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Emma Mahony. Stand and Deliver!: And other Brilliant Ways to Give Birth
STAND & DELIVER. And Other Brilliant. Ways to Give Birth. Emma Mahony
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Ten Great Things About Birth
Introduction
FIRST STAGE LET’S START AT THE VERY BEGINNING …
CHAPTER 1 … A Very Good Place to Start
Cultural Unconditioning
Doctors and the Medics
Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three
Ultraconfusing Ultrasound
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
CHAPTER 2 Let’s Talk about Sex, Baby
Sex and Birth
Sorting Out Your Sex Life
Whatever Floats Your Boat
Sex to Start Labour
Listen to the Hippies, Man
A Kiss on the Lips May Be …
Tits Oot for the Lads
Try Some New Positions
I’ll Have What She’s Having
Sorry Darling, I’ve Got a Headache
Not Tonight, Josephine
What to Buy to Feel Sexier in Pregnancy
CHAPTER 3 My Body Is a Temple
Eat Well and Multiply
Placenta Matters
Thinking Outside the Box of Fruit
Yoga, Walking and Swimming
Scents and Sensibility
Feet Need Love, Too
Acupuncture and Shiatsu Massage
Birth Balls
Chung and Shake Those Apples
Bottom Jokes
CHAPTER 4 Free Your Mind (and Your Ass Will Follow)
Meditation and Visualization
Control Freaks
Who Am I, and Do I Exist?
No More Ms Nice Guy
Yeah, Right. Get a Life
Draw Out Those Fears
Neurotics Rule, um, OK?
Little White Pills for the Mind
CHAPTER 5 Can You Feel It?
Guardian Angels
Hopeless Husbands and Perfect Partners
Choosing a Birth Partner
Go Doolally and Hire a Doula
Bond with Me, Baby
Independent Midwives: Angels without Wings
Come Hypnobirth with He
CHAPTER 6 Away with the Fairies
The Point of Pain
Nature’s High
The Epidural Myth
Life and Death
Don’t Rush Me
Bach Flower Remedies
For God’s Sake, Give Me Some Proper Drugs
TENS MACHINE
ENTONOX - GAS AND AIR
EPIDURAL OR SPINAL BLOCK
PETHIDINE
CHAPTER 7 Introduction: Water, Water Everywhere
CHAPTER 8 Water Birth in Hospital
CHAPTER 9 Water Birth at Home
CHAPTER 10 Laughter Birth
CHAPTER 11 Standing Birth
CHAPTER 12 Induction Birth
CHAPTER 13 Hoot Hoot Hout Birth
CHAPTER 14 IVF Birth
CHAPTER 15 Breech Birth
CHAPTER 16 Twin Birth
CHAPTER 17 Epidural Birth
CHAPTER 18 Yoga Birth
Janet’s Principles of Yoga and Active Birth
CHAPTER 19 Caesarean Birth
Emergency C-section
CHAPTER 20 Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC)
CHAPTER 21 Helping Hands: Useful Contacts
WEEK 32 Where Do I Want to Give Birth?
You Could Give Birth in Hospital Under Consultant-led Care
You Could Give Birth in Hospital under Midwifery-led Care
You Could Give Birth in a Birth Centre under Midwifery-led Care
You Could Give Birth at Home on the NHS
You Could Give Birth at Home with Independent Midwives
You Could Give Birth in a Private Hospital
You Could Give Birth in a Private Birth Centre
WEEK 33 Antenatal Classes
WEEK 34 Know Your Birth Rights
WEEK 35 Write Your Birth Plan
Birth Plan for a Hospital Birth
WEEK 36 Tour the Hospital
WEEK 37 Glossary of Big Words Doctors Use around Birth
Stages of Labour
Strange Words Midwives Use
WEEK 38 Women Who Birth Well
WEEK 39 Am I in Labour?
WEEK 40 Physical Signs of Early Labour
Possible Physical Signs of Early Labour
What They Don’t Tell You to Pack for the Hospital (But What You Really Need) FOR LABOUR
FOR AFTER THE BIRTH
FOR AN AT-HOME BIRTH
References. First Stage - Let’s Start at the Very Beginning … A VERY GOOD PLACE TO START …
LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX. BABY
MY BODY IS A TEMPLE
CAN YOU FEEL IT?
AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES
Second Stage - Birth Stories: Brilliant Ways to Give Birth. INTRODUCTION: WATER. WATER EVERYWHERE
CAESAREAN BIRTH
Third Stage - Eight Weeks to Go. WEEK 35: WRITE YOUR BIRTH PLAN
Recommended Reading. Before the Birth
BOOKS FROM ACROSS THE POND
HOME-GROWN MANUALS
To Save Until after the Birth
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
