Well adjusted babies

Well adjusted babies

In our modern society pregnancy is often treated like an illness, something that needs to be managed. But are we managing this natural healthy process too much? For instance why is it that the caesarean rate in Australia in 2007 was 30.3% of all births, yet the World Health Organisation, the world’s premier health authority, states that “there is no justification for any geographic region to have more than 10-15% caesarean births”? And why is it that the World Health Organisation and the USA Food and Drug Administration have “rejected routine screening” because there is a distinct lack of definitive research supporting the safety of ultrasounds – yet in Australia it is considered routine for expectant mums to have one, and sometimes even three, ultrasounds?

It is these health concerns and more that prompted chiropractor Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani to publish Well-Adjusted Babies. It has become a must-read for new mums, husbands, midwives, doctors, and healthcare practitioners around Australia. The book is an excellent step-by-step user’s guide to conception, pregnancy, labour and caring for your young child.

If you want a balanced viewpoint on all of the tough and not so tough decisions that you have to make as you traverse your way through childbirth, then this is the book for you. You can get great information on stimulation and interaction with your baby, massage, chiropractic care, rest and sleep, posture, exercise, food, water and supplementation. It also provides an in depth look into the pros and cons of all the possible medical interventions from ultrasounds, to assisted births, to vaccination.

This is a great book that will help you have a truly unique empowered birth experience. It will allow you to come to decisions around your pregnancy, labour, birth and child-rearing from a position of knowledge and power rather than fear and uncertainty.

For more information, or to order this book, check out www.welladjustedbabies.com .

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