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

Nancy Bardacke

Jul 2012 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

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 childbirth
• Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain
• Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation
• Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing

Ratings and reviews

The concept of the book could certainly be beneficial, but as another reviewer stated it comes off a bit heavy-handed. Honestly, I feel expectant mothers would benefit more so from attending prenatal yoga and lamaze classes, while also practicing guided meditations.

About the author

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.