Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke
Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke
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Mindful Birthing
Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond

Author: Nancy Bardacke

Narrator: Nancy Bardacke, Donna Postel

Unabridged: 15 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/18/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING:Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirthTaps into deep inner resources for working with painImproves couple communication, connection, and cooperationProvides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing

About Nancy Bardacke

Nancy Bardacke, RN, CNM, MA, is the founding director of the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) program, which she currently leads at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. She is also an assistant clinical professor in the UCSF School of Nursing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Colette! on December 27, 2022

2022 update: I attempted to use these methods at my second child's birth, but found it's less applicable to precipitous labor. You're on your own for that one. (Though to be fair, it's a much quicker experience.) I gave this book 4 stars until I remembered that the techniques I read within helped me......more

Goodreads review by Emily on September 10, 2024

Loved this book. Definitely feel less anxious and more prepared for giving birth.......more

Goodreads review by Alicia Harding on June 03, 2018

So I’m saying I “finished” even though technically I didn’t. I went into labor at 36 weeks so I hadn’t actually finished the book yet! I LOVED this book and can say the strategies and mindset laid out in this book transformed my pregnancy and the birth of my daughter. This book while very useful for......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 14, 2016

This book helped me get through the pain of labour and childbirth. I highly recommend it.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on February 27, 2022

I love this book and the guided meditations that I purchased with it online. It has had a profoundly positive effect on my mindset in daily life, not just childbirth prep. Hopefully I can carry these through to help me with our home birth when the real deal comes in a few weeks!......more

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