NEW Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering

Can birth really be easy, pleasurable, and safe for the vast majority of mothers and babies? How are our female bodies superbly designed for pregnancy, birth and mothering? Can we use Mother Nature’s superb design to enhance safety, ease and pleasure for ourselves and our babies?

Is caring for ourselves and our babies after birth a simple continuation of the safety, ease and pleasure of birth? Can birth and early parenting be profound and gentle experiences for all involved?

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering gives you the information you need to create a safe, satisfying, and gentle start to family life. Dr Sarah Buckley, family physician and mother of four, shares the science as well as the wisdom of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth and parenting. Sarah explains the logic and scientific safety of normal birth, and the conditions we need to optimize the flow of our "ecstatic hormones".

Already, Dr Buckley’s wise words, published in the first edition, of her book, have helped many mothers, babies, fathers and families around the world. Read their feedback here. Professionals have also praised her work- read their comments here and the first edition of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering has also had glowing reviews, here.

Working with US publisher Celestial Arts, Sarah has completely rewritten the original, first-edition, Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, published in Australia in 2005.

In the NEW Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, Sarah has updated all the medical evidence for 2009 and added important new chapters:

The NEW Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering has added chapters on

• Making informed choices in pregnancy and birth
• Should you accept testing for gestational diabetes?
• Are antibiotics necessary in labor to prevent group B strep?
• Is it better to be induced for going overdue?
• How early parenting influences life-long brain and emotional development
• Breastfeeding – the gift of a lifetime
• The science and safety of co-sleeping
  ***look for an excerpt in Mothering magazine January 2009***

Plus popular and well-loved chapters from Sarah’s original book

• Reclaiming Every Woman’s Birth Right
• Instinctive Birth
• Healing Birth, Healing the Earth
• Ultrasound Scans- Cause For Concern
• The Science and Wisdom of Undisturbed Birth
• Epidurals- Risks and Concerns For Mothers and Babies
• Leaving Well Enough Alone in Third Stage
• Cesarean Surgery- The Whole Story
• Choosing Homebirth
• Breastfeeding

See here for a full list of chapters plus a comparison of the two editions

When will the NEW Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering be available?
In January in the US, UK, Europe and South Africa
In March in Australia and New Zealand

**The original version will continue to be sold through Sarah’s webshop while stocks last.

Where can I buy the NEW Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering?
Amazon US
Amazon UK

What are the differences between the original Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering and the NEW Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering?

These are the chapter differences between the two editions:

Gentle Birth	Original GBGM 2005	NEW GBGM 2009
Reclaiming every woman’s birthright	*	* updated
Ecstatic Birth: natural childbirth and its ecstasy-inducing hormonal cocktail	*
Instinctive Birth; vision and tools	*	*
Healing Birth, Healing the Earth	*	*
Lotus birth	*
Jacob’s placenta:  A love story	* NEW
Emma’s birth: sweet and oceanic	*	*
Zoe’s birth- challenge and transformation	* NEW
Jacob’s water birth: perfect timing	*	*
Maia’s Birth: A family celebration	*	*
Homebirth in Australia	*
Choosing homebirth	*	* updated
In praise of normal birth	*
Prenatal diagnosis	*
Ultrasound scans: cause for concern	*	* updated and expanded
Undisturbed birth: Mother Nature’s blueprint for safety, ease and ecstasy	*	* updated and expanded
Epidurals- risks and concerns for mothers and babies	*	* updated and expanded
Leaving well enough alone in third stage	*	* updated and expanded
Cord blood banking information	*	* updated and expanded
Breech choices	*
Cesarean surgery	*	* updated and expanded
Your body-your baby, your choice- decision-making for gestational diabetes screening, group B strep and induction for going “overdue”	* NEW
Gentle Mothering
Attachment parenting: an introduction	*
Extended breastfeeding : the gift of a life-time	*
Breastfeeding: the gift of a lifetime	* NEW
Bees, baboo and boobies: my breastfeeding career	*	*
The coziness of cosleeping	*
Getting a good night’s sleep: gentle approaches to nightwaking	*
Babies, mothers and the science of sharing sleep	* NEW
Ten tips for safe sleeping	*	*
Love, attachment and your baby’s brain: how gentle early parenting promotes life-long wellbeing	* NEW
Mothering, mindfulness and a baby’s bottom: an introduction to raising your baby without nappies/diapers	*
Yoga and Motherhood: a personal perspective	*
Gentle Discipline with young children	*

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