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Defining your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery

This book was written to enable mother who have had breast reduction surgery to breastfeed their babies. although written directly to the mother who wishes to breastfeed after reduction, this book is also a valuable resource for health care professionals--surgeons, physicians, midwives, pediatrics and maternity nurses and lactation consultants. This first of its kind publication addresses questions and myths whether its possible to breastfeed after breast reduction surgery.


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Doula Programs: How to Start and Run a Private or Hospital-Based Program with Success!

By Paulina Perez and Deaun Thelen,. (Katy, TX: Cutting Edge Press, 1998.)

By reading this book you will learn exactly what you need to know to make optimal labor support and gifts of health that are the result of mothering the mother a reality in your community. Few endeavors in life hold the potential to positively affect the lives of so many.

A one of a kind book that is a "must have" for anyone contemplating starting a doula service. One of the most complete how-to manuals I have ever read.


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Doula: We Couldn't Have Done It without You! The Ultimate Guide to Labor Support during Pregnancy and Childbirth

By Antoinette Bond, and Janet M. Graham

The book covers the doula part of labor support, providing constant emotional and physical support during labor and delivery to insure a satisfying birth experience. It includes home and hospital deliveries and the circumstances that could arise before, during, and after labor and birth. It's a great resource book for doulas, expectant parents, and caregivers (clinical and non-clinical).


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DreamBirth: Transforming the Journey of Childbirth Through Imagery

"By communicating with your body through the language of dreams and Imagery," teaches Dr. Catherine Shainberg, "you become an active participant in the complete journey of childbirth." With DreamBirth, this leading Imagery expert offers practical exercises and guidance for harnessing our innate creative power throughout all four phases of childbirth-conception, pregnancy, labor, and post-partum care. Created as an essential resource for parents, midwives, fertility experts, and any birth care professional.


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Eat Right For Your Baby: The Individulized Guide to Fertility and Maximum Heatlh During Pregnancy

By Dr. Peter J. Adamo and Catherine Whitney, Berkley Trade Publishers, July 6, 2004.

The author, a naturopathic doctor, follows his bestselling guide to healthy eating based on blood type (Eat Right for Your Type) with a program designed to provide optimal conditions for fertility as well as for pregnancy and childbirth. D'Adamo, with the collaboration of freelance writer Whitney, utilizes current genetic research to explain the chemical reaction between blood type and food. Someone, for example, with Type O blood who wants to conceive should eat a diet that includes beef or lamb, as proteins from these meats help to create a beneficial physical atmosphere for conception. A woman with Type A blood, however, in order to create the best conditions for conception, should eliminate meat from her diet and consume fish and seafood as her chief sources of protein. Divided into sections for blood Types O, A, B and AB, D'Adamo provides nutritional strategies, including recipes, concerning detailed advice on what foods to consume, avoid, and how frequently to eat. According to the author, following these guidelines will facilitate trouble-free pregnancies and childbirths. He also suggests exercises for before and after birth that are based on type. To best recover from childbirth, an AB woman should rely more on stretching exercises, while a Type O mother can engage more quickly in aerobics. Included also are nutritional plans, based on blood type, for the new baby. This is a very useful tool for new parents with a strong interest in alternative medicine. (Apr.) Illustrated Books Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.


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Eating for Two: Recipes for Pregnant & Breastfeeding Women

by Robin Lim, Half Angel Press.

In Eating For Two Robin Lim presents more than 150 easy-to-prepare recipes, using wholesome and simple ingredients for achieving optimal health during pregnancy.

She provides helpful information to determine which foods deliver sufficient protein, calcium, iron, and other necessary nutrients, to ensure a healthy start for the new baby.

Eating For Two is like having a wise-woman healer, supportive friend, and personal nutritionist by your side.


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FatherBirth: A Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind

By John B. Franklin, Cher Martin Franklin

To prepare fathers to be fully 'present' at the delivery of their newborn. If you are about to become a father, you have before you the opportunity of a lifetime. Birth is an interruption in the ordinary homogeneity of everyday life, a moment when the veil between the worlds is opened. If you are willing to enter into that opening with your full attention and stay present, moment by moment, you will return to your life with everything you need to grow into your new fathering role connected more deeply to your Self and bonded with your child. And you will never be the same.


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Fathers at Birth

Only a few generations ago, men were left to pace the waiting room anxiously anticipating the birth of their children. Times have changed. But many men are still at a loss when it comes to knowing what their role is in the birthing room. 'Fathers at Birth' shows you how to transform yourself into the physical, emotional, and spiritual guide your partner needs you to be by providing you with a clear understanding of your role during labor and birth; simple concepts, tips, and tools you need to be a confident birth partner; how to touch and talk to a laboring woman; insight and skills needed to be a companion who makes a difference; and much, much more!


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Fathers-To-Be Handbook: A Road Map for the Transition to Fatherhood

By Patrick M. Houser

Men becoming fathers today face new challenges as they increase their involvement in the family and participation in the birth of their children.

Using real stories and solid research Patrick Houser provides information,ideas and even Power Tools to assist expectant and new dads in navigating this territory.

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Fertility & Conception: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant

By Zita West, (Dorling Kindersley, 2003)

Aimed at couples that are planning to start a family, from those who have already experienced problems conceiving to those who have only recently decided to have a baby, Fertility & Conception is loaded with advice and up-to-date information on maximizing fertility. Bridging the gap between conventional and complimentary treatments, the book offers a unique approach to fertility by offering "Plan A", a 4-week preconception program of diet and complimentary therapies, and "Plan B," which focuses on combining conventional treatments such as IVF, with complimentary treatments. In clear, easy-to-understand prose, the author provides cutting-edge information on all the latest fertility tests and treatments, and offers advice on how to achieve healthy ovulation through diet, correct hormone balance, and reducing the effects of disorders that derail fertility.


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