Author Description

At last, everything expecting mom's need to know about giving birth. Childbirth is one of the most significant events of any woman's life, and for many, also a source of enormous anxiety and fear. In "The Big Book of Birth" renowned childbirth educator and Realbirth Center founder Erica Lyon offers an antidote to that fear with a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to childbirth. Drawing more than a decade of teaching expecting parents what really to expect, Lyon fills the void that currently exists in childbirth literature, offering clear, current, objective advice on everything from choosing your doctor to midwife, to the realities of assisted and cesarean births, to the many different pain-coping options you can use during delivery and proven techniques that can help you relax and often speed along your labor