Birth Reborn

What childbirth should be

By Michel Odent

This book will give you the confidence and information you need to give birth without drugs and medical procedures

Since 1984 this book has advocated the use of more homely birthing rooms,  the use of birthing pools, labour without drugs and empowered active birthing. Every decade  has seen a brand new edition and this is the new edition for 2005. Michel's main point is that a woman has the power to give birth and does not need help. The point is not to disturb what is essentially an involuntary process. Key features include:

• The meaning of the word 'privacy'

• The role of hormones in birth and bonding

• Birthing pools as substitutes for drugs

This revolutionary book is about the extraordinary work of Michel Odent and 6 midwives in the state hospital in Pithiviers in France between 1977 and 1985. This was the first hospital unit in the world dedicated to active birthing. It inspired a world wide change in maternity practises. In the new edition Michel Odent places this in the context of the of the 21st century.

' A book you must read if you plan to have an active birth, to use a birthing pool or will be attending such a birth as partner, doula or midwife.'
Janet Balaskas

'This is the man who has made childbirth a delightful, natural experience for so many women'
Nursery World

'Many of Michel Odent's theories have changed the way childbirth is viewed and conducted.' 
The Times

Birth Reborn £12.99  order