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Your Best Birth: Know All Your Options, Discover the Natural Choices, and Take Back the Birth Experience |  | Authors: Ricki Lake, Abby Epstein
Creator: Jacques Moritz
Publisher: Wellness Central
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0446538132
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.2
EAN: 9780446538138
ASIN: 0446538132
Publication Date: May 1, 2009
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The national C-section rate is at an all-time high of 31 percent. Are all these C-sections necessary, or are some of them done simply for the sake of convenience? Inductions seem to be the norm, but are they always needed? Today, expectant mothers are often left feeling powerless, as their instincts are replaced by drugs and routine medical procedures.
What you are about to discover is that you have a choice, and you have the power to plan the kind of birth that's right for you-whether it is at a birth center, a hospital, or at home. In YOUR BEST BIRTH, internationally known advocates of informed choice RickiLake and Abby Epstein inspire women to take back the birth experience, with essential advice on:
· Positive and negative effects of epidurals, Pitocin, and other drugs and interventions
· Inducing vs. allowing your labor to progress naturally
· The truth behind our country's staggering C-section rate
· Assembling your birth team and creating your birth plan.
With chapters such as "Obstetricians: Finding Dr. Right,""Epidurals: You Haven't Got Time for the Pain," and "Electronic Monitors: Reading between the Lines,"Lake and Epstein will encourage you to consider whatever your doctor, mother, and best friend may suggest in a new light. The book also includes inspiring birth stories, including those from well-known personalities, such as Laila Ali and Cindy Crawford. Packed with crucial advice from childbirth professionals, and delivered in a down-to-earth, engaging voice, YOUR BEST BIRTH is sure to renew your confidence and put the control back where it belongs: with parents-to-be!
"Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake have taken a wonderful and constructive approach to ensuring an optimal birthing experience. Their language creates a 'climate of confidence' for pregnant women and their families, who must make key decisions about where, how and with whom to give birth in a health care system often unresponsive to our needs. This book is like a good friend giving wise counsel." --Judy Norsigian, co-editor of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth and Executive Director, Our Bodies Ourselves
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 I liked this book. December 28, 2009
Plan B (Tucson, AZ USA)
First of all, let me say that I think Ms. Lake has tackled some very hot button issues and I think she does them with savvy. She has an inherent bias in the sense that she is definitely on the side that is not looking for hospital birth. That being said I think if you are a physician or an individual that delivers in a hospital you might be put off by the tone or angle of the book. The great thing about this country and I think Ms. Lake would agree is that we can have multiple choices and women should have multiple choices when going into a delivery. This book springboards off of her bestselling video about the business of being born and it is indeed a business. I love the natural choices that are provided and while I might not agree with all of them I do like the fact that she is making this a debatable topic because that is how we all learn. I also think that doulas and midwives should have more of a say at the table but the reality is that most doctors are even governed to the point of being told what to do by their own colleges.
This book would go well with a book wirtten by physicians to help dispel any of the other misconceptions about pregnancy. Hands Off My Belly: The Pregnant Woman's Survival Guide to Myths, Mothers, and Moods is a book that talks about the natural birth experience and dispels common myths. Your Best Birth is a great addition to any pregnant woman's library and it is presented in a format that is neither insulting or scary. While the information is slightly biased I think that is what Ms. Lake would like to convey because she is passionate about her cause
 Good information October 21, 2009
Chelsey Andrews (Oregon)
I've read many pregnancy books, and this one is one of my favorites. It is a little negative on the hospital birth experience (but many books are negative on the whole mid-wife birthing experience as well), but I believe it has some very valuable information and I loved reading the little read life stories.
If you would like some more information on midwifery, then check out this book.
A Must read for anyone thinking of having a baby, trying or already pregnant! October 16, 2009
Nichole F. Boden (Ames, IA USA)
A very unbiased view of childbirth. Basically letting you know that you have options, they are out there, and that you are in control of your birth and you shouldn't feel bad about how your birth goes as long as you have in your mind what you want, what you are willing to let happen and not happen, and you are open-minded you can have a great birth experience regardless. Great stories of birth from real moms with all different birthing situations and how it changed them. A must read.
 Very Biased September 12, 2009
R. Drellishak (Seattle, WA United States)
2 out of 22 found this review helpful
I watched The Business of Being Born before buying this book and hoped that this book would do as it claimed, fill in the gaps left by the film. All it really did was demonize hospital births and elevate women who give birth at home with a midwife and no drugs to "goddess" status. Phlllbbbttt!!! As much as they keep saying, "We're not saying that the only way to have a great birth is to do it at home with a midwife and no drugs," everything in the book belies that. It would have been ok if they had just owned that perspective, but to keep trying to claim objectivity and a lack of bias is total BS.
The book did manage to accomplish one goal, which was to prompt me to do more research, if for no other reason than to fact check some of the statements and statistics about hospital births.
Oh, and if it's not being hatched from an egg or pulled from a vat of goo in some mad scientist's lab, IT IS NATURAL CHILDBIRTH, drugs, c-section, or not.
A Thorough Go-To Guide For Birth August 17, 2009
Kristen Suzanne (Scottsdale, AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this book. It contains so much vital information for helping parents decide the best place and the best way to give birth. I especially loved all the lists of questions to use in various situations such as potential hospitals, birth centers, midwives, etc. These are important questions to ask in helping a woman decide what's best for her birth. The book is useful, and I have tons of pages tabbed and highlighted. I highly recommend getting this book.
I bought it before I became pregnant, and then I started reading it. Unfortunately I miscarried. However, this gave me the chance to read the book before getting pregnant again. It's helped me organize my plan, and decide the best plan of action for my family without the pressure of the 9-month time clock. So, I highly recommend reading this before getting pregnant if possible.
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