Beautiful Birth: Practical techniques to help you enjoy your birth

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Would you like your experience of giving birth to be enjoyable? Do you see giving birth as an exciting journey into places in your body and mind you have never been to before? Do you imagine that childbirth will transform your relationship with your partner? All these aspects of birth are well within the realms of possibility. Certain easily mastered "tools" can ease discomfort and make labour and delivery more manageable - even pleasurable. Special types of breathing, massage, visualisations and postures can be learnt and practised at home and put to use, as you choose, throughout the different stages of your labour. Even if medical intervention is required, these tools can help make birth a more positive experience. Demonstrates the natural "tools" that can ease pain and promote progressSuitable for all types of deliveriesHelps a pregnant woman work with her body, her partner and her babyTechniques are easy to learn and can be practised at home with a birth partner.Variations are given to fit in with a womans individual experience. Fully illustrated throughout by pregnant couple.

Suzanne is the founder and main teacher at Well Mother. She has been developing an holistic approach to maternity since 1989. She established 'Well Mother' in 1990, teaching shiatsu, massage and exercise to women and their partners in Bristol, UK, to help them connect with the wisdom of their body. She has written three books: Shiatsu for Midwives published in 2003, Beautiful Birth is aimed at parents, and Pregnancy and childbirth; an holistic approach to massage and bodywork is for therapists and is the text book for the shiatsu and massage courses. In 2006 she set up a teacher training programme and currently eight teachers are working with her. She continues to train new teachers who currently assist on her courses.

'Any book, video learning program, or workshop that encourages a man to seek out opportunities to connect deeply with his pregnant partner is to be commended. Suzanne Yates has written such a book in Beautiful Birth. With step by step instructions and delightful images, Yates has made it simple for a couple to deepen their connection throughout pregnancy and the coming birth. I can recommend this book.' "A fantastic book, filled with practical resources for women and their partners to use during labour and birth." -- Milli Hill