Birth Crisis

<p>One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. In <em>Birth Crisis</em> Sheila Kitzinger explores the disempowerment and anxiety experienced by these women. Key topics discussed include: </p> <ul> <li>increasing intervention in pregnancy </li> <li>the shift in emphasis from relationships to technology in childbirth</li> <li>how family friends and professional caregivers can reach out to traumatized mothers</li> <li>how women can work through stress to understand themselves more deeply and grow in emotional maturity</li> <li>how care and the medical system needs to be changed.</li></ul> <p><em>Birth Crisis</em> draws on mothers' voices and real-life experiences to explore the suffering after childbirth which has until now been brushed under the carpet. It is a fascinating and useful resource for student and practising midwives all health professionals and women and their families who want to learn how to overcome a traumatic birth. </p>