Comments on: Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah J Buckley http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-by-sarah-j-buckley Wisdom to thrive by Thu, 17 May 2012 11:18:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Childbirth Connection http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-by-sarah-j-buckley#comment-31798 Childbirth Connection Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:33:39 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/?p=468#comment-31798 <strong>Childbirth Connection...</strong> Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah J Buckley is an interesting topic, this site might be of use:... Childbirth Connection…

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]]> By: Katrina Armstrong http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-by-sarah-j-buckley#comment-17612 Katrina Armstrong Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:35:35 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/?p=468#comment-17612 Hey Dandelion Girl, how did your birth go? Hey Dandelion Girl, how did your birth go?

]]> By: DandelionGirl http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-by-sarah-j-buckley#comment-12604 DandelionGirl Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:33:13 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/?p=468#comment-12604 Thanks for the great book review. I'll have to check this one out! I'm currently reading "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by Ina May Gaskin and it is FABULOUS! With my first birth I planned on having a home birth and ended up in the hospital with a c-section (which I was absolutely NOT wanting)! I realize now that I was really stressed during the birth of my first child and she was in a posterior position as well. Because of the c-sec, I had a hard time bonding with my baby as well. She's 4 now and thankfully we're very close! With this next baby (due November) I have a whole new outlook and just know things are going to go better. Everyone looks at me weird when they find out I'm not having any ultrasounds! :) Thanks for the great book review. I’ll have to check this one out! I’m currently reading “Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth” by Ina May Gaskin and it is FABULOUS! With my first birth I planned on having a home birth and ended up in the hospital with a c-section (which I was absolutely NOT wanting)! I realize now that I was really stressed during the birth of my first child and she was in a posterior position as well. Because of the c-sec, I had a hard time bonding with my baby as well. She’s 4 now and thankfully we’re very close! With this next baby (due November) I have a whole new outlook and just know things are going to go better. Everyone looks at me weird when they find out I’m not having any ultrasounds! :)

]]> By: Filippa http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-by-sarah-j-buckley#comment-12455 Filippa Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:44:54 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/?p=468#comment-12455 I only wish I had read this book when pregnant with my first child. I went the "one leg in the mainstream and one leg in the alternative" route with a homebirth midwife and back up care by an obstetrician. Although he was very pro- natural birthing, he still insisted I have all the scans and tests. This pregnancy I'm going down the "lay midwife" route with no back up care, confident that my body knows what to do and my good nutrition will support me in a good birth. My husband persuaded me to have the 12 week scan but now that I have read Sarah Buckley's book, there is no way I'm having any more. It confirmed my suspicions that the safety of ultrasound is totally unproven and that, in fact, several studies have raised serious concerns about its long-term effects. I will also be talking to my midwife about the doppler machine which evidently has a much more powerful emission than the ultrasound machine! Ultrasound should return to its early role in the birthing industry - that of providing support for high risk pregnancies only and not, as in the current industry of being the norm for almost every obstetric visit. I only wish I had read this book when pregnant with my first child. I went the “one leg in the mainstream and one leg in the alternative” route with a homebirth midwife and back up care by an obstetrician. Although he was very pro- natural birthing, he still insisted I have all the scans and tests. This pregnancy I’m going down the “lay midwife” route with no back up care, confident that my body knows what to do and my good nutrition will support me in a good birth. My husband persuaded me to have the 12 week scan but now that I have read Sarah Buckley’s book, there is no way I’m having any more. It confirmed my suspicions that the safety of ultrasound is totally unproven and that, in fact, several studies have raised serious concerns about its long-term effects. I will also be talking to my midwife about the doppler machine which evidently has a much more powerful emission than the ultrasound machine! Ultrasound should return to its early role in the birthing industry - that of providing support for high risk pregnancies only and not, as in the current industry of being the norm for almost every obstetric visit.

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