This Is Your Birth

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read for Parents-To-Be
Review: Aubrey was actually one of our nurses at UCSF during the birth of our son, which was how we became aware of this book. I read this book after the birth, and was amazed at the multiple attitudes about birth. Although this is fiction, the various cases obviously represent real types. We had approached birth from a completely natural, out-of-hospital attitude. However, our son was a week overdue and close to 10 pounds, so that wasn't going to happen. The first eye opener was actually giving birth...the second eye opener was finding out through this book that our experience was anything but unique. This is a quick, but very enlightening book.

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read for Parents-To-Be
Review: Aubrey was actually one of our nurses at UCSF during the birth of our son, which was how we became aware of this book. I read this book after the birth, and was amazed at the multiple attitudes about birth. Although this is fiction, the various cases obviously represent real types. We had approached birth from a completely natural, out-of-hospital attitude. However, our son was a week overdue and close to 10 pounds, so that wasn't going to happen. The first eye opener was actually giving birth...the second eye opener was finding out through this book that our experience was anything but unique. This is a quick, but very enlightening book.

Rating:
Summary: The Truth Is Right
Review: We found this book to be a little shocking, but almost exactly what we saw in the long time we were in the hospital. I had to be on bedrest in a hospital for a long time because my water broke early. Theres a story like mine in this book, and other ones that I saw happening around me too. The birth classes don't tell you the stuff you need to know as much as this book does. Like it says in the birth class in the book, Breathing techniques are not all the tools you need to survive and enjoy your baby's delivery. We recommend it if you are going to have a baby.