Jentle Childbirth Foundation
 Nurturing Pregnancy, Childbirth and beyond

Your Body, Your Baby, Your Birth

The Essential Guide to Feeling Confident at Every Stage of Your Pregnancy and Birth

Jentle founder, Jenny Smith takes readers by the hand through every stage of pregnancy, labour, birth and the first six weeks of their baby’s life. She encourages mums-to-be to approach birth with a positive, confident mindset and to be prepared for every eventuality - even if things don’t go according to plan. You will also find out about the NHS system and how you can make it work best for you - including the choices available and a who’s who of antenatal care. Armed with this insider knowledge, you will learn precisely what you can do to help yourself during each trimester so that you feel calm and able to deal with every eventuality. With a section devoted entirely to your birth, you will know what is going on at every stage - from the first signs of labour to holding your baby for the first time. This book is for every pregnant woman who wants to feel confident about the biggest event of her life.

‘I cannot rate this book highly enough. All parents-to-be need a copy.’ GABBY LOGAN

To buy a copy of Your Body, Your Baby, Your Birth at 35% off go to http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Body-Baby-Birth-Essential/dp/1905744315

Jenny Smith, a founding member of the Jentle Childbirth Foundation has jointly written a paper on Natural caesarean along side, F Plaat and NM Fisk. Here’s the abstract from the article, the full article can be seen here.

Although much effort has gone into promoting early skin-to-skin contact and parental involvement at vaginal birth, caesarean birth remains entrenched in surgical and resuscitative rituals, which delay parental contact, impair maternal satisfaction and reduce breastfeeding. We describe a ‘natural’ approach that mimics the situation at vaginal birth by allowing (i) the parents to watch the birth of their child as active participants (ii) slow delivery with physiological autoresuscitation and (iii) the baby to be transferred directly onto the mother’s chest for early skin-to-skin. Studies are required into methods of reforming caesarean section, the most common operation worldwide.