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Patient Education Animation: Labor and Vaginal Birth

2012

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This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, shows labor and delivery followed by vaginal birth. See more...

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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth (Updated With New Material)

What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you.

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Ina May Gaskin
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Janet Schwegel
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Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way (Revised Edition)

The classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth, fully revised for the twenty-first century—with updated information and attractive new illustrations and photos throughout.

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Susan McCutcheon
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