Name: Mindful Birthing
ISBN: 9780061963957

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Why This Clicks

Calm Through Change

Mindfulness and childbirth preparation meet in a practical guide to pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

Come here for

Finding calm amid the intensity of childbirth
A mind-body approach to pain and partnership

Expect

Practices for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond
Skills for communication, wellbeing, and parenting

Book Details

Authors: Nancy Bardacke
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: July 10, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Co-Parenting · Maternity & Women's Health Nursing
Reading lane: Co-Parenting

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Publisher Categories

Alternative Families
Family Learning
Babies & Toddlers
Motherhood

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Family & Relationships
Co-Parenting
Health & Wellness
Sleep

About This Book

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting. SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING: - Increases confidence and...

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With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting. SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING: - Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirth - Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain - Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation - Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing