Ah, lucky pregnant (or soon to be) readers, do I have a treat for you. Thankfully, Your Best Birth by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein has been released, and it is like sitting down with a wise friend for coffee. Funny, refreshing, and seriously enlightening.
I wrote about this book's release a week ago and thankfully now hold my own copy to review. The book reads easily and flows like a conversation. What is shared, however, is nothing to be taken lightly. The book covers, without being too dramatic or heavy handed, the plight of medical births with multiple interventions in America. It calls into question the idea of leaving such a sacred right of passage in the hands of a traditional medical community that is at times more interested in insurance, schedules and potential lawsuits than the wishes of the mother. But I will let the authors explain that, as they eloquently do.
Your Best Birth is all about giving you options and information. And most importantly, the concept that you know your body and your family's needs best. Part natural birth cheerleader, part pragmatic realists, the authors disarm readers by accepting everyone where they are. They encourage mothers to make choices that provide a better, healthier birth experience no matter where they are: at home, in a birthing center, or in an operating room.
Your Best Birth features:
*the positive and negative effects of epidurals, Pitocin, and other drugs;
*the pros and cons of allowing labor to progress naturally;
*commentary on our country's 31 percent C-section rate
*how to assemble your birth team and write a birth plan
*and real life inspirational birth stories
Your Best Birth empowers American women to realize they have choices in how they will birth their baby, and that a more natural options are often safer and healthier for babies and moms.
Oh fabulous readers, I have 5 of copies of Your Best Birth to give away! Just leave me a comment on this post by May 30th, and I will pick a winner. I'd love to hear if you are expecting, or are just curious about this book. Bonus points given to those who follow us on Twitter, tweet this post, those who put a blog button on their site, or link up to us in some other way.
Please also leave your email in your comment in this spam avoiding format: non-toxic-kids(at)comcast.(net).
Good luck!
12 comments:
I thought these ladies did a great job with the Business of Being Born. I would love to read the book! I'm due in August, so this is perfect timing! Thanks for hosting the giveaway :o)
kellyihovey(at)yahoo.(com)
would love to get a copy of the book. thanks! lxchen123(at)yahoo.(com)
I would love this! I'm due with my second in October and am trying for the most natural VBAC possible!
audrey_loewen(at)hotmail.(com)
I read that post that you wrote about this book! I am expecting in July - so this would be perfect timing for me to read this book! I'm a Bradley Method Mom, so this fits with my birthing style. I'll tweet it...@EcolabelFund
jreslan (at) ecolabelfundraising. (com)
Sounds like a FABULOUS read! I'm a L&D nurse and momma of two with #3 due in August. emelbreen(at)juno(dot)(com)
Hi! I am pregnant and would LOVE to read this book! ann_m_rooney(at)hotmail.(com)
My husband and I recently decided to try for a baby. One of my close friends had a natural birth experience last year, complete with a doula, and I've had many talks with her about birth planning. I was happy to read that Ricki had a similar birth experience. I've always thought I would go the natural birth route, especially since my mom had my brother at home in her own bedroom back in the 70s. It seemed like such a great way to bring a child into the world: surrounded by love and family, not machines and sterile hospital tools!
Frankly, I'm almost afraid to read it for fear of getting my hopes up. :-( (history being a very traumatic c-section for my first child, while I did VBAC afterwards, I was lucky they let me with a 10 lb 12 oz baby!)
Now I'm pregnant with my third - who has the same due date as my first - and I'm a nervous wreck!! Should I read it? Should I watch that Business of Being Born movie, for that matter? Like I said, I'm afraid to get my hopes up again!
I would love to have this book for my daughter. She has just started trying to have a baby.
Thanks
Carlene
iluvreading(at)verizon.net
I'd love to read this book.
lilacbutterfly [at] earthlink.net
Hi there Farbs! Not sure I would even be able to have it in time (my due date w/ #2 is June 11th!) but based on my 32 hour labor last time that ended up with me having received much more than the amount of IV fluids i should have and a septic Declan, I should would like to know much more about the actual data out there. This book seems like a great start.
Yours, big mamma (Christy) Pete :>)
tinyfeet15@yahoo.com
I would love to get a copy of this book. I am due June 3rd, in a week with my 4th....and last child.
I love your siet it's awesome!!
Thank you :)
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