Holistic Pregnancy and Childbirth

Holistic pregnancy and childbirth.

Your month-by-month guide to the latest therapies, techniques, and natural approaches.

For the most rewarding path to a comfortable pregnancy, a shorter labor, and the joyful delivery of a healthy baby, turn to this wise and warm compendium of proven holistic advice.

Approved by an advisory board of leaders in obstetrics and holistic medicine, this comprehensive book helps you make the birthing experience the most fulfilling and beautiful of your life. Let the journey begin. Monitor your physical changes and your baby s. Decide where you want to have your baby. Choose a holistic caregiver and prepare a birth plan. Design your optimum diet and personal exercise program. Discover today s holistic techniques for bonding, postpartum recovery, breast-feeding, and much more, including:
* Acupuncture and acupressure aromatherapy Ayurvedic medicine
* Bach flower remedies breathing techniques botanical medicine
* Chiropractic diet and nutrition exercise homeopathy
* Hydrotherapy hypnosis intimacy exercises massage
* Meditation osteopathy qigong traditional Chinese medicine
* Vitamin and mineral therapies yoga

Author: James Marti
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.24h x 7.48w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780471185093

About the Author
JAMES MARTI is executive director of the Holistic Medical Research Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that investigates a wide variety of holistic and alternative therapies. He is also the author of The Alternative Health and Medicine Encyclopedia.
HEATHER BURTON is founder of the Midwifery Alliance and a certified childbirth instructor.