Homebirth in the Hospital

by Kerr, Stacey Marie

• ISBN13: 9781591810773
• ISBN10: 1591810779
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Sentient Pubns

Summary

Too often pregnant women feel they have to choose between the emotional support of a homebirth and the technical advantages offered by a hospital, yet this should be an unnecessary dilemma. Dr. Stacey Kerr has provided the personalized and empowering experience of a homebirth for hundreds of women in a hospital setting. In Homebirth in the Hospital, she gives us the powerful stories of fifteen such women, lessons learned, and helpful points for women to use and remember as they face this enormously important event in their lives. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Stacey Marie Kerr, MD, is a family physician who has offered family-centered childbirth experiences for her patients for over fifteen years

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Homebirth in the Hospital - Making It Happen	p. 17
The Definition of Integrative Childbirth	p. 19
Choice	p. 20
Communication	p. 22
Continuity	p. 24
Confidence and Trust	p. 25
Control of Protocols	p. 27
Checklist for Evaluating Integrative Childbirth Providers	p. 30
A Woman's Will: Stacey and Sarah Kate	p. 33
Do What You Need to Do: Pamela and Chloe	p. 41
Baby Wants OUT!: Sueli and Marcus	p. 55
As Simple as It Gets: Jennifer and Akayla	p. 65
Sliding into Home: Serena and Sophie	p. 75
Ten Pounds, Fourteen Ounces: Lara and Joseph	p. 87
Having Holden: Heather and Holden	p. 99
Postgraduate Training: Renee and Oliver	p. 111
Rainbow Wipeouts: Laura Clare and Lily	p. 125
Third Time's the Charm: Chrissy and Anael	p. 137
Intuitive, Introspective, Inspirational: Lennie and Zan Cayli and Eyan	p. 145
Jesse: Bobbi and Jesse	p. 159
Angels on My Shoulder: Deborah and Gavin	p. 167
Just Do It: Lucy and Christopher and Katelyn	p. 179
Cancer Can't Wait: Carol and Logan	p. 189
For Physicians-How to Be an Integrative Childbirth Provider	p. 199
Practice-Management for Integrative Childbirth Care	p. 202
Essential Elements of Style	p. 202
Communication	p. 203
Continuity	p. 205
Confidence and Trust	p. 205
Control of Protocols	p. 206
Acknowledgements	p. 209
About the Author	p. 211
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