Having a Great Birth in Australia

Having a Great Birth in Australia is the second book from Australian writer David Vernon.

Having a Great Birth in Australia
AuthorDavid Vernon
Cover artistTessa Read and Kevin Thom
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
PublisherAustralian College of Midwives
Publication date
2005
Media typePrint
Pages200
ISBN0-9751674-3-X
OCLC156409603
Preceded bySkeptical - A handbook of pseudoscience and the paranormal 
Followed byMen at Birth 

The book is an edited anthology of birth experiences, that demonstrate that birth can be a positive, life-affirming event, and that it need not, with the right support, be the trauma that the media often suggests childbirth is. The experiences described are diverse, ranging from caesarean births and VBAC births, to births that take place at home and in a birth centre or labour ward. All of the mothers in this book chose to have their birth care provided by an individual midwife.[1] These stories express the experiential aspects of childbirth and are used to educate midwives.[2] There is also a description of a miscarriage and a stillbirth and the stories explain how the women managed to overcome their feelings of grief at the event.

This book set the style and content for Vernon's subsequent book, Men at Birth which describes men's experience of birth.

References
  1. Adela Stockton (2007). "Having a Great Birth in Australia". Book reviews. AIMS Journal. Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services. 19 (2).
  2. Kathleen Fahy; Maralyn Foureur; Carolyn Hastie (2008). Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for Practice, Education and Research. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-7506-8870-3. Retrieved 30 August 2013.

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