| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 45 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Ann Marie Gideon. |
| Summary |
Practical, reassuring, and beautifully written, A is for Advice provides a brief and compelling reflection on pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period for expectant mothers of all kinds--whether you prefer a water birth at home or a scheduled C-section in a hospital, whether you believe in painkillers or an all-natural labor, breast milk or formula, this book speaks to you and your pregnancy. Written in the approachable and friendly tone of a best-friend blogger but informed by the insight of a Registered Midwife, A is for Advice seeks to comfort and inspire, providing realistic and soothing advice at a time when most women desperately seek out information. Through 26 lesson/letters of the alphabet (C is for Control; F is for Fear; W is for Water), A is for Advice offers practical and emotional insights into the often overwhelming transition to motherhood. Using a combination of humor, story-telling, research distillation, and personal reflection, A is for Advice speaks to concerns common to all women as they approach birth and motherhood. Eschewing the "birth wars" for a women-centered, feminist perspective, A is for Advice does not argue for any one type of birth experience, but rather empowers each woman to be her own advocate. If the book could be summed up in one line it would be, simply, "be gentle with yourself." Read it cover-to-cover or in the short bursts available to an expecting mom (each letter stands alone), this book offers a compelling call for well-informed, judgment-free, and forgiving birthing and mothering. A small gift package with a beautiful black-and-white illustration program by Iris Gottlieb, this is the ultimate baby shower gift for your best friend, sister, or daughter. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Pregnancy.
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Childbirth.
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Puerperium.
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| Added Author |
Gideon, Ann Marie, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780062896735 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0062896733 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12196821 |
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