Birth Stories

Overview

Birth Stories is a collection of 19 candid stories by Australian women about the triumphs, challenges, and delights of their experiences of childbirth. Each of these women discovered the value of being able to make informed decisions about their maternity care, and had positive and empowering birth experiences. David Vernon, the editor of Birth Stories writes: "I am concerned that if women only hear the 'bad' experiences, they will never gain the knowledge of how confidence building a great birth can be. This is why I have collected these birth stories together—to let women and men read about women who have had a great birth and to encourage them to have a positive view of childbirth, rather than a fearful and anxious view."

Reviews

"If you want to know what labour and birth actually feel like . . . if you want to know how women cope with pain . . . if you want to know what it feels like, physically and emotionally to push out a baby, then this book is for you." —Dr Kathleen Fahy, Professor of Midwifery, University of Newcastle

Author Biography

David Vernon is a freelance writer and editor. In recent years, he has focused on chronicling women's and men's experience of childbirth and promoting better support for pregnant women and their partners. David won the 2007 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards for Non-Fiction for Men at Birth.