Birth with confidence

Written by Rhea Dempsey 
 
Birth With Confidence will:
Outline the benefits for mothers and babies of a normal physiological birth
Help you understand how our current birth culture can undermine your attempts at normal birth and the steps you can take to make sure it doesn’t
Explain how the various ‘circles of influence’ around you — from your friends and family to the wider culture — can support or sabotage your birthing potential
Help you identify your own attitude to pain — your ‘pain type’ — and what it will mean for your birth
Provide practical and emotional steps you can take to raise your pain tolerance level
Give you a framework for deciding on the best caregivers and support people to help you work through any ‘crisis of confidence’ during labour