural births herself, using what she teaches others: the incredibly effective Bradley Method® techniques!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0452276594
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plume Book; Subsequent edition (July 1, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780452276598
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452276598
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.75 x 7 inches

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Susan McCutcheon has been a Bradley teacher for 50 years and has taught thousands of couples getting ready for birth. She is also a Doula and has personally supported hundreds of women in labor. She lives in Portland, Maine.
She is an award winning science educator, named to the Association of Science-Technology Centers' Honor Roll of Teachers, for her "exemplary collaboration with the Bishop Museum, in Hawaii, to significantly improve the quality of science education."
Her degree is in chemistry. She taught physics and chemistry for ten years in Honolulu, and was selected to present a workshop at the National Science Teachers' Association Conference, on her successful strategies for teaching science. Following that, the Editor of Learning Magazine engaged Susan to write an article disseminating her ideas to many more teachers around the country.
The Governor of Hawaii appointed her to serve a two-year term on the Hawaii State Health Plan Development Committee and then an additional term on the Hawaii State Regionalization of Perinatal Care Committee.
She's had three natural births herself, using what she teaches others through her book, Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way, with over 200,000. copies in print.
She is a certified Childbirth Educator having studied directly under Dr. Robert Bradley, in his very first teacher training, and also under Dr. Hungerford at the American Institute of Family Relations. She has been a conference speaker and guest instructor at Bradley teacher training workshops across the U.S. And she loves fly-fishing and kayaking in Oregon and Maine.
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Stacy

Comprehensive read! Gives you confidence.

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2023

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This came highly recommended by women I know who have done home births.

It’s rather comprehensive (and I’m not a big reader) and it’s giving me confidence going into my 2nd trimester.

The only down side is the way it’s printed. It’s a wider book, as opposed to taller - making it trickier to curl up and read it. But not a big deal.

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Karina

AMAZING! This book helped my husband and I have ...

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AMAZING! This book helped my husband and I have a natural drug free childbirth and I have undying gratitude for all the knowledge and information I learned from it before giving birth to my beautiful daughter only a few days ago. It makes you question what we are doing with childbirth in the united states, and opens your eyes to the easiest understanding of how it should be done which is healthier for the mom and baby and overall health of your child for life! I never questioned the hospital system on birth because you just think we have the best healthcare, doctors and knowledge but the truth is no drug has been proven safe for your baby and brings attention to the fact that evidence based science and births show that natural child birth is the way to go for healthier babies for life. I thought the hospital system was always in our best interest and wanted the best healthy way of birth for you and your child, but birth is a big business and when there is a lot of money involved, the best interest and wishes of the parents and babies aren't always in your favor. Weather you decide to do a natural birth or not, I encourage all moms and parents to be to read this book and understand birth is beautiful and should be a wonderful experience and you shouldn't fear giving birth. Before I read this there was a lot of fear of pain and fear of the unknown with birthing. Understanding yourself, having a supporting coach (my husband) and how you tolerate pain and how you let go and relax instead of fighting labor really made the process a somewhat spiritual empowering thing. Not some dreaded painful experiences like portrayed in the movies. Please read this book and question things like epidurals, early cord clamping, and the safety of the drugs they give you while in labor. Proper nutrition, sitting/exercising, the importance of your coach, comfortable birth on your terms and your time are a few things this book discusses that helped me prep for the big day in a big way. I feel like if I did not know about the bradley way of birth, I would have had a negative experience and still be recovering severely and might have made some bad personal choices that are easily avoided and have huge benefits to giving birth natural with no drugs no side effects. I walked in my birthing center (not hospital, bc that cost the same for me) at 9pm and had my daughter at 4am in a birthing tub and walked out with her and I fully alert and ready to be home by 9am. It's amazing what your mind and body can do when you are given the right knowledge. You give up your choice when you don't know you have one. I will recommend this to every friend and family member that is going to have children as I feel it changed my life for the better and made birth contractions tolerable and beautiful not scary and painful. You are excited and welcome the big birthing day not drugged out of your mind and altered so you don't "feel pain" which you will when you can't feel the pushing from the medication/drugs and rip yourself when you fight birth not naturally flow with it. Give yourself credit ladies....WOMEN ARE AMAZING AND OUR BODIES ARE MEANT TO DO IT NATURAL! Love yourself, empower yourself and don't be afraid to question how birth is done today in hospitals. Give yourself some knowledge that lasts forever. If reading this book can increase your happiness in your special birthing experience and give your child a safer head start in life, it's a very easy thing to do. Read it!

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Reading this should be mandatory for every pregnant woman

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2010

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I cannot believe I haven't reviewed this book already. I came here to order it as a gift for another pregnant friend, and could not find my review. I give this to all my pregant friends, co-workers, co-worker's wives, friend's pregnant daughters, etc. I first read this book when preparing to have my son in 1996. We took Bradley classes as well. My son was born after ~12 hours of unmedicated labor, and mostly I was struck at how text book my labor was - if you consider this book the text book. I had all the stages - it was SO incredibly helpful to realize what you were experiencing was typical, normal, the way it is supposed to be! I labored through the night into the early morning. Around 5 AM or so, I really thought I couldn't do it anymore. I was tired, it really hurt, I just wanted it to be over. Guess what? I was in transition - duh!

Anyway, I have since had two more unmedicated births with healthy, alert, thriving daughters to show for it. I credit the Bradley method and mostly knowing what to expect during labor and birth for helping me through it. Let there be no mistake - if you think you want to have an unmedicated birth you CANNOT go into it with a "we'll see what happens" attitude. You may as well just get the anesthesiologist on speed dial now. It really does take preparation and support to get through it without drugs, but it can be done.

But, even if you do already have the c-section scheduled - I still suggest that you read this book. Skim over the chapters advising you to birth naturally - and go right to the chapters on the different types of laboring and the different phases. You will not be sorry. If possible, also have your partner/coach read those sections too. It WILL help you. I promise.

Also, please don't assume that because some of the info in the book is dated that the whole book is not good. The dated material has a point - the point has not changed in that some things that the medical profession does has unintended negative consequences and you should be aware of those consequences. Take that for what it is worth, and read the chapters on labor and birth - that has really not changed at all, except for the fact that they establishment is finally getting it and trying to have less interventions. But, my last delivery was in 2005, and I still had to get hooked up to a monitor for 15m each hour - the most excrutiating 30m of my labor (luckily I gave birth less than 2 hours of arriving at hospital) - so these things are still randomly being practiced with no rhyme or reason for doing them. Things have changed, but not that much. All you have to do is watch one episode of "Deliver Me" to see how they constantly scare women into having interventions and away from nonmedicated births.

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Bek

Amazing book

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023

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If you’re looking to take charge and be your own health care advocate for your birthing experience, read this! We got the audio book as well which was nice. The physical book was helpful for the pictures and referencing later. My husband and I both read it before our baby girl was born. He also enjoyed it

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Must have for conceiving couple

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Very useful for a conceiving couple. Breaks a lot of myths

Nicky R

Best book for expecting mamas and partners

Reviewed in Canada on February 7, 2019

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Best book for anyone looking to learn more about labour and the birth process. Awesome descriptions, exercises, and techniques. I recommend this to everyone

Vicky

Muy recomendable/ A must read

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Un acercamiento natural al parto, diferente de lo que nos han contado hasta ahora con todo tan medicalizado. Me ha ayudado a quitarme miedos y a ir preparada y tranquila.

A really natural way to describe birth, more natural and not so focused in the medical interventions... it helped me getting ready and more calmed. A must read!

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Pros: Very comprehensive, informative (for a second time mother no less), and empowering for women aiming for a natural birth. I found this to be my favourite preparation tool leading up to a homebirth. Cons: I didn't have the benefit of taking an in person or online class (wish it were a possibility) to complete the programme and I found the extraordinarily high level of involvement from the husband to be unrealistic in my experience. I also think the wording could be more sensitive to non traditional couples who have same sex partners or perhaps single mothers with designated "coaches". However all things considered I found this to be an excellent resource for women taking control of their bodies and birth experiences.

Marah Jean

Love this book

Reviewed in Germany on January 10, 2016

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My husband and I love this book. We recommend it to friends who are expecting a baby, too. It is a beautiful thing to have your husband as a very present help and support during labor and childbirth. I think this book helps prepare both the mother and father for labor.

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