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By (author) Bliss, Lindsey
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Doulas empower mothers to plan for and secure the birthing experiences they want. Lindsey Bliss provides the resources for creating a sound birth plan and having a positive childbirth experience.
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Experienced doula, Linsey Bliss, shows you how to prepare physically and mentally for every element of having a child, from pregnancy to fourth trimester in The Doula”s Guide to Empowering Your Birth.
Lindsey Bliss, who has assisted as a doula at
hundreds of births and is herself a mother of seven, reveals here all the wisdom and
advice that doulas share with the new mothers who hire them.
The Doula”s Guide to Empowering Your Birth covers the period
from pregnancy through labor and birth to fourth trimester healing. The focus, however, is on preparing for birth–including topics like how to pick the right childbirth class and the right birthing method. You’ll also see how to
assemble the team of professionals, family members, and friends who will support you through labor and birth, and how to approach last-minute decisions about pain medications and cesarean sections.
Bliss”s tone throughout is at once
authoritative and confident as well as
warm and encouraging. Her concern in her practice as well as in these pages is to listen to and help secure each new mom”s own personal vision of a birthing experience that is
safe, fulfilling, and meaningful.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Your Pregnancy
You’re Pregnant! Now What?
Announcing Your Pregnancy
Morning Sickness Remedies
The Do’s and Don’ts of Pregnancy
How to Have a Positive Pregnancy
Nutrition
Body Changes
Reducing Anxiety During Pregnancy
All-Inclusive Pregnancy and Birth
Naming Your Baby
Assembling Your Support Team
Choosing Your Care Provider
Choosing a Birthing Method and Childbirth Education Classes
Creating Birthing Preferences
Working through Past Traumas
Birthing
Laboring
Giving Birth
Post-Birth
Fourth Trimester Healing
Newborn Heaven/Chaos
Transition into Parenthood
References
Index
About the Author
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We doctors know that having a doula by your side is the secret ingredient for an amazing birth. Among doulas, Lindsey Bliss is the best of the best and in this terrific book she shares her secrets with you.
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Lindsey Bliss is the go-to guide for anyone interested in a mindful pregnancy and empowering birth.
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An inspired and essential guide to creating the birth you desire! The Doula”s Guide to Empowering Your Birth offers a golden opportunity to have your own personal, experienced doula guide you to an understanding of the many choices you have for you and your baby in birth and beyond. Lindsey Bliss, an experienced and wise doula, has witnessed birth in many ways and provides in these pages the tips and wisdom you need to prepare for a safe, empowered, powerful, and truly memorable birth.
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Lindsey Bliss is an exceptional woman with years of life experience as the mother of seven children and hands-on experience as a doula who has dedicated her life to serving new mothers in both prosperous and underserved communities. The Doula”s Guide to Empowering Your Birth translates medical language into plain English and explains the many choices available to you, so that you can be empowered in your birth.
Biographical note:
Lindsey Bliss is a widely respected doula, or childbirth coach, who is quoted frequently in New York and national media. She is a co-founder of the doula agency Carriage House
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