Birth Skills - Juju Sundin & Sarah Murdoch new softcover book

BIRTH SKILLS

by Juju Sundin with SARAH MURDOCH

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Brand new softcover book, 271 pages, published 2007

Proven pain management techniques for your labour and birth

If you're like most women, you'll go into labour with little knowledge of exactly what your body is doing and why, and how you can actively manage the pain and stay in control while helping your body do what it's designed to.

That's where Birth Skills Class comes in, a step-by-step guide packed with information plus easy-to-learn, proven pain management skills.

In Birth Skills, obstetric physiotherapist Juju Sundin shares the techniques she has pioneered over her 30-year career, while Sarah Murdoch takes you on a personal journey of her own labour and birth, describing how she learned the skills in the class then applied them on the big day.

Whether it's your first baby or lucky last, you will learn:

• how your body works in labour and why

• how to turn fear into positive action so you stay in control

• how to use movement, breathing, vocalisation, visualisation, keywords and other handy techniques

• what to wear, what to take, and what questions to ask

• how your partner can help, and working as a team

• other women's experiences using Juju's techniques

Even after reading countless pregnancy books I still didn't understand what my labour would be like. All I really knew was it would be painful and scary. Then my obstetrician suggested I take Juju Sundin's birth skills classes. Juju gave me the knowledge to understand my body during labour and taught me about the physiology of pain and how to use her techniques to deal with it. - Sarah Murdoch

Birth is all about the bigger picture -- educating and empowering yourself, giving it a try, doing it your way, and a healthy mother and baby. - Juju Sundin

About the authors

Julia ( JuJu ) Sundin is a physiotherapist in private obstetric practice in Sydney. She is one of Australia's most prominent educators in prenatal education including both childbirth preparation and holistic pregnancy fitness. Her dynamic and innovative teaching style has inspired thousands of women and men towards a rewarding childbirth experience. JuJu is a registered physiotherapist, a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and a life honorary member of the Women's Health and Continence Group of NSW. Over her 35 year career as a physiotherapist in Sydney, she has developed a special interest in human pain management, active birth principles, and motivation and mastery within the childbirth context.

JuJu has published and lectured extensively in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. She has been involved with the design and coordination of post graduate childbirth education courses in both health professional and consumer childbirth classes for many years. Her audience has included doctors, physiotherapists, childbirth educators, medical and physiotherapy undergraduates, fitness leaders and high school and kindergarten students.

Sarah Murdoch is a former fashion model who appeared in campaigns for Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent and Estee Lauder, as well as the 1999 and 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues. In 1999, Sarah married Lachlan Murdoch, son of Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The couple live in Sydney, Australia and have two sons, Kalan Alexander and Aidan Patrick. Sarah is very active in assisting not-for-profit arts and charitable bodies, where her name and connections add gravitas and fund-raising capacity. She was appointed International Ambassador of the Australian Ballet Company in 2004 and joined The Australian Ballet Board of Directors in 2006. She is also ambassador of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and a member of its development board. The Institute was established in 1986 by her husband Lachlan's grandmother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and is the largest child health research institute in Australia. Sarah is patron of Australia's National Breast Cancer Foundation

Birth Skills by Juju Sundin and Sarah Murdoch