Sheila Kitzinger

Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE (born March 29, 1929 in Taunton, Somerset) is a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth and pregnancy. She is a social anthropologist specialising in pregnancy, childbirth and the parenting of babies and young children. Although she lectures on midwifery she has never been a midwife. She campaigns for women to have the information they need to make choices about childbirth.

She is honorary professor at Thames Valley University and teaches the MA in midwifery in the Wolfson School of Health Sciences. She also teaches workshops on the social anthropology of birth and breastfeeding.

She is a strong believer that all women who are not at high risk should be given the choice to benefit from a home birth . She is a keen writer and her books cover women's experiences of antenatal care, birth plans, induction of labour, epidurals, episiotomy, hospital care in childbirth, children's experiences of being present at birth and post traumatic stress following childbirth.

Bibliography

* "Improving Maternity Services: Small Is Beautiful - Lessons from a Birth Centre" (Foreword), Radcliffe Publishing Ltd 2006, ISBN 1-84619-095-9
* "Birth Crisis", Routledge 2006, ISBN 0-415-37266-6
* "The Politics of Birth", Elsevier, USA 2005, ISBN 0-7506-8876-9
* "Understanding Your Crying Baby", Carroll & Brown 2005, ISBN 1-904760-21-X
* "The New Experience of Childbirth", Orion 2004
* "The New Pregnancy & Childbirth - Choices & Challenges", Dorling Kindersley 2003
* "Birth Your Way - Choosing birth at home or in a birth centre", Dorling Kindersley 2002
* "Rediscovering Birth", Little, Brown 2000, ISBN 0-316-85393-3
* "Becoming a Grandmother: A Life Transition", Simon & Schuster 1997, ISBN 0-684-19619-0
* "Birth over Thirty-Five", Sheldon Press 1994, ISBN 0-85969-691-X
* "The Year after Childbirth: Surviving and Enjoying the First Year of Motherhood", Scribner 1994, ISBN 0-684-19615-8
* "Ourselves as Mothers", Bantam 1992, ISBN 0-04-440742-4
* "The Midwife Challenge (Issues in Women's Health series)", Pandora Press 1991, ISBN 0-04-440845-5
* "Pregnancy Day by Day: The Expectant Mother's Diary, Record Book, and Guide", Knopf 1990, ISBN 0-394-58751-0
* "The Crying Baby", Penguin Books 1990, ISBN 0-14-009410-5
* "Breastfeeding Your Baby", Dorling Kindersley 1989
* "Your Baby, Your Way", Pantheon Books 1987, ISBN 0-394-75249-X
* "Giving Birth, How it Really Feels", Victor Gollancz Ltd 1987, ISBN 0-575-04110-2
* "Being Born", Grosset & Dunlap 1986, ISBN 0-448-18990-9
* "A Celebration of Birth - The Experience of Childbirth", Penguin 5th ed 1984
* "Woman's Experience of Sex" Penguin 1983
* "Birth Over 30", HarperCollins 1982, ISBN 0-85969-365-1
* "The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth" Dorling Kindersley 1980, rev 1989, rev 1996, ISBN 0-679-45028-9 (Knopf US edition)
* "Giving Birth: The Parents' Emotions in Childbirth", Victor Gollancz 1971

External links

* [http://www.sheilakitzinger.org/ Sheila Kitzinger's site]

References

* [http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/entry.html?id=sl312903 KITZINGER, Sheila Helena Elizabeth] International Who's Who. accessed September 4, 2006.
* "With Women - Midwives Experiences - from shift work to continuity of care", Ed David Vernon, Australian College of Midwives, 2007 pii