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THE GENTLE BIRTH METHOD: The Month-by-Month Jeyarani Way Programme
Childbirth guru Dr Gowri Motha, who practises with Dr Yehudi Gordon – author of Birth and Beyond – shows women how her revolutionary method helps women carry the baby to full term, have less intervention in the birth; feel less pain in labour, and feel happy and in control.
The Gentle Birth method is a concise pregnancy programme combining diverse therapies such as ‘creative healing’ massage, a simple diet, self-hypnosis, reflexology and affirmation techniques
The method was created by Dr Gowri Motha as an alternative to conventional obstetric practise, when she became alarmed at the increasing number of women needing intervention during their births. It teaches expectant mothers how to train their bodies and minds in order to reduce or prevent complications during pregnancy and labour.
This book outlines the Method, with a month-by-month programme explaining how to rebalance the body and tailor it to the optimum condition for the birthing process. It includes guides to treating problems such
– back pain
– nausea
– heartburn
– fluid retention
– stretch marks
The programme offers women a formal framework in which to prepare their bodies and so avoid facing a labour that is unnecessarily long, arduous and traumatic, with significantly lower uptakes of pain relief.
The Gentle Birth method is a concise pregnancy programme combining diverse therapies such as ‘creative healing’ massage, a simple diet, self-hypnosis, reflexology and affirmation techniques
The method was created by Dr Gowri Motha as an alternative to conventional obstetric practise, when she became alarmed at the increasing number of women needing intervention during their births. It teaches expectant mothers how to train their bodies and minds in order to reduce or prevent complications during pregnancy and labour.
This book outlines the Method, with a month-by-month programme explaining how to rebalance the body and tailor it to the optimum condition for the birthing process. It includes guides to treating problems such
– back pain
– nausea
– heartburn
– fluid retention
– stretch marks
The programme offers women a formal framework in which to prepare their bodies and so avoid facing a labour that is unnecessarily long, arduous and traumatic, with significantly lower uptakes of pain relief.
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First published June 21, 2004
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September 21, 2012
Excellent. Great advice. Particularly loved all the meditation.
April 26, 2015
Unicorns and rainbows. This book is loaded with too much B.S. lacking any medical-scientific foundation. Would recommend to no one looking for high quality natural birth medical thinking.
January 30, 2021
Gentle in its approach to birth but not to its readers. Extremely prescriptive.
January 18, 2024
Buoni spunti, da leggere con le pinze
April 7, 2021
Far too preachy and unrealistic. Designed for people who don't work and earn enough to spend every day having some kind of treatment.
Only thing I'm finding useful is the exercises and the massage ideas.
Only thing I'm finding useful is the exercises and the massage ideas.
May 17, 2014
Overall too prescriptive and unrealistic a regime to follow but I found the visualisations really helpful.
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