Jessica Claire wrote:

> The second half of INA MAY'S GUIDE TO CHILDBIRTH is brilliant.  
>  If you can, stress the importance of a GOOD DOULA and that
> having less intervention during birth is not about earning a purple
> heart (grrrr....so annoyed when people infer this!) but that what
> happens in birth can impact her postpartum experience drastically, 

I agree about the usefulness of this book, although the birth stories never bore me.  Makes me wonder if people get tired of the birth stories *I* tell! Lol

My other fave is "The thinking woman's guide to a better birth". SO much education, and by reading it, they are indicating that they really are a thinking person! :)

Jennifer

Jennifer Stewart, IBCLC, Midwife
West Virginia, USA

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