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Grantly Dick-Read (Author), Michel Odent (Author)

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd.; 4th Revised edition edition (6 Sep 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0953096467
ISBN-13: 978-0953096466
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm

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- #50 in Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Families & Parents > Pregnancy & Childcare > Pregnancy & Childbirth

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The most influential birthing book of the last 100 years.--Fit Pregnancy

Ina May Gaskin, author of Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

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Before we embark upon this rather hazardous voyage - the description of a new approach to obstetrics - it may be well to outline briefly certain facts relating to childbirth during the later stages of civilisation. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't look any further, 19 Oct 2006

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This is the only book you will ever need to read during your pregnancy. Understand the Fear-Tension-Pain cycle and how pain is just mind over matter. Birth doesn't have to be painful. This is such a wonderfully well written book, first published back in the 1930's and still relevant today. I know he's a man, but if he was still alive I would pay Grantly Dick-Read to be at my birth. God bless him!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the greatest, most beneficial book I have ever read., 11 Feb 2007

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I was recommended this book by my granny who is a retired nurse and midwife, and was completely hooked on it within the first few pages. Grantly Dick-Read devoted his life to investigating why natural childbirth was painful when he believed there is no reason for it to be so. In this book he describes how fear is an abnormal reaction to childbirth, and how this fear causes abnormal tention within the muscles of the womb that should be relaxed, leading to extremely painful cramp-like pains during contractions. So learn not to fear birth to stay relaxed, and the whole thing can be painless. IT WORKS. I gave birth effortlessly and painlessly to a 8lb 12oz daughter after a labour that only lasted 4 hours! [...]It's worth it's weight in gold.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very thought provoking and useful, 8 Aug 2008

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I bought this book while I was pregnant. I didn't want to believe that birth was an inherently painful process and I wanted to read more about it.
This was written a while ago, but everything in it still holds true. Grantly explains how society always portrays giving birth as a terrible and painful experience, but that the real thing does not have to be that way, providing that women are educated about the birth process and learn techniques for relaxation.
His theories were fascinating and gave me confidence about my ability to give birth. During labour I remembered a lot about the text and it was really helpful. As a result I had a calm, controlled and completely normal birth which was free from interventions. It also took less than 5 hours from start to finish!
I will definitely read it again for my subsequent pregnancies.... I haven't been put off by childbirth at all! It really doesn't have to be frightening.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic positive preparation
This book may be dated, but it's a classic. I read it along with Ina May and so on, and it helped me build up a fantastically positive attitude in advance of my son's birth. Read more

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