All Consuming : punkie4god

Consuming "The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Revised)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:01:56 GMT

The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (Revised)

by Sheila Kitzinger

Consuming "Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:27:23 GMT

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide

by Penny Simkin

Consuming "Making Room: Recovering Hospitality As a Christian Tradition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31:13 GMT

Making Room: Recovering Hospitality As a Christian Tradition

by Christine D. Pohl

Consuming "What Paul Really Said About Women: The Apostle's Liberating Views on Equality in Marriage, Leadership, and Love"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31:03 GMT

What Paul Really Said About Women: The Apostle's Liberating Views on Equality in Marriage, Leadership, and Love

by John T. Bristow

Consuming "Birth as an American Rite of Passage"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:29:41 GMT

Birth as an American Rite of Passage

by Robbie Davis-Floyd

Consumed "The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:23:23 GMT

The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition

by Kathleen Huggins

Consumed "The Nursing Mother's Companion (Nursing Mother's Companion (Paperback))"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:23:07 GMT

The Nursing Mother's Companion (Nursing Mother's Companion (Paperback))

by Kathleen Huggins

Consumed "Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:12:11 GMT

Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood

by Naomi Wolf

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Birth Partner, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:11:57 GMT

The Birth Partner, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions

by Penny Simkin

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Active Birth : The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally, Revised Edition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:02:03 GMT

Active Birth : The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally, Revised Edition

by Janet Balaskas

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Naturally Healthy Babies and Children: A Commonsense Guide to Herbal Remedies, Nutrition, and Health"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:17:52 GMT

Naturally Healthy Babies and Children: A Commonsense Guide to Herbal Remedies, Nutrition, and Health

by Aviva Jill Romm

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Birth in Four Cultures : A Crosscultural Investigation of Childbirth in Yucatan, Holland, Sweden, and the United States"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:03:26 GMT

Birth in Four Cultures : A Crosscultural Investigation of Childbirth in Yucatan, Holland, Sweden, and the United States

by Brigitte Jordan

Consumed "Living More With Less"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:32:56 GMT

Living More With Less

by Doris Janzen Longacre

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Giving Birth: A Journey Into the World of Mothers and Midwives"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:40:15 GMT

Giving Birth: A Journey Into the World of Mothers and Midwives

by Catherine Taylor

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:30:52 GMT

Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood

by Sandra Steingraber

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Birthsong Midwifery Workbook, 5th Edition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:05:07 GMT

Birthsong Midwifery Workbook, 5th Edition

by Daphne Singingtree; CPM

Consuming "Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:10:31 GMT

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

by N.t. Wright

Consuming "Calm Birth : New Method for Conscious Childbirth"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:18:48 GMT

Calm Birth : New Method for Conscious Childbirth

by Robert Newman

Consuming "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:11:45 GMT

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Consuming "Birth Your Way"

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:12:30 GMT

Birth Your Way

by Sheila Kitzinger

Interesting, but I wouldn't recommend it over similar books (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (punkie4god) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:23:36 GMT

Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born

by Tina Cassidy

I just finished this book, and I was disappointed to recognize many sections of it as coming from another book that I am currently reading, Milk, Money, and Madness. I don’t think the author exactly plagiarized, but its pretty close. For example, Cassidy says in Birth
“At Dublin Foundling Hospital, of ten thousand hand-fed infants between 1775 and 1796, only forty-five survived infancy, an astounding mortality rate of 99.6 percent.”

In Milk, Money, and Madness, it reads
“At the Dublin Foundling Asylum during 1775-96, where dry nursing was in vogue, only 45 children survived out of 10,272-a horrendous 99.6% mortality rate.”

Just a few paragraphs later Cassidy says
“The ignorance and confusion surrounding bottle preparation spurred Nathan Straus, owner of Macy’s department store in New York, to give away pasteurized milk to poor children at philanthropic “stations,” a concept that had also taken hold in Europe…”

Milk, Money, and Madness says
“Milk stations were soon all the fashion. At the turn of the century, “milk depots” were established in France, Britain, and the United States… In New York, Nathan Strauss of Macy’s, working through health department clinics, organized milk stations where pasteurized, bottled milk was provided free for the needy and at low cost to others.”

You get my point. I saw dozens of these kinds of passages, which was a real turn-off. Milk, Money, and Madness came out 11 years earlier, and apparently used fantastic sources since Cassidy lifted passages like the ones above.

My other complaint is that Cassidy swings back and forth throughout the text. First she talks about how its a miracle that any of us can survive childbirth and that we’ll soon all need C-sections because our kids keep getting bigger and bigger. Then she talks about how doctors are killing us all and homebirths with midwives are safer. Then she says she’d never homebirth.

I’m very glad that I read this after my latest pregnancy. Cassidy admits that she doesn’t trust her body, and it is evident in the text. I wouldn’t recommend this book to a pregnant woman.

Cassidy has some really cool pictures in here though. The chapter on C-sections was horrifying, but really interesting at the same time. I feel so many mixed emotions about this book. I’m glad that I read it, but I wonder if the sections that I liked could’ve been found in other books.