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Looking for some recommendations for books on childbirth. I bought the Ina May one but not quite sure its my sort of thing, looking for something slightly less 'empowering' and slightly more practical

Hiya-

Look at sheila kitzinger (she has her own website). Fab woman! Her books are both empowering and practical.

I'd second that - if you want reassuringly practical and down to earth, Sheila's the lady for you I love her books and they are very helpful.

If you are after something that covers the period just after birth, adjusting to becoming a mum etc, then a book called Birth and Beyond is really good.
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Birth and Beyond is by Yehudi Gordon and is a really good manual on the whole of pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year. Very detailed and although there is stuff like "visualisation" for labour, it tends to be on separate pages so if you don't like that kind of stuff you can easily stick to the practicals.

Birthing from Within - Pam England(?)
(has a slightly odd chapter about birth art which I ignored) but is inspirational and very good on techniques for managing pain that can be practised in advance.

Labour Pain - Nicky Wesson
very practical about all the stages of birth