Birth

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Birth
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Catherine Price
By (author) Sandra Robinson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:608
Dimensions(mm): Height 231,Width 159
Category/GenrePregnancy, birth and baby care
ISBN/Barcode 9781405039819
ClassificationsDewey:618.20
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint Macmillan Australia
Publication Date 1 February 2010
Publication Country Australia

Description

The comprehensive Australian bible for expectant parents, Birth provides practical, up-to-date, accurate and research-based information on everything relating to preconception, pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting. It presents medical treatments and natural therapies, the many physical changes of pregnancy, labour and birth and possible variations from 'the norm'. It dispels myths and addresses all the common concerns and endless worries of women, their partners and support people, as well as providing achievable support strategies.

Author Biography

Catherine Price has spent much of her working life as a midwife. She still works casually in a Sydney birth centre, but now devotes much of her time running the www.birth.com.au website, with her business partner and close friend, Sandra Robinson. She is married and has two sons.Sandra Robinson, has worked as a childbirth educator in Sydney since 1991. With the tireless help of her close friend of 25 years, Catherine Price, a business partnership and website were born. Sandra is married and has one daughter Alice, and two sons, Liam and Declan.