Birth and the Dialogue of Love

By Marilyn A. Moran

This book explores the history of birth practices and presents the benefits and problems of childbirth techniques during the past 100 years. Presentation of the physiology of birth, birth as a sexual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940128012
• ISBN13: 9780940128019
• Release Date: November 1981
• Publisher: Terra Pub
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Human Way to Give Birth

This book is one of only three or four books to change my life in dramatic fashion. After reading it, my wife and I had five children that we delivered at home together without the intrusive "help" of the hospital-in-your-home technicians (midwives). It is a great shame that this book is out of print because it is the only one to describe the common sense of birthing as an element in the sacrament of marriage and of the cycle of exchange between wedded man and woman from conception to delivery. The late Mrs. Moran was a wonderful woman and very generous in responding to correspondents. Here's hoping that Terra Publishing which owns the rights to this book brings it back into print soon.

Birth and the Dialogue of Love

It's been quite a few years since I read this book, but with the resurgence of unassisted childbirth at home, I felt that this would be a valuable resource for those who want to consider this as an option. The book is well written and very personal in the way it is presented. While all of the views of the author are not necessarily my own, she does present this material in a way that is thought provoking and informative. Birthing women and their partners can benefit from reading this material in that it gives back to them a sense of control that is sadly lacking in today's highly mechanized childbirth. I am a practicing midwife with over 22 years of experience and have seen many shifts and changes in the birthing community, many not for the better. Anyone interested in homebirth, "unassisted" birth, or just family will find this an interesting read.