Orgasmic Birth Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, and Pleasurable Birth Experience

Giving birth is a uniquely rewarding experience that for many women represents a powerfully moving physical and emotional accomplishment. Too often, though, the experience is approached with trepidation and even fear, and shaped by external forces. In Orgasmic Birth, childbirth experts Elizabeth Davis and Debra Pascali-Bonaro show that there is a way to recapture the power and intimacy-even discover the ecstatic satisfaction-of the birth process. In this inspiring and practical handbook, they provide comprehensive guidelines for getting the most pleasure out of birth, from pursuing sympathetic prenatal care to choosing the ideal birthing location, tuning into body and mind, reducing stress levels, and avoiding invasive exams and procedures. Enlightening, down-to-earth, and complete with moving stories from mothers who have experienced childbirth on their own terms, as well as from the partners who shared their joy, Orgasmic Birth will help women take control and play an active role in experiencing empowering, memorable births. Book jacket.

Elizabeth Davis is the author of Heart & Hand: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth, now in its fourth edition. She has been a midwife and a women's healthcare specialist and educator for more than 30 years. She is the cofounder of the National Midwifery Institute and has served as the president of the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council for the United States. Elizabeth lives in California.
Debra Pascali-Bonaro is a Lamaze-certified childbirth expert, a DONA International doula trainer, an international speaker in maternity care, and an award-winning documentarian. Debra is cochair of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative and serves on the board of directors for Childbirth Connection. She lives in New Jersey.