Gentle birth, gentle mothering: the wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth and parenting (New ed.)

An authoritative guide to natural childbirth and postpartum parenting options from an MD who home-birthed her own four children.Sarah Buckley might be called a third-wave natural birth advocate.

A doctor and a mother, she approaches the question of how a woman and baby might have the most fulfilling birth experience with respect for the wisdom of both medical science and the human body.

Using current medical and epidemiological research plus womens experiences (including her own), she demonstrates that what she calls undisturbed birth is almost always healthier and safer than high-technology approaches to birth.

Her wise counsel on issues like breastfeeding and sleeping during postpartum helps extend the gentle birth experience into a gentle parenting relationship.