À partir de récits de naissance qui transmettent un sentiment de joie et de confiance, et forte de quarante années d’expérience, Ina May Gaskin examine les pratiques d’obstétrique proposées aux femmes, pour les aider à choisir celles qui sont réellement à leur avantage. Cette bible de l’accouchement nous fait redécouvrir une sagesse oubliée : l’ouverture du corps est liée à l’ouverture de l’âme, ce qui donne à l’enfantement sa pleine dimension spirituelle. Enfin, secret bien gardé, l’accouchement est un acte de la vie sexuelle et certaines femmes le vivent comme une expérience orgasmique ou extatique. Un livre sans tabou, indispensable pour les futures mères comme pour les professionnels de santé, enrichi d’un annuaire international d’adresses utiles, le MamaScope.
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This book was born from the need to share birth stories such as these women had never heard.
24 January 2005
Previously privileged witnesses of childbirth, when it took place at home, fathers lost in the space of a few years the possibility of even witnessing the birth of their child. Of birth and fathers takes us back to the period of great upheaval, from the 1950s to the 1980s
7 November 2016
With sensitivity, Close to the Heart presents breastfeeding from a broader perspective than the simple nurturing function.
6 October 2008
Addressing the absence of works on the recent history of birth in Quebec, this book offers a critical analysis of its transformations during the second half of the 20th century, based on the experience of mothers.
14 October 2014
A happy birth: living well during pregnancy and childbirth by Isabelle Brabant
1 October 2012
A simple and sweet story about birth.
18 April 2018
Written by a woman who had a cesarean section and then a vaginal birth, this book describes the context surrounding childbirth today.
1 October 2012
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