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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: Updated With New Material | Ina May Gaskin

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This was definitely an eye opener to the birthing possibilities that the West tends to be ignorant of. I‘m excited and feel much more empowered to bring my child into this world. One of my favorite quotes that I‘ll be pinning up in the birth room was “Let your monkey do it.” Letting the instinctual, animal part of your brain push aside the thinking part is an important skill in this process.
Yes, that‘s my big ol‘ belly in the background. 🥰

BkClubCare Beautiful! 2y

LeahBergen Look at that lovely belly!! 🥰 2y

Chrissyreadit 🙌 sounds perfect! 2y

sprainedbrain 😍😍😍 2y

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Thank you! 🥰 @BkClubCare @LeahBergen 2y

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obviateit

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way | Susan McCutcheon, Peter Rosegg, Erick Ingraham

#day1 #startswithn #forevernovember
This book was so helpful to me when I was pregnant with my second child. My first birth was full of medical trauma; my second birth was beautiful and healing. ❤️

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awwww ❤️❤️❤️ 3y

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EmmaMae

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: Updated With New Material | Ina May Gaskin

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A very informative, positive book about natural birth.

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amyf0x

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: Updated With New Material | Ina May Gaskin

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A midwife‘s views on the birth experience, which is pretty one-sided but also has good tips on how to relax during labour.

Read March 23-30
Rated 2.5/5 ⭐️
Book 18/60

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GingerAntics

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth | Grantly Dick-Read

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This man managed to figure out that men aren‘t compassionate when they need to be, which was refreshing to hear from a man writing originally in the 1930s. I liked his take on labour and delivery, saying were never meant to be a negative experience. He explained the physiology of labour very well. In that, I believe his claims hold some merit. He has certainly give us something to think about. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics The good points end there. This is a man who cannot fathom anyone truly not believing in the Christian god. Somehow he believes that an atheist just isn‘t compatible with motherhood. I have a feeling many atheist and agnostic mothers would have a few arguments against that claim. Despite believing that men have a compassion issue, he also believes the height of being a female is being a mother. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 5y

GingerAntics All of chapter 2 was completely insufferable. It was his manifesto on womanhood and I almost stopped reading there. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 5y

GingerAntics What made me stop reading this book was the absolutely ridiculous belief that things which we have discovered are entirely hormonal and out of anyone‘s control are pathological. I get that this book was written in a time when that was scientific theory, but this is an updated version from 2013. Update the science. For a book claiming to be pure logic, it‘s full of myth, bigotry, and BS. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 5y

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GingerAntics Yes, this does give the reader something to think about, but honestly, just read a few excerpts and move on. The rest is male chauvinism and total rubbish. I have tested his theory on perception and expectation of pain on other things like Charlie Horses and it genuinely works. It‘s actually pretty interesting. Still, that‘s not worth the rest of this book. You honestly couldn‘t pay me to finish this book. (edited) 5y

GingerAntics #GrantlyDickRead #ChildbirthWithoutFear #childbirth #wtf #bs 5y

Oldschool_millenial *opens litsy* *sees that cover first thing* Well that's a bold photo... great!--Oh written by a religious dude in the thirties and our reader bailed... NEVERMIND 5y

GingerAntics @Oldschool_millenial lol Love your reaction. It is a bold photo. lol I‘m not sure I‘d call him a religious dude. He was a scientist and never mentioned any sort of religious affiliation. He‘s English so I‘d guess he was CofE. I think that was just the mentality of the time. I think some people would still call childbirth a spiritual experience, but they wouldn‘t insist it was uniquely Christian. He‘s hard to explain it would seem. lol 5y

Chrissyreadit His name is what had me LOL. 5y

Crazeedi Omg, I looked at this and thought I really dont want to remember this! Lol 5y

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit his name is great, isn‘t it? I get that probably wasn‘t a slang term back then, but it goes get a chuckle, doesn‘t it? 5y

GingerAntics @Crazeedi the picture really is an attention getter, isn‘t it? lol 5y

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GingerAntics

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth | Grantly Dick-Read

As if I wasn‘t already feeling like this book was written by a man from the 50s who has no really understanding of women, this comes along. Ah yes, those overly emotional women are causing all sorts of trouble for themselves and we really must be in the look out for the damage they are doing themselves. 🙄🙄🙄

GingerAntics I know this was originally from the 30‘s, but Jesus Christ this U.S. an updated version that hasn‘t updated its science. We knew this was BS in 2013 when this edition was released. I‘m not sure I can do this book anymore. FFS 5y

GingerAntics #GrantlyDickRead #ChildbirthWithoutFear #childbirth #wtf #bs Why say you‘re all about science, but never update the science?! WTF?! 5y

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nicpears

Active Birth - Revised Edition: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally | Janet Balaskas

My due date is approaching so I'm switching gears. 🤰👶Any other book recommendations for a soon to be first time mom??

GingerAntics

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth | Grantly Dick-Read

Again, no idea what this has to do with childbirth or any other part of this book, but this is another thing we need to keep at the forefront of thought these days. Sheltering your children does not help them. Listening only to ideas you agree with does not make you intelligent or learned.
#GrantlyDickRead #ChildbirthWithoutFear #childbirth #philosophy #life #intelligence #education #learning #research

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GingerAntics

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth | Grantly Dick-Read

It‘s unclear (seven a few chapters on) what this has to do with childbirth, but this does explain the difference between philosophy and everything else (especially religion). The whole, being open to differing ideas is really important and we need more of that these days.
#GrantlyDickRead #ChildbirthWithoutFear #childbirth #metaphysics #philosophy

readinginthedark Some religions (or I guess I should say some religious people maybe, because religions are mostly unclear on this) believe that other people are just worshipping different versions of the same thing. So, I wouldn't agree that it's more specific to philosophy than religion. I agree with the sentiment of openness, though! 5y

GingerAntics @readinginthedark I‘m referring more to the idea that most religions believe they have the truth and everyone else is wrong. Most religions believe they have the exclusive rights on truth. Some practitioners of those religions believe everyone worships a version of the same thing, but that‘s personal philosophy as opposed to the religion itself. Religions are in the business of having the biggest number of followers. 5y

readinginthedark Yeah, I suppose that's true. Most of them (at least Western religions, we could probably say) believe that people who don't believe as they do are at risk just by believing differently. Like Dante's limbo, where only the great pre-Christian philosophers can be. 5y

GingerAntics @readinginthedark yeah. I think once you get into eastern stuff, a lot of it has a religion side, but it is originally a philosophy, so in reality, done as originally intended, it‘s very open. Many westerners will go study under Buddhist teachers and then be told to go back and use what they‘ve learned to be a better Christian. There is a guy in the UK who is notorious for that. 5y

readinginthedark That seems a little strange but could work, I guess. I had a professor for World Religions once who was always talking about how people mix different religions, especially in the East (because she used China as an example a lot since that's where she grew up.) 5y

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GingerAntics

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth | Grantly Dick-Read

He links this to childbirth in as odd way, but it is a really good quote to think about, especially with the world as it currently is. In fact, it kind of makes me think of a Beatles song... 🎶🎵🎶“All You Need is Love”🎶🎵🎶
#TheBeatles #AllYouNeedIsLove #GrantlyDickRead #ChildbirthWithoutFear #Childbirth #Research #Love

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