Having a Great Birth in Australia
- Having a Great Birth in Australia
infobox Book |
name = Having a Great Birth in Australia
author = David Vernon
cover_artist = Tessa Read and Kevin Thom
country = Australia
language = English
genre = Non-Fiction
publisher = Australian College of Midwives
release_date = 2005
media_type = Print
pages = 200
isbn = ISBN 0-9751674-3-X
followed_by = Men at Birth
preceded_by = Skeptical - A handbook of pseudoscience and the paranormal
"Having a Great Birth in Australia" is the second book from Australian writer David Vernon.
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. 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
* Book Review "Having a Great Birth in Australia," Nadine Edwards, "Birth and Beyond", Issue 26, Ediburgh, Scotland April 2006
External links
* [http://web.mac.com/david.vernon/iWeb/Having%20a%20Great%20Birth%20in%20Australia/Welcome%20-%20Great%20Birth.html Having a Great Birth in Australia]
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