Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
by Ina May Gaskin
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Author: Ina May GaskinBrand: Random House
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-29
ISBN: 0553384295
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Excellent book for home birthers, but a bit unrealistic for some
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this book and I love Ina May, the Godmother of modern midwifery. This book contains lots of positive, empowering home birth stories. Ina May explains why it's best to avoid medical interventions, and how a woman's body can better open up. It's definitely not a book for those who would choose to birth in a hospital, however. And quite frankly I think Ina May takes it a wee bit far how anti-hospital she is. The only reason I'm giving this four rather than five stars is that it does nothing at all to prepare a home-birthing woman for the possibility that she may have to go to hospital after all. Although this rarely happens in Ina May's practice, I think she is truly like a magical goddess of birth, and the reality for most midwives and women is not always like that. I was anti-hospital birth myself and read this book with such passion and zeal, assured home birth was what I wanted. Unfortunately, our home birth did not go as we would've liked, and I absolutely had to transfer to hospital. After trying for a long time at a very pro-natural birth hospital to do things the normal way, I needed a cesarean birth in the end. I truly believe that all the pro-home birth books I read had conditioned me to expect this amazing beautiful home birth. I guess the point of those books is to empower women to know they can do it that way. But sadly, it just doesn't always work out the way we want, and there is a level at which it's out of our hands how our babies are born. And I was left pretty traumatized, not only by my very difficult birth, but by the crushing disappointment that came from having to let go of my visions of a natural home birth. I suppose these kinds of books, and this one in particular, are not about anything other than empowering women to be able to birth naturally and at home, so maybe a section on how to have a "good" hospital or cesarean birth should the home birth not work out wouldn't fit. I only wish someone with Ina May's perspective ~that natural home birth is the best option~ would help prepare us women, in the most positive non-fear inducing way possible, for the reality that it might not happen that way. Ina May makes it look like it is someone's fault if it doesn't work out naturally in the end. It isn't always. Some babies are just not meant to be born that way.
Despite all of this, which is only my particular story, I still adore Ina May and think she's brilliant and a hero of all women in the world today. I still think every pregnant woman should read this book, it could change the way we birth and have such a positive effect on the world. Overall I highly recommend it.
Summary of Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
Everything you need to know to make breastfeeding a joyful, natural, and richly fulfilling experience for both you and your babyDrawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most fulfilling way possible. Inside you?ll find answers to virtually every question you have on breastfeeding, including topics such as
?the benefits of breastfeeding
?nursing challenges
?pumps and other nursing products
?sleeping arrangements
?nursing and work
?medications
?nursing multiples
?weaning
?sick babies
?nipplephobia, and much more
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding is filled with helpful advice, medical facts, and real-life stories that will help you understand how and why breastfeeding works and how you can use it to more deeply connect with your baby and your own body. Whether you?re planning to nurse for the first time or are looking for the latest, most up-to-date expert advice available, you couldn?t hope to find a better guide than Ina May.
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