Natural Childbirth Fact or Fallacy

by William A. Cook

Argues that so called natural childbirth has been dangerously overemphasized at the expense of the newborn's safety

206 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1982

About the author

There is more than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name. This entry is for William A. ^ Cook.

William A. Cook is the author of numerous nonfiction books, including seven on baseball history, and has appeared in productions on ESPN2 and the MLB Network. A retired health care administrator and former township councilman, he lives in Manalapan, New Jersey.

Reviews

[Marie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is definitely the other side to the birth books I've been reading. And I'm glad I read it. But not because I agree with it, mostly because I felt it helped me really think about things. What is really "evil," what is just a matter of preference, and what is probably smart to have even though it may not be "natural."
I did like his point that natural does not necessarily mean better, but I didn't agree that all natural is worse either.
The book is definitely outdated (written in the early 80's.) It is very attacking and defensive. It uses a lot of big words (many that I only recently learned from my husband) and I had to read many sentences 3 or 4 times to understand them, so I would not call it a well-written book.