After experiencing an awful hospital birth, Patrice
went on to have more blissful births that took place in a birthcenter
and then her very own home. Read about her experiences in her new book,
Empowered to Birth Naturally: One Woman’s Journey to Homebirth
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Passage from Empowered
to Birth Naturally:
In our society, when starting new adventures people tend
to pay close attention to detail. When considering buying a house,
going to college, getting married, and even buying a television,
people conduct extensive research. This same care and attention
to detail is all but forgotten when it comes to the life-changing
process of giving birth. This area is all too often left to the
“experts.” This shouldn’t be the case. If more
people would research the current medical model of care and the
midwifery model of care, the results could be revolutionary. More
women just might begin to trust that their bodies can, in fact,
do what they were created to do ? and do it well.
Of course, some don’t consider the how of giving birth
to be important. They just want the end result ? a healthy baby.
We assume that the medical profession has our best interests at
heart when various interventions are doled out “for the
benefit of mother and baby.” There is no consideration of
any long-term effects those interventions may have on mother and
baby. It’s all just accepted. Then, our society wonders
why the cesarean rates are climbing. I believe the how of giving
birth is of the utmost importance. I believe one can have the
end result and a whole lot more. I’ve experienced firsthand
how life-changing the process of birth can be. I’ve experienced
it in a negative and positive light and would like to share those
experiences with you.
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REVIEWS
 Patrice
reveals insights and provides education through her birth stories, giving
readers a personal view into how labor and birth can unfold in a hospital,
birth center and home birth. Empowered to Birth Naturally is a catalyst
to explore your beliefs about where and with whom to give birth. Patrice
shares a positive, powerful and enjoyable process that touches and will
transforms all who open up to what women’s bodies are capable
of. It is a delight to hear how her family and friends are changed through
her intimate birth experience. I highly recommend Empowered to Birth
Naturally, birth stories are a powerful way of sharing knowledge. Patrice’s
journey will inspire you to find you own path to a pleasurable birth.
Debra Pascali-Bonaro, doula, childbirth educator,
birth activist, and producer and director, “Orgasmic Birth"
"A
tell-it-like it is birth memoir full of power, passion and punch. Patrice
takes us through her birth baggage and out the other end to a pleasure-filled
birth at home. I applaud Patrice's courage after her first birth that
"things would be different" for her next births. Her bold
determination to obtain a joyful birth is evident throughout the book.
And, not surprisingly, she got it."
"Bouyed by her husband's kisses acting as
her epidural, Patrice bravely shows women that unmedicated birth, midwives
and doulas not only make sense, but for low risk women this is their
best option for a positive birth experience. And if that wasn't enough,
this birth memoir offers the other voices present at her births -her
mother, husband and others. Her husband's observation that with homebirth
he had the opportunity to not just be a "clueness bystander"
should be read and re-read by every family member who tries to talk
a low risk woman out of a homebirth. Thank you, Patrice, for telling
your story. You are a birth warrior and you definitely rock!"
Karen Brody, playwright of Birth, founder of
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