Birthing from Within An Extra-Ordinary Guide

The Birthing From Within approach prepares a mother for birthing from within. She needs insight about what labour and birth will be like from her perspective, and preparation to be in labour and give birth as a mother, not as a trained para-professional.

Pam England, CNM, MA, has been a nurse/midwife for 20 years and is the founder of the Art of Birthing Center. Rob Horowitz, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist for 20 years. They live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Acknowledgements

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Introduction

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SECTION I: BEGINNING YOUR JOURNEY

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1 Finding Your Question

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2 Emptying Your Mind

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3 Worry is the Work of Pregnancy

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4 Connecting With Other Women

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5 Eating in Awareness

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SECTION II: THE ART OF BIRTHING

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6 Black Cloud Over Birth

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7 Birth Art Teaches

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8 Taking The Plunge

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9 Discovery Through Drawing and Painting

41

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10 How Birth Art Helped Donna Become a Mother

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11 Revelations Through Clay

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12 Preserving Your Shape Shift: Making a Belly Cast

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13 Birth Art and Insights from Professional Artists

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SECTION III: PREPARING YOUR BIRTH PLACE

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14 Ask Questions Before Your Chile is Roasted

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15 Where Mothers Build Their Nests

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16 Childbirth as a Rite of Passage

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17 The Birth Plan Trap

96

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18 Birthing With Wolves

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19 Home Birth

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SECTION IV: BEING POWERFUL IN BIRTH

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20 Even Paper Tigers Can Bite

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21 Labor Means Hard Work

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22 Out of Control: How to "Lose It" In Labor

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23 These Bones Were Made for Birthin'

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24 Stand and Deliver

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25 How to Give Birth if You Need a Cesarean

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26 Being at a Birth Doesn't Make a Man a Father

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SECTION V: FATHERS AND BIRTH COMPANIONS

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27 Getting Dads Involved

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28 Pitfalls of Labor Coaching

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29 What's a Father To Do?

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30 The First Moments

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31 Laborland Etiquette

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32 Gathering Information: Guidelines for Making Decisions and Giving Informed Consent

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SECTION VI: BIRTHING THROUGH PAIN

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Introduction

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33 Looking for a Way Out

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34 Exploring Beliefs and Attitudes About Pain

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35 Endorphins

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36 The Ecology of Pain

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37 Don't Give Birth Without a Doula

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38 Proven Pain Techniques

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39 The Compassionate Use of Drugs and Epidurals

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SECTION VII: GESTATING PARENTHOOD

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40 Gestating Motherhood

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41 Baby-proofing Your Marriage

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42 Swaddling the New Parents

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43 Preserving Your Birth Memories

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AFTERWORD: Birth as an Adventure

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APPENDIX A: Special Diets for Special Situations

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APPENDIX B: Breech Tilt

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APPENDIX C: Worksheets for Learning the Pain Techniques

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APPENDIX D: Reminder Cards

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APPENDIX E: Circumcision

295

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Notes

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Index

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Birthing from Within An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation

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