Eastland Press Inc The Female Pelvis: Anatomy & Exercises

Clear and easy to understand yet beautifully detailed. Basic education of one’s own body should happen early in life and not be expected of public schools. Buy this for your daughter, even if she’s too young to appreciate it yet!

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I should probably have known more about my pelvis than I did before (and after) I had a baby, but I know a LOT now, because of this book. This was the perfect accompaniment to seeing a pelvic floor physio (who recommended it). It helped me visualize/see what I was trying to do and what muscle groups, etc., I was trying to work with. I wish I had known all of this sooner, but now is the time.

I ordered because I went to a workshop with Jennifer Mercier, dr. and midwife and we were asked to buy this book.I like it because it has a very easy understanding language and it has very good illustrations. It has lot of exercises which make it very usefull in praxsis.

This book is most useful for providers who care for pregnant women, and for pregnant women who want to improve their obstetric outcomes.The content is not known by the vast majority of US midwives or OB providers, so a pregnant woman who is interested in this subject will have to do some hard study!The pelvic bones are fused, but there is some flexibility at the ligaments that join the bones, and that flexibility increases in pregnancy. By moving into certain positions, the passageway for the fetus to be born can be stretched a bit, increasing the odds of vaginal birth. The combination of appropriate weight gain in pregnancy (to grow the right size of baby), walking in pregnancy and at delivery (to encourage the fetal head to engage in the most favorable position) and movement of the pelvis at delivery can help to improve the process of birth, and perhaps lower our C-section rate.