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Drawing on a landmark study involving more than one hundred pregnant women and mothers, a renowned OB/GYN synthesizes the secrets to a good birth—medically and emotionally. Most doctors are trained to think of a “good” birth only in terms of its medical success. But Dr. Anne Lyerly knows firsthand that there are many other important elements that often get overlooked. Her three-year study of a diverse group of over one hundred expectant moms asked what matters most to women during childbirth. The results, presented to the public for the first time in A Good Birth, show what really matters goes beyond the clinical outcome or even the usual questions of hospital versus birthing center, and reveal universal needs of women, like the importance of feeling connected, safe, and respected.
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Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD is the author of A Good Birth: Finding the Positive and Profound in Your Childbirth Experience. She is also an obstetrician, an Associate Professor of Social Medicine and the Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Widely considered to be an expert in women's health, she lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with her husband Kim and their four boys.
