Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth

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Overview

Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth is a nine-step guide designed to help mothers better understand themselves and the baby that is forming inside their belly. Painless Childbirth promotes self-confidence, urging women to take charge of their well-being as they make informed decisions about their prenatal care, their life choices, and their emotional state.

Giuditta Tornetta offers a clear, easy-to-follow process that leads women to discover their innate ability to give birth to their babies and build their self-esteem. She'll help you tune out some of the supposed "experts" and fear-based pregnancy guides and help you ...

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Overview

Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth is a nine-step guide designed to help mothers better understand themselves and the baby that is forming inside their belly. Painless Childbirth promotes self-confidence, urging women to take charge of their well-being as they make informed decisions about their prenatal care, their life choices, and their emotional state.

Giuditta Tornetta offers a clear, easy-to-follow process that leads women to discover their innate ability to give birth to their babies and build their self-esteem. She'll help you tune out some of the supposed "experts" and fear-based pregnancy guides and help you rely on your own inner knowledge. Studies have shown that the quality of life in the womb is in direct correlation with the quality of the future life. Over the course of nine months, a mother is encouraged to look at the mix of emotional, psychological, and spiritual influences that have shaped her and will mold her baby's present and future. This essential guide is filled with practical tools and exercises to empower the mother to overcome the many obstacles and fears that stand in the way of her serenity and preparation for a natural delivery.

Author Giuditta Tornetta says, "This is not a new technique, but a call to a shift in consciousness from 'pregnancy and labor are happening to me,' to 'my baby and I are working together towards the same joyful goal: the making of and arrival of new life.'"

Here's what the experts say about Painless Childbirth:
"Pregnancy is a beautiful balance of life, love and spirit and Giuditta reflects that perfectly in her gentle book. What a lovely way to prepare for your new life ahead."
—Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP, creator of the book/DVD The Happiest Baby on the Block

"Painless Childbirth is filled with heartfelt, practical and scientifically accurate information. It helps women expect the best - and then create it."
—Christiane Northrup, MD, bestselling author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"The author in her doula practice incorporates pre- and perinatal psychology principles with matter-of-fact assertiveness, and basic p&p premises are authoritatively conveyed throughout the book. This might be the most interesting book yet on a doula's life."
—Joel Evans, MD, OB/GYN, director of The Center for Women's Health in Stamford, CT, author of The Whole Pregnancy Handbook

"As we birth our babies, we also give birth to ourselves as mothers. Giuditta's gentle guidance and spiritual nourishment will give confidence and joy on the exquisite journey to motherhood."
—Sarah Buckley, MD, is the author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781581826401
  • Publisher: SourceBooks
  • Publication date: 5/1/2008
  • Pages: 336
  • Sales rank: 576,638
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Giuditta Tornetta experienced her own painless childbirth in 1984, and the experience inspired her to dedicate her life to helping women obtain painless, natural childbirth. A certified birth and postpartum doula, she also is a certified lactation educator, a certified clinical hypno-therapist, and a NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) practitioner. A contributing editor for Los Angeles Family Magazine with her monthly column, "Ask Doula Giuditta," Las Vegas Family Magazine, The Wet Set Gazette, and SheKnows, Tornetta has published more than 300 articles in the United States and United Kingdom. Excerpts from this book have appeared in Mother Magazine in the UK and Mothering Magazine in the USA.

Table of Contents


Foreword     ix
Preface     xi
Acknowledgments     xv
Introduction     3
Conception     13
The Right to Be Here and to Have     23
The Right to Feel and the Right to Want     55
The Right to Act     83
The Right to Love and Be Loved     111
The Right to Speak and to Hear the Truth     139
The Right to See and to Know the Truth     167
The Right to Consciousness     193
The Right to Divine Powers     221
The Right to Be One with the Miraculous     247
The Art of Letting Go     277
Afterword     301
Conversations at the Hospital     303
Notes     315

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