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Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way Paperback – July 1, 1996

by Susan McCutcheon (Author), Erick Ingraham (Illustrator), Robin Yoko Burningham (Illustrator),

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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.

About the Author

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!

Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Plume Book; Revised, Subsequent edition (July 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780452276598
ISBN-13: 978-0452276598
ASIN: 0452276594
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.9 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 596 customer reviews
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- #440 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Women's Health > General
- #2833 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine

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Amy and Jacob

Yes! It's a great book!

July 2, 2015

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I loved this book. I read a review during my pregnancy that recommended this along with Husband-Coached Childbirth by Robert A. Bradley. It was a great idea to get both books. The Bradley book was great for my husband and I to read, but I felt like it was mainly there to convince people to have a non-medical birth (which I already wanted). This book offers actual examples and exercises for birth. My favorite part was the various ways that natural birth can start. In the end, I had my natural waterbirth with husband and midwife helping. Reading this book was one of the most important ways I prepared for birth and I highly recommend it to all women :)

Update: I also reviewed this book during my second pregnancy and it helped me rest assured that I could have another natural birth like I wanted. My second baby was born at home in just 3 hours! (I had a waterbirth planned but there was no time for it) I was a little stressed when contractions first started, but with my husband's help, I was able to stay calm. The midwife arrived with one hour left to go, but I could recall helpful illustrations from this book and I was empowered to know exactly what to do for a successful birth!

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Ashley Price

Helpful information for natural birth

June 17, 2018

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I bought this book earlier this year on my Kindle. It's a great read. If you use this book and actually get down faithfully with it, I don't think you would need to do classes. My husband and I were working and oh so busy that we barely had time to do this book. A word of advice though - you can never plan and know what labor will be like. The book was clear about that. I think the book can set you up for failure if you think your labor will be textbook, especially if you've never done it before and dont do natural. You just have to have a realistic expectation for your labor.
We were due May 23 and my water broke the evening of April 19, our son was born the next morning at 35 weeks, a late preterm baby. He was in the NICU and came home a week later. He's a healthy wonderful boy but we didn't expect any of that!

I wanted a natural childbirth and used the methods in this book. The hospital staff respected our wishes. But because our son was premature we had to take extra precautions since the water broke first. the doctor kept pushing pitocin on me, which I didn't get because I knew I was dilating quick enough. I guess he didn't think I was but when he returned an hour later I had gone from 3-10 centimeters and took about 15 minutes to push.
Overall, this book helped us understand labor, medical practices and gave my husband the support and knowledge he needed as well, especially if you want no meds in a hospital setting. My husband enjoyed reading this out loud to me! Looking back, this book was spot on with how the female body works in labor so I do highly recommend it. I just want families out there to be realistic and do what's best for them. The most important thing is safety for them and for baby. I just hope that the book doesn't make them feel completely wary of hospitals. We were pretty insecure about having a hospital birth but since he was premature we actually had an amazing experience with the hospital staff and our son's health was taken care for. When it comes down to it, you can take the knowledge from this book, use it and improvise and just get your baby home! Good luck!

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Mary-Celeste Lewis Ricks

Where it's good, it's good.

March 19, 2016

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Okay. So I'm reviewing this before actually having given birth. As far as the content goes . . . it's just like all the other birthing books--horribly biased and convinced they're the only ones doing it "right," but with the same basic natural birthing principle of working with your body instead of against it. Useful exercises/positions, and I really like the concept of emotional signposts. Only about half of this book is useful and readable, though. The other half of it is either introductory or tearing down some other birth method or other. An entire chapter just to preach the evils of Lamaze? Give me a break. Anyway, it's pretty easy to tell which chapters can be skipped and which deserve to be read. The ones that deserve to be read had the stuff about postures, relaxing, exercises, and emotional signposts. Sounds like useful stuff. Still would recommend, provided you focus more on the method and less on their criticisms of other methods.

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Just what I needed to prepare for a natural birth!

February 2, 2017

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My husband and I read this to prepare for the birth of our second child, along with "The Birth Partner" (him) and Ina May's childbirth book (me), and we felt very comfortable and prepared! We didn't do the Bradley class and felt like the book was all we needed. I plan to re-read it if/when we have baby #3.

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Kristie

It's not terrible to get medication during birth

December 5, 2016

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This book was way too preachy. I knew I wanted to do a natural birth, but I couldn't stand how self-righteous the author came across. It's not terrible to get medication during birth, but I felt like the author was saying if you do you're not doing it right. I ended up having a natural birth, but I just don't appreciate the judgmental attitude. The only portions of the book I used were the relaxation exercises. They helped me learn how to relax and stay calm and they helped my husband know how to help me relax. The pictures were weird and outdated, but my husband and I just laughed at the weirdness. If you're interested in the relaxation exercises and the other exercises in the book, just check it out from the library. Once you've done them a few times you don't really need to reference the book.

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I've been reading through 12 different pregnancy books ranging the ...

December 19, 2017

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I've been reading through 12 different pregnancy books ranging the gamut in methodology from AAP to Ina May. This book has been loaded with factual information, but it's also succinct for how much it covers. It breaks down labor and delivery stages really well.

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