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The Birth Map: Boldly going where no birth plan has gone before

The Birth Map: Boldly going where no birth plan has gone before

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About the Book

Midwives say The Birth Map is “the best birth plan they have ever seen, and we wish more women would do this”. Partners welcome the ‘if this, then that’ approach to support, and report the process helps them to feel included and less stressed. Others have described it as Revolutionary. Birth Mapping is about communication, understanding and preparation. Birth Mapping provides a personalised, realistic and reassuring foundation for this important life event.

THE BIRTH MAP takes you through the Informed Birth Preparation process, helping you to understand and determine the decision points in birth and prepare for life with a baby.

What is inside?

  • Informed Decision Making
  • What to expect from standard pregnancy care
  • Creating your Birth Map
  • General Considerations for birth, each stage of labour, caesarean, post birth
  • Example map
  • Space to summarise your informed decisions
  • Beyond the Birth – what do you really need, what is normal?
  • A glossary of medical terms
  • Recommended Resources and Support Services for special circumstances.

There is more to this book than meets the eye. A wealth of resources and support is made available to you, in the free member access on Catherine Bell’s website, including The Game of Birth. This is Your Birth. Your Way. No Matter What.

Why You'll Love It

About the author:

I was a mother-in-waiting for three years, but it was not until I was in ‘the club’ that I became privy to specific knowledge – after I needed it. There have been so many ‘if I knew then’ moments!
​By the time my third was born, I had completed my Master in Science Communication, which I had begun before having children and trained as a birth doula and as a breastfeeding educator and counsellor (with the Australian Breastfeeding Association). The training revealed the lost information that all mothers need and drove me to improve the woeful communication in maternity services.
My website was born out of my drive to share this knowledge. I was frustrated at the need-to-know nature of the maternity system and the limited information provided when facing decisions.

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