Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural ChildbirthAn original and unabridged edition of this Grantly Dick Read title about natural childbirth. |
Contents
The Science of Obstetrics | 3 |
Motherhood from Many Points of View | 8 |
A Philosophy of Childbirth | 18 |
Anatomy and Physiology | 29 |
The Pain of Labour | 39 |
Factors Predisposing to Low Threshold of Pain Interpretation | 48 |
Fear | 56 |
Imagery and the Conditioning of the Mind | 69 |
Hypnosis in Childbirth as a Means of Pain Relief | 178 |
The Conduct of Labour | 183 |
Childbirth in Emergency | 209 |
Breastfeeding and RoomingIn | 216 |
The Husband and Childbirth | 240 |
Antenatal Education | 254 |
Preparation for Labour | 279 |
Antenatal Schools of Instruction and Their Organisation | 303 |
Common terms and phrases
abnormal accepted anaesthesia anaesthetic analgesia analgesics anxiety arrival asked association attend baby become believe birth blood body born breast breast-feeding breathing cause cervix child chloroform civilised clinical comfort conduct of labour confidence conscious considerable contractions demand diet dilatation discomfort doctor effort emotional etzev exercise experience expulsive fear of childbirth feeding feel fibres girl give Grantly Dick-Read happiness hospital human husband hypnosis important infant influence instruction interest maternity mental method midwifery midwives milk mind mother motherhood muscles natural childbirth nervous newborn nipple nociceptors normal labour nurse observations obstetrician obstetrics organisation ovum parturition patient pelvic pethidine phenomena of labour physical physiological placenta possible practice pregnancy pregnant woman principles puerperium reactions realise recognised relaxation reproduction second stage sensations stage of labour suffering sympathetic nervous system teaching tension things told truth understanding uterine uterus wife women in labour words