Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING:

• Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirth
• Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain
• Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation
• Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing

American College of Nurse-Midwives' Best Book of the Year Award: 2014National Parenting Publications Award: 2013Mom's Choice Award: 2013Greater Good Science Center's Top Ten Books: 2012 

• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
• Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
• Birth Partner 5th Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions
• HypnoBirthing, Fourth Edition: The natural approach to safer, easier, more comfortable birthing - The Mongan Method, 4th Edition
• Fearless Birthing: Clear Your Fears for a Positive Birth
• Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally (Non)
• The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality
• Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth
• Birth Without Fear: The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
• Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding: From the Nation's Leading Midwife