Editorial Review:

Now completely revised and updated for today's parents-to-be...
The book that started a revolution in the birthing experience and helped millions of women and their partners to a safe and natural childbirth.
The Bradley Method has changed the way men and women--and the medical establishment--think about childbirth today. Now this new, updated edition of the groundbreaking work by Robert A. Bradley, M.D., has all the information you need to approach a natural childbirth safely, confidently, and wisely. From the reasons to choose the Bradley Method to the steps you will take as your birth day approaches--and after the birth of your baby--this book is designed to help couples share completely in the birthing experience.
·Build better, deeper, and more trusting communication skills with your partner in preparation for a drug-free childbirth
·Learn the physical, emotional, and mental relaxation techniques essential to a natural childbirth
·Discover how you and your doctor can work together toward your natural delivery
·Monitor your weight, nutrition, and your overall well-being during pregnancy
·Use natural prevention methods for the most common pregnancy problems
·Get the most out of the bonding experience you will share with your baby and your partner
With its time-tested wisdom, medical soundness, and reassuring first-person accounts of natural childbirth, this book is the "gold standard" of childbirth books. The Bradley Method is an essential guide for anyone considering childbirth without unnecessary medications or medical intervention and to share fully in your child's arrival into the world.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Very helpful:

I thought the book was very informative and helpful on what to expect with labor. I just wish the book had a larger chapter on relaxation techniques. My husbnad and I do feel more prepared and confident about the birth of our baby. We wanted to go natural and this is our first child. This is definitely a book worth buying if you want to learn more about going natural. Reading the testimonials from other families was great, because everyone is different and you really don't know what will work for you until... more info

An essential to help dads understand Natural Childbirth:

After reading some of the negative reviews about this book I feel I need to correct some of the misinterpretations of Dr. Bradley's book. First of all it is written specifically to the husbands to give them an understanding on how the birth process works and how they can be an active part in the preparation for and the act of childbirth; as a coach and as a companion to the mother. The language used is a bit dated, but the principals and concepts are unchanging.
This book teaches how a woman can... more info

A must for natural childbirth:

I must admit, I had my doubts about my ability to sucessfully give birth naturally. But once I read this book and began attending the Bradley Birth Classes with my husband, my doubts disappeared. Everything made sense after that as I became educated and confident and prepared in the area of natural childbirth. In July, I delivered my first child without any medical interference, and everything went perfectly. I know we are blessed to have had the experience without complication, but we were prepared for... more info

Very Helpful for My Husband:

In response to the other reviews, I'd like to say that this book was written to the husband of the woman having a baby, not to the woman herself. It's written by a man who has assisted hundreds (thousands?) of women during natural births to men who will be coaching, supporting and helping their wives through their own natural births. As a woman who has had two natural births and is anticipating her third in January, I read this before asking my husband to read it. Over and over I thought, "Oh, I'd love for... more info

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