The wonderful Pinter and Martin have given Lactivist 2 copies of Ina May Gaskins new book – Birth Matters to give away.
Pinter and Martin are a small publishing house that specialise in pregnancy and birth and publish around 12 new books a year. They are sponsors and great supporters of Lactivist and without sponsors this site could not continue. They are lovely to deal with and I want to make it worth their while supporting Lactivist so please look at their website – www.pinterandmartin.com
To enter the first competition to win Birth Matters please look at the Pinter and Martin website – www.pinterandmartin.com and then comment below telling us which Pinter and Martin book you would like to win (apart from Birth Matters) and why.
Competition ends 30th April 2011 at midnight and the winner will be the one with the best answer according to me and my quality control dept (my 7 year old son).
Competition is only for people in the UK and Europe – sorry!
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A woman who gives birth in the US today is more likely to die in childbirth than her mother was. With one in three babies born via cesarean, the US ranks behind thirty other nations in neonatal mortality rates, and forty other nations in maternal mortality rates. Confidence in women’s bodies and women’s choices has been lost. In Birth Matters, Ina May Gaskin, author of Spiritual Midwifery and Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, reminds us that the ways in which women experience birth have implications for us all. Renewing confidence in a woman’s natural ability to birth provides transformative possibilities for individual families, and for society at large. Known around the world for her birthing practice’s exemplary low rates of intervention, morbidity and mortality, Ina May Gaskin has gained an international reputation in obstetrics for demonstrating the magic key to safe birth: respect for the natural process. Birth Matters is a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women, value birth, nurture families, and reconcile modern life with a process as old as our species. “Ms. Gaskin is a bright light shining into a dark chasm of forgetting… I believe we should do well to hold Gaskin’s writings up among the great philosophical contributions to our time.” Ani DiFranco, from the foreword “A wonderful book expressing Ina May’s energy and vision.” Sheila Kitzinger, author of Rediscovering Birth” The winner of this competition was Hilary Fyfe Hardy thank you to everyone who entered. |
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i’d love to read gabrielle palmer’s new book ‘complementary feeding.’ technically it’s not out yet but am looking forward to reading it. i have all of the books on my wish list though – they all look so interesting.
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I would love to win “Vaginal Birth after Caesarean: The VBAC Handbook”. We are currently trying for baby number 2 and I had a c-section with my first as he was breech and wouldnt turn. I would love to have a successful VBAC with number 2 – knowledge is power!
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I would love to win Michel Odents trilogy as I find he speaks such wisdom. I am left inspired after reading his work. I find that what he says is such common sense and down to earth and j find that I am able to use the info with my clients in classes
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If I had to pick 1, I would love to read ‘Vaginal birth after Caesarean: The VBAC handbook’. I recently achieved my succesful VBAC and it has changed my life and turned me into a full on birthing junkie. I love reading anything and everything linked to VBAC and empowering birth stories.
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I would love to read Shiela Kitzinger’s ‘Rediscovering Birth’ because as anthropologist myself her approach is very close to my way of thinking. He’s an inspiration to me.
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I would be delighted to win ‘Saggy Boobs and other Breastfeeding Myths’ as I help run a breast feeding support group and I think that this book could offer some of our mums encouragement and open up some topics of discussion for our group!
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I would love to win the book The womanly art of breastfeeding, I have 5 children and fed them all until they were nearly 3 years, That’s 7 years non stop feeding the first 3 children and have now been feeding the second 2 for 4 years.
I love feeding my children, it’s part of who I am.
All the books look fab, but this would be my book of choice XX
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I would love to win The Father’s Homebirth Handbook by Leah Hazard. After two hospital births both with interventions I am convinced I would do better at giving birth at home and would like a natural homebirth for my third (and final) child. However my husband has reservations about homebirth and I would like us both to read this book to set our minds at ease.
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I’d love to win ‘Birth and Power: A Savage Enquiry Revisited’ by Wendy Savage, because as a doula I am am helping to change the face of childbirth today, one birth at a time. I would love this to give me more inspiration, encouragment and strength to continue to fight for the rights of parents and babies to have the best births for them.
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[...] asked 2 questions – the first was asking people which Pinter and Martin book they would like to win (apart from Birth Matters) [...]
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