Hands of Love: Seven Steps to the Miracle of Birth

by Carol J. Phillips

Hands of Love is a 193 page, 8 1/2" x 11", soft cover text (Symthe Sewn) that combines 200 beautiful color photographs with more than two dozen inspirational birth stories to give the reader a seven... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967394201
• ISBN13: 9780967394206
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: New Dawn Publishing (MN)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for Expectant Families

Dr. Phillips combines practical steps to preparing for birth with scientific knowledge, testimonials, trust in the human body's innate intelligence, and common sense. Appropriate for lay persons and professionals (midwives, doulas, chiropractors, etc.) dealing with childbirth. We use this book in our practice, and our patients love borrowing it!

A great book for expectant parents, doulas and midwives

If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, read this book!I have read many many pregnancy and birth related books and Hands of Love is up there with the best of books. With wonderful, intimate photos and birth stories, Dr. Phillips outlines a lot of the choices parents have to make today . She does so in a gentle and informative way. The book includes simple exercises to alleviate common complaints of pregnancy that can make a huge difference in birth outcome- including a really simple way to deal with preterm labor. I didn't realize how having everything your body in the right place can make such a difference in birth... Check out this book!!

If you only buy one birthing book....

This is the one to buy. I have read extensively as an expectant mother and this book is phenomenal. It is also an excellent resource for family members who have questions about the process.

Hands of Love: Seven Steps to the Miracle of Birth

In an age when the allopathic medical doctor's word is no longer gospel and the general public is turning to alternative (complimentary) medicine for a second opinion, Dr. Phillips poses an approach to pregnancy and childbirth that is revolutionary. The book clearly advocates a holistic "humanistic" model without discounting the value of the traditional medical community. The birth stories used as examples are told through the passionate voices of the parents themselves as well as their children, friends and family. I laughed and cried and kept turning the pages. It is intuitively written and illustrated with fabulous pictures. The stories are interspersed with valuable information on the roles of chiropractors, doulas, midwives, birth teams and good birth plans, based on 15 years of qualitative research. I am predisposed as the author is my mother but it is one of the best books I have ever read, both on an educational and a personal level.