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'What If' Birth DVD by Vicki Chan & Nic Edmonstone
Price: $39.95 Code: 1004

A breathtaking DVD from Nic Edmonstone and Vicki Chan. A birth takes place in a private hospital and is supported by two doulas and an independent midwife (a midwife hired external to the hospital).

What if a woman could find her most beautiful and powerful self through the journey of birth? What if a baby was brought into the world knowing nothing but love?

The birth involves scenes on the fitball, rocking with her partner, in the bath, in the shower - everywhere but the bed, providing some great ideas for women wanting an active birth and some suggestions for her support people. Includes a slow motion, close-up view of the membranes rupturing which is incredible photography. Highly recommended viewing. 6 minutes.

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Birth Skills: Proven Pain-management Techniques for Your Labour and Birth by JuJu Sundin
Price: $39.95 Code: 1076

In birth skills, obstetric phiysiotherapist and Australia's leading e expert in advanced labour pain-management, Juju Sundin shares the techniques she has pioneered over her 30 year career.

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Birth Your Way by Sheila Kitzinger
Price: $29.95 Code: 1020

As research discloses the risks of intensively managed hospital births, increasing numbers of women are considering alternatives. This new, updated edition of Sheila Kitzinger's pioneering work gives them the facts. Highly informative yet sensitively written, and supported by first-hand experiences of birth, this is the essential guide for every woman considering her options. A long-time champion of freedom of choice in childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger is uniquely placed to advise and support women who want to make the right decision confidently for themselves.

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Birthing from Within by Pam England
Price: $33.95 Code: 1071

An approach to birth which seeks to prepare a mother for birthing from within. This book offers insight into what a mother will need to know about labour and birth from her perspective, and preparation to be in labour and give birth as a mother, not as a trained para-professional.

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Caesarean Birth: Your Questions Answered by Debbie Chippington-Derrick, Gina Lowdon and Fiona Barlow
Price: $24.95 Code: 1078

Fully updated and revised this brilliant book answers the questions that most people commonly ask about having a baby by caesarean - whether needing information before birth or wanting more information and support after the birth.

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Childbirth Without Fear
Price: $29.95 Code: 1100

A timely reissue of Grantly Dick-Read's classic book about natural childbirth, which has been out of print for many years. This Pinter & Martin edition is true to the fourth, and last, edition Dick-Read completed in June 1959, the month of his death. In an age where birth has often been overtaken by obstetrics, Dr Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks every possible root cause of western woman's fear and anxiety in pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding and does so with overwhelming heart and empathy. Essential reading for all parents-to-be, childbirth educators, midwives and obstetricians! With a new foreword by Michel Odent.

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Creating Your Birth Plan by Wagner Marsden & Gunning Stephanie
Price: $24.95 Code: 1013

Maternity specialist Dr. Marsden Wagner believes that the gift of life is a natural one. As an expectant mother, you needn't be dependent on pharmaceutical and surgical procedures to ensure a healthy and happy delivery.

Creating Your Birth Plan reveals the available options - and the possible risks - you need to know to make informed decisions about the assistance you believe you'll require for childbirth. Designed to encourage collaboration between you and your caregivers, this essential resource includes information on:

* How midwives and physicians differ in their training and approaches during labour
* What to expect when delivering in a hospital, in a birthing centre, or at home
* How to select an advocate to ensure your wishes are honoured by your caregiver
* The natural stages of labour in a problem-free birth
* Explanations of various medical or surgical interventions - and the potential complications and benefits of each
* Natural alternatives to drugs, technology, and surgery
* The safest labouring practices

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Eco La Bassine Birth Pool
Price: $199.00 Code: 1905

Eco features include:

* Non toxic vinyl; free from phthalates, lead or cadmium so often used in plastic production.
* Ethically manufactured; no child, forced or underpaid labour
* Carbon Neutral (Made in Water have offset the carbon emission due to the production of each pool and their shipment to every country in Europe and Overseas, so they can arrive in your stock carbon neutral)

Measurements of the pool are:

* Depth: 65cm
* Internal size: 125 cm X 95 cm
* External size: 165 cm X 135 cm
* 450 Litres of water

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Having a Great Birth In Australia by David Vernon
Price: $24.95 Code: 1033

Having a Great Birth in Australia is a book published by the Australian College of Midwives containing a collection of inspirational birth stories from women from all over Australia. It demonstrates that birth is a natural and empowering event that can be great!

Stories are from women who have recently given birth in different locations and under different circumstances. There are births in hospitals, birth centres and at home. There are stories from women who have had previous caesarean sections and choose this time to have a vaginal birth. There are stories from sexual abuse survivors. There are stories about breech births, twin births and the sadness of miscarriage. Each story is intimate, personal, emotional and victorious.

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Hello Baby by Jenni Overend
Price: $24.95 Code: 1028

On a winter night, in a cottage far away from the town, Mum's baby is ready to be born. The midwife arrives and the whole family prepare for the home birth. In this honest and moving portrayal, Jenni Overend and Julie Vivas celebrate the birth of a baby at home with warmth and joy. This is a book for the whole family to share in preparation for a home birth or the arrival of a new baby. Hardcover book.

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Homebirth: A Practical Guide by Nicki Wesson
Price: $30.95 Code: 1065

A perfect balance of practical information, compelling personal stories and research evidence, Home Birth is essential reading for all couples considering the alternative to a hospital birth. Leading childbirth educator Nicky Wesson dispels many common myths about home birth and shows how giving birth to your baby in your own home can be the most exciting and fulfilling thing you'll ever do.

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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
Price: $32.95 Code: 1064

In 1976, Ina May Gaskin wrote Spiritual Midwifery, the handbook for midwives now in its 4th edition with 600,000 copies sold. Gaskin now shares with all women her knowledge and wisdom about what she calls the true capacities of the female body, based on her more than three decades as a midwife. Gaskin explains that at The Farm Midwifery Center, which she co-founded with her husband, Stephen, all the women expect to give birth vaginally - and almost all do. The Center's cesarean rate is only 1.4% of more than 2,200 babies delivered, compared to the national rate of 22% (in 1999). This amazing book takes the fear out of childbirth, recasting it as the positive experience it should be, and includes inspiring and instructive birth stories from women who have used the midwifery model of care at The Farm. Because Gaskin knows that women who believe in their own power to give birth are able to do so more easily, she packs this volume with information that will empower women in the birth process. She provides numerous suggestions for how a woman can maximize her chances for spontaneous birth, including: *creating a safe, comfortable environment for birth in any setting, including a hospital *the best ways for women to work with their doctors and/or birth care providers *how to avoid specific medical procedures that can hinder labor *what makes for such great differences in women's experience of birth *the risks and reasons not to have epidurals, episiotomies, C-sections, and other medical interventions *and much, much more.

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Labor Pain: A Natural Approach to Easing Delivery by Nicky Wesson
Price: $20.95 Code: 1084

Nicky Wesson shows how natural alternatives can provide effective pain relief during labor and childbirth without dangerous side effects for mother and baby. Conventional medicines provided for pain relief during childbirth can have adverse effects on the baby, yet this fantastic book offers many options for effective natural pain relief, including acupressure and acupuncture, hydrotherapy, herbal remedies, aromatherapy and massage, relaxation techniques, homeopathy, and reflexology. An essential guide for every pregnant woman, Labor Pain provides you with the information you need to prepare for this transformative event.

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Men At Birth by David Vernon
Price: $29.95 Code: 1032

Men don't talk about birth. Certainly not easily and so much of their knowledge about birth comes from television portrayals of birth - screaming women, sirens and panic. Such images are untrue for the great majority of births. But what is the reality? In Men at Birth, thirty-three men tell their stories. These stories reassure, educate and prepare men for the birth of the child.

Everything is covered - births in hospitals, birth centres and at home. There are stories about women who have had previous caesarean sections and choose this time to have a vaginal birth. There are stories about breech births, episiotomies and inductions as well as completely natural births. Each story is intimate, personal, emotional and victorious and shows the true value of a supportive bloke at the birth.

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New Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
Price: $34.95 Code: 1061

New Active Birth will help you and your partner prepare for and experience an Active Birth and is regarded by BellyBelly as a must-have bible for all pregnant women.

Naturally, throughout time and the world over, women have chosen to walk, stand, squat, lie - to move their bodies freely and actively to find the most comfortable positions for labour and birth. It is only we in the west who have the extraordinary notion that a woman should lie on her back in a position that defies the laws of nature and gravity. With this book, you can learn to develop all your body's resources to deal with the instinctive experience of childbirth. It is also for partners, teachers, midwives and everyone involved, to help mothers get up off the delivery table and to bring back some of the common sense which has been overlooked by modern obstetrics. New Active Birth is the new and revised edition of Janet Balaskas' pioneering and acclaimed Active Birth covering over 180 clear black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. Fully updated and extended with new information - includes sections on Water Birth and Recovery After Birth. It offers revised and expanded prenatal and postnatal exercises with step by step photographs. It presents a detailed up-to-the minute section covering every aspect of Active Birth at home and in hospital and the Active Birth Movement.

Janet Balaskas is the founder of the Active Birth Movement. The mother of four children, she trained with the National Childbirth Trust and is a counsellor for childbirth.

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Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block
Price: $47.00 Code: 1094

This book offers a provocative and incisive analysis of medical intervention at childbirth - an experience fast becoming the norm in America, even as women seek more choice. In the U.S, nearly half of all mothers are chemically induced into labour whether they want it or not, and almost a third give birth via Caesarean section. For women who want an alternative, choice is often unavailable: Midwives are outlawed in eleven states and birthing centres are illegal in one. When did birth become an emergency instead of an emergence? When did normal, physiological birth become a crime? A groundbreaking journalistic narrative, "Pushed" presents the complete picture of birth in America from the frontlines. Crisscrossing the country to investigate all sides of the issue, and witness to several births - from a planned Caesarean to an underground home birth - Jennifer Block examines childbirth as a reproductive rights issue, exploring the implications of the widely held assumption that routine C-sections, inductions, and epidurals equal medical progress. Block's research and experience show that while medical intervention certainly has its place, there is compelling evidence that we are overusing medical technology at the expense of maternal and foetal health: Either women's bodies are failing, or the system is failing women. Hardcover.

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Silent Knife: Caesarean Prevention & VBAC by Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J. Estner
Price: $61.95 Code: 1024

"The bible of cesarean prevention" -- Wall Street Journal

"A landmark event, which will change the course of obstetric care by giving parents the information they need to make the decisions that are best for their own families. Comprehensive, highly readable, sensitive . . . should be read by everyone who cares about someone" -- Marian Tompson Director, Alternative Birth Crisis Coalition, American Academy of Medicine

"Required reading for all childbirth professionals and prospective parents" -- Journal of Gynecological Nursing

Read what BellyBelly members think of Silent Knife here.

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Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
Price: $39.95 Code: 1077

The classic book on home birth is now in its fourth edition. Includes updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Mothers-to-be are instructed on how to take care of themselves while pregnant and how to prepare for being a mother and taking care of a new baby. Section III is a comprehensive, in depth manual for midwives on delivery. Includes pictures of births.

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The Doula Advantage by by Rachel Gurevich
Price: $23.95 Code: 1029

Take Control of Your Childbirth Experience!

New mums are spreading the word to pregnant women just like you: Doulas make pregnancy and childbirth the celebratory experience it is meant to be! Doulas are professionally trained women who provide support before, during, and after delivery. Research has shown that doulas help women have positive birth experiences, decrease the need for pain medication, improve breastfeeding success, and reduce the need for cesarean sections (by 50%) and other invasive procedures.

Author Rachel Gurevich interviewed more than 235 women and birth professionals to bring you this best-kept pregnancy secret. Inside, you'll find real mothers' stories and discover how doulas make a joyful difference in childbirth. You'll learn:

* The many ways doulas provide labor support, whether you plan a "natural" or medicated birth
* How to find, hire, and choose the right doula
* How specialized doulas can help you before or after the baby's birth
* How doulas help the dad-to-be
* And more!

"Doulas really do make a difference in having a safe and satisfying birth, as you will learn in this book." -- William Sears, M.D., coauthor, The Baby Book

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The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth by
Price: $34.95 Code: 1072

'The complete and essential guide to birth with a doula by the undisputed experts in the field'. --Los Angeles Times.

More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a doula. This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors' earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and working with a doula, the authors show how a doula reduces the need for cesarean section, shortens the length of labor, decreases the pain medication required, and enhances bonding and breast feeding. The authors, world-renowned authorities on childbirth with combined experience of over 100 years working with laboring women, have made their book indispensable to every woman who wants the healthiest, safest, and most joyful possible birth experience.

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The Pink Kit Just For Series: For Fathers Supporting a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean)
Price: $17.95 Code: 1048

Just for... fathers supporting a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). A CD childbirth preparation talk just for you if you are a father to be, birth partner, relative or friend who will support a pregnant woman who wants and is planning a vaginal birth after a cesarean (VBAC).
A VBAC or vaginal birth after cesarean is achievable yet guaranteed even with The Pink Kit child birth skills. Some cesareans are very necessary then most women who have given birth feel fortunate to live in countries with sophisticated medical systems.
If you're a father to be who will support a pregnant woman planning a VBAC or vaginal birth after cesarean think child birth SKILLS, SKILLS, SKILLS. Think Pink Kit Method Skills. Do the work, reap the benefits.

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The Pink Kit Just For Series: For Fathers Who Have Been Present At a Traumatic Birth
Price: $17.95 Code: 1053

Just for... men who were present at traumatic births (TABS). A CD child birth preparation talk just for you.

if you are a father to be, birth partner, friend or relative who has been present at a traumatic birth, then you need as much healing from the birth trauma (TABS).

* We all can experience long lasting trauma from a traumatice birth when we have felt powerless.
* You need a pregnancy and child birth guide which gives you a full range of child birth skills so you know how you can help prevent future birth trauma or heal past birth trauma.
* Use The Pink Kit child birth preparation resources to heal yourself along side the mother and baby.
* Even if you do not plan to have another child, you can heal.

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The Pink Kit Just For Series: For First Time Fathers
Price: $17.95 Code: 1052

Just for... first time fathers: A CD child birth preparation talk just for you.

In the 1970s, fathers to be were encouraged to be the birth support or birth coach during child birth. Now fathers to be are socially required to be the child birth coach. Has anyone taught you the child birth skills so you can really help a woman giving birth? The Pink Kit Method gives you the child birth tool kit to be an excellent child birth coach. for a first time father, child birth is about becoming a father for the first time. Giving birth is not exclusive to pregnant women.

The Pink Kit is the tool kit for first fathers-to-be ... practical, easy to use child birth skills and just plan common sense so you can teach yourself. Remember first time fathers to be have the same body as the pregnant woman, so these are easy child birth skills to 'get.'

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The Pink Kit Just For Series: For First Time Mothers
Price: $17.95 Code: 1049

Just for... first time mothers. A CD child birth preparation talk:

* To build the confidence of all first time mothers to be during pregnancy
* To encourage all first time mothers to be to use The Pink Kit resources to prepare for giving birth
* To explain how The Pink Kit Method fits into your pregnancy and child birth plans

Pregnant women can have very good child birth skills that they use during child birth even in their first birth experience. Just for ... first time mothers is your personal pregnancy guide to the child birth preparation exercises in The Pink Kit Method. What will child birth be like? When birth happens, you'll know. The Pink Kit Method gives all first time mothers to be the ultimate child birth skills which you can use throughout child birth ... one contraction at a time.

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The Pink Kit Just For Series: For Mothers Wanting a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean)
Price: $17.95 Code: 1050

Just for... mothers wanting a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). A CD childbirth preparation talk just for you. So many of other pregnant women have used The Pink Kit to prepare for VBACs.

Instead of shame, blame and guilt, Pink Kit pregnant women focused on what we could do ourselves to prepare for giving birth. Childbirth preparation for a vaginal birth after a cesarean must include good childbirth and good birth coach skills as well as birth plans, 'choices' and 'information'.

Without good birth skills based on good pregnancy preparation for giving birth, pregnant women planning a VBAC leave them selves at a huge disadvantage. Both pregnant women planning a VBAC and the birth coach can teach them selves The Pink Kit child birth preparation skills. Develop good child birth skills and birth coach skills that can lead you toward your desired accomplishment of a vaginal birth after cesarean.

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