Cut Your Labor in Half

19 Secrets to a Faster and Easier Birth

By: Mindy Cockeram

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Don't you wish Childbirth was a joyous, quick and pain-free occasion? Instead women are subjected to increased contraction pain due to restricted movement, long inductions with pit and pushing positions that instigate tearing. For twenty years, veteran Childbirth Educator Mindy Cockeram has been educating pregnant woman about how to avoid labor pitfalls. Let her help you unravel the secrets to a faster and easier birth.

You will find answers to the following:

• How to Aim for the Kind of Labor You Want
• Losing the Fear and Keeping the Risks in Perspective
• Understanding the Labor 'Roadmap'
• Knowing when it is Really time to go to the Hospital
• Understanding Contraction Behavior
• Prepping the Pelvis Beforehand
• Stimulating the Right Hormone to Keep Labor Going Strong
• How to Create the Perfect Birth Partner
• Breathing Through Contractions
• Getting in the Best Positions for Labor
• Distraction and Concentration Techniques
• Pushing the Baby Out to Avoid Tearing
• Getting the Best from an Epidural
• Avoiding Unnecessary Induction

....and many more

A Reader's review says it better than we could:
"This is my 4th pregnancy, and I thought I had read every book out there on labor and delivery. Well, I was wrong, and this is the BEST book I’ve read about concrete, practical, evidence-based techniques to shorten labor. This is not a book about positive birth affirmations (though I love those too); this is a book that gives you tips and strategies that I wish I had known with my previous deliveries. It’s a quick read and will leave you feeling more confident and prepared. Buy it!"

Robots are still not humans, otherwise great!

I found the info in this book to be truly calming, educational, and clear. Comparing it with •Birth without fear” I highly recommend this book over that one because this book ACTUALLY tells you what to expect and gives you solutions for how you could respond. It also offers journal prompts and practical exercises along the way so you can internalize the material.

I will be listening to this with my partner because I think it’s simple, straightforward, and practical. I feel confident that this book alone would greatly increase my partner’s confidence and ability to support me in labor and delivery.

The auto-narration is the largest and most unavoidable downfall of this otherwise wonderful read. The robot doesn’t know how to follow syntax and cadence rules so about once per minute there’s an odd sentence, a word that gets mis-pronounced or said with the incorrect emphasis, or a total brain fart by the robot. For example, it said one thousand thirteen o clock instead of ten thirteen for 10:13 and another time it said 99 eff instead of Fahrenheit (F)

But hey listening to the annoying robot while you practice your calming breathing techniques to keep you focused could actually help you prep for labor! So maybe it ends up being a good thing?

informative

this was a very informative book! so glad I had a chance to listen. although this is my 5th baby, I listened for a refreshers & learned alot of new info.

Great information

I feel informed to support my wife through this process! Highly recommend to anyone about to enter this stage of life.

Loved this book

I wish this was narrated by a person, the computer generated version isn’t great. But otherwise i really enjoyed the content of this book, my husband will read it as well. Thank you

Good information but bad editing

No one edited this after changing it into an audiobook. Every chapter you have to listen to about a minute and a half of the robot saying “underscore” and if you skip it you typically end up skipping the first sentence of the chapter. Overall the book has good information but its performance is horrible.