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Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth Bing (1914–2015) was born in Berlin, Germany, of a distinguished scientific family. She was trained as a physical therapist in London, England, and came to New York in 1949. She worked under Dr. Alan Guttmacher in the Childbirth Education Program at the Mt. Sinai Hospital from 1952 until 1960. Elisabeth Bing became one of the co-founders of the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics, Inc. in 1960 and served as a member of the department of obstetrics and gynecology of the N.Y. Medical College. She trained thousands of expectant parents in her own private classes and traveled widely all over the U.S. and Europe, giving workshops, lecturing and holding seminars in many colleges, hospitals and communities. She was the author of six books on childbirth education. Klappentext THE BIBLE FOR EVERY COUPLE PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH OF A BABY When it was first introduced more than thirty years ago! the Lamaze method was a revolutionary childbirth technique. Since that time! it has made pregnancy and childbirth easier for millions of women! lessening their dependence on pain medications before and after birth. Elisabeth Bing's classic book on the Lamaze method guides women through the physical and psychological challenges of pregnancy. Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth details the changes a woman can expect in her body during pregnancy! labor! and delivery and provides a complete program of exercises for increased muscular control and relaxation during childbirth. This guidebook also emphasizes the partner's supportive role in the Lamaze method! both in preparation and in the delivery room. This newly revised edition includes an expanded program with new photographs of exercises for every pregnant woman. Elisabeth Bing also provides more information on what to expect in the hospital! including updated information on cesarean births and the medications commonly prescribed during delivery. Filled with vital information and reassurance! Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth will make expectant couples better prepared than ever for this joyous! rewarding experience. INTRODUCTION I wrote the first edition of this book twenty-five years ago, and not in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought that years later, this little textbook could still be in demand and be of practical help to thousands of young parents. Of course, I personally was convinced of the value of the Lamaze method but had simply hoped that “Prepared Childbirth” was here to stay and that its obvious appeal to parents would establish it as a “way of birth,” not as some kind of fad of the sixties. The Lamaze method has now become an accepted modality of obstetric procedure in our time. Today, hardly anyone will argue that it is detrimental to a woman’s health or could endanger the newborn. And just because it has proved to be of lasting value, it has also proved to be a living tool. Changes have occurred, changes in technique to some extent, changes in approach, changes in obstetric knowledge; it is as if the infant Lamaze method has grown into early adulthood and that its existence is now taken for granted. This third revision has been brought up to date to reflect current obstetrical thinking, as well as my continuing day-to-day experience with prospective parents in my childbirth education classes. I would like not only to thank my very first editor at Bantam Books, Grace Bechtold, but also Toni Burbank and Maria Mack, for helping me to describe changes and to convince Bantam to publish this “growing child” so that it can be of as much help today to as many or more young parents as it has been for the last twenty-five years. OUR CLASS CONVENES Women all over the world are preparing themselves for childbirth in a new and constructive way. They’re learning about the changes that occur in the bod...
