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ISBN: 0-7570-0248-X
Length: 386 Pages
Size: 7.5
X 9-inch
Format: Quality Paperback
Category:Parenting/Childbirth
Price: $19.95
US / $24.95 CAN
Availability:
In Print
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In her explosive new book Breck Hawk exposes
how many pregnant women can avoid serious repercussions from the
drugs and unnecessary medical interventions that are pushed
on them while in labor... simply by being aware of their basic
patient rights and options. Hey! gives power back to moms-to-be
and shows them how they can make themselves be heard!
Hawk's book starts right out with the Patent
Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Let's get this right out
in the open: pregnant women have rights. They don't suddenly turn
into powerless little girls as soon as they get pregnant, who have
to be shepherded, controlled and dictated to. Chapters that follow
treat various subjects plainly and honestly and keep underscoring
the concept of choice. She addresses types of caregivers, medications
in labor, natural remedies and complementary methods of pregnancy
and labor, VBAC, homebirth, waterbirth, birth plans and breastfeeding.
Several chapters conclude with helpful workbook pages for those
kinesthetic learners who need to "do" to "learn."
Sidebars, bullet lists and effective use of
color augment the text; open, airy layout and text spacing help
hold the reader's attention. In a heartfelt nod to women sharing
wisdom with women, a concluding chapter is a compilation of childbearing
experiences on a variety of topics, written by numerous mothers
who contacted the author through the Internet. Coalition for Improving
Maternity Services (CIMS), which has been operating for years to
advocate for birthing women and their caregivers, share its powerful
guidelines in the final chapter. Appendices include lists of books,
websites and contributors.
Breck
Hawk has over 30 years experience as a midwife, doula, prenatal
instructor, and Registered Nurse specializing in Maternity and Neonatal
Intensive Care. In Canada she assisted in over 250 homebirths as
a direct entry midwife, founded the Alberta chapter of the Association
for Childbirth at Home International (ACHI), and served as President
and prenatal instructor. She lectured, organized community fundraisers
and lobbied the local governments to relax homebirthing laws.*In
the United States Breck worked for ten years as an RN at Sacred
Heart Community Hospital in Eugene, Oregon. She nursed in the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (Level III) where she cared for premature babies
for five years. And later in San Francisco she established her own
successful doula practice. Breck is currently a Neonatal Intensive
Care nurse in San Diego, California.
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