The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labour by Ruth Ehrhardt (with foreword by Michel Odent)
” There are two important published documents about birth physiology and the basic needs of labouring women. The first one is an enormous book written thousands of years ago. In the very first pages of this bestseller, there are some lines suggesting an association between the consumption of the fruit of the tree of knowledge (translate knowing too much or having developed a powerful neocortex) and the difficulties of human birth. At the end of this book, we can read about the birth of a legendary man whose mission was to promote love. His mother found a strategy to overcome the human handicap: with humility she gave birth among non-human mammals, in a stable.
The second document is the opposite of the first one in terms of size. It is a booklet by Ruth Ehrhardt. To bring together what is important in such a small number of pages is a feat. I hope that, on the five continents, all pregnant women, midwives, doulas, doctors, etc. will take the time to assimilate the contents of this chef d’oeuvre: it will be a turning point in the history of childbirth and therefore in the history of mankind.”
-Michel Odent
Now available on Amazon either as a paperback or for Kindle
The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labour is a book inspired by the work of Dr Michel Odent .
If you are in South Africa and would like to order a hard copy of the book, you can do so by ordering from Loot.co.za, or if you are elsewhere on the planet, you can order directly from Amazon, either for Kindle or as a paperback.
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