In an “active birth,” a mother moves about freely, finds comfortable positions for labor and delivery, and seldom needs drugs or obstetrical interventions. In Active Birth, Janet Balaskas teaches mothers to develop all of their bodily resources for giving birth, to follow their own instincts, and to take full control of the childbirth experience. Active Birth includes:Fully-illustrated exercises for a comfortable, energetic pregnancy
Massage for pregnancy and labor

More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a "doula." This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors' earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and working with a doula, the authors show how a doula reduces the need for cesarean section, shortens the length of labor, decreases the pain medication required, and enhances bonding and breast feeding.

Sacred Birthing is an exploration of the spiritual, emotional and physical principles behind birth in order to retain the essence of the soul expression of a baby. When this is accomplished, the Sacred is restored to the art of birthing and the essence of the newborn is preserved.

With 791,000 babies born in the UK last year, too many women experience birth as nothing more than a routine or painful event. In her much-praised film "Orgasmic Birth", acclaimed filmmaker Debra Pascali-Bonaro showed that in fact childbirth is a natural process to be enjoyed and cherished. Now she joins forces with renowned author and activist Elizabeth Davis to offer an enlightening programme to help women attain the most empowering and satisfying birth experience possible.

The mother-obstetrician relationship
Causes of pain during birth and how to control it
Rooming-in
Drugs and anesthesia in the delivery room
Father in the delivery room
Benefits of breast feeding
History of childbirth practices
List of childbirth education associations
And anything else you want to know about pregnancy, labor, birth, and post-natal care