Denise Tiran is a qualified midwife who runs her own private clinic for expecting mothers. She is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Greenwich and has written widely in the national press. As a specialist lecturer and practitioner in maternity complementary therapies, she has spent the last 24 years researching the vast range of more natural options available to expectant mothers.

• : acknowledgements: introduction: part one: positive pregnancy: 1) preparation for pregnancy:  preconception:  conception: 2) emotions and feelings:  keep a pregnancy diary:  your partner’s feelings:  how to achieve the maternity care you:  would like:  understanding your maternity notes::  commonly used abbreviations and terms:  dealing with stress:  self-help techniques for dealing with:  pregnancy stress:  dealing with difficult situations: 3) sex and relationships:  how pregnancy can affect your family:  relationships:  sex and your relationship with your partner:  during pregnancy:  practicalities of sex in pregnancy:  safe sex in pregnancy: 4) work, rest and play:  maternity benefits in the UK:  exercising safely in pregnancy:  what to do if you cannot sleep: 5) physical well-being:  physical changes in your body:  eating for a healthy pregnancy:  how to achieve a balanced diet:  weight gain in pregnancy:  things to avoid during pregnancy:  some of the antenatal tests and:  investigations you may be offered:  beauty tips for self-confidence during:  pregnancy:  coping with physical discomforts:  part 1: positive pregnancy – the end:  of the beginning: part two: positive parturition (childbirth): 6) emotions and feelings:  where to give birth to your baby:  preparation for labour:  packing for labour:  birth planning: 7) sex and relationships:  choosing who to have with you in labour:  professionals involved in maternity care: 8) work, rest and play:  how your birth supporter can help you:  physical well-being: 9) powers, passages and passenger:  working with contractions:  conventional methods of relieving labour:  pain:  the power of water:  how to cope when things are not as you:  expect:  induction of labour:  breech presentation:  Caesarean section:  part 2: happy birthday!: part three positive postnatal: 10) emotions and feelings:  how to approach your new role as a:  mother:  if your baby’s birth did not go according:  to plan: 11) sex and relationships:  family dynamics:  siblings:  pets and the new baby:  family planning:  contraception: 12) work, rest and play:  dealing with visitors:  rest and sleep:  coping with your crying baby:  ‘time out’ for you and your partner:  returning to work: 13) physical well-being:  caring for your perineum after delivery:  dealing with postnatal constipation:  feeding your baby:  postnatal mobility:  postnatal exercises:  postnatal fitness: part four positive complementary therapies: 14) using complementary therapies safely:  in pregnancy and childbirth:  how to take homeopathic remedies:  in pregnancy:  safe use of aromatherapy in pregnancy:  and childbirth:  safe use of herbal remedies in pregnancy:  Bach flower remedies for pregnancy:  and childbirth: glossary of complementary therapies: conclusion: taking it further: index

Denise Tiran is a qualified midwife who runs her own private clinic for expecting mothers. She is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Greenwich and has written widely in the national press. As a specialist lecturer and practitioner in maternity complementary therapies, she has spent the last 24 years researching the vast range of more natural options available to expectant mothers.

• : acknowledgements: introduction: part one: positive pregnancy: 1) preparation for pregnancy:  preconception:  conception: 2) emotions and feelings:  keep a pregnancy diary:  your partner’s feelings:  how to achieve the maternity care you:  would like:  understanding your maternity notes::  commonly used abbreviations and terms:  dealing with stress:  self-help techniques for dealing with:  pregnancy stress:  dealing with difficult situations: 3) sex and relationships:  how pregnancy can affect your family:  relationships:  sex and your relationship with your partner:  during pregnancy:  practicalities of sex in pregnancy:  safe sex in pregnancy: 4) work, rest and play:  maternity benefits in the UK:  exercising safely in pregnancy:  what to do if you cannot sleep: 5) physical well-being:  physical changes in your body:  eating for a healthy pregnancy:  how to achieve a balanced diet:  weight gain in pregnancy:  things to avoid during pregnancy:  some of the antenatal tests and:  investigations you may be offered:  beauty tips for self-confidence during:  pregnancy:  coping with physical discomforts:  part 1: positive pregnancy – the end:  of the beginning: part two: positive parturition (childbirth): 6) emotions and feelings:  where to give birth to your baby:  preparation for labour:  packing for labour:  birth planning: 7) sex and relationships:  choosing who to have with you in labour:  professionals involved in maternity care: 8) work, rest and play:  how your birth supporter can help you:  physical well-being: 9) powers, passages and passenger:  working with contractions:  conventional methods of relieving labour:  pain:  the power of water:  how to cope when things are not as you:  expect:  induction of labour:  breech presentation:  Caesarean section:  part 2: happy birthday!: part three positive postnatal: 10) emotions and feelings:  how to approach your new role as a:  mother:  if your baby’s birth did not go according:  to plan: 11) sex and relationships:  family dynamics:  siblings:  pets and the new baby:  family planning:  contraception: 12) work, rest and play:  dealing with visitors:  rest and sleep:  coping with your crying baby:  ‘time out’ for you and your partner:  returning to work: 13) physical well-being:  caring for your perineum after delivery:  dealing with postnatal constipation:  feeding your baby:  postnatal mobility:  postnatal exercises:  postnatal fitness: part four positive complementary therapies: 14) using complementary therapies safely:  in pregnancy and childbirth:  how to take homeopathic remedies:  in pregnancy:  safe use of aromatherapy in pregnancy:  and childbirth:  safe use of herbal remedies in pregnancy:  Bach flower remedies for pregnancy:  and childbirth: glossary of complementary therapies: conclusion: taking it further: index

Denise Tiran is a qualified midwife who runs her own private clinic for expecting mothers. She is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Greenwich and has written widely in the national press. As a specialist lecturer and practitioner in maternity complementary therapies, she has spent the last 24 years researching the vast range of more natural options available to expectant mothers.

• : acknowledgements: introduction: part one: positive pregnancy: 1) preparation for pregnancy:  preconception:  conception: 2) emotions and feelings:  keep a pregnancy diary:  your partner’s feelings:  how to achieve the maternity care you:  would like:  understanding your maternity notes::  commonly used abbreviations and terms:  dealing with stress:  self-help techniques for dealing with:  pregnancy stress:  dealing with difficult situations: 3) sex and relationships:  how pregnancy can affect your family:  relationships:  sex and your relationship with your partner:  during pregnancy:  practicalities of sex in pregnancy:  safe sex in pregnancy: 4) work, rest and play:  maternity benefits in the UK:  exercising safely in pregnancy:  what to do if you cannot sleep: 5) physical well-being:  physical changes in your body:  eating for a healthy pregnancy:  how to achieve a balanced diet:  weight gain in pregnancy:  things to avoid during pregnancy:  some of the antenatal tests and:  investigations you may be offered:  beauty tips for self-confidence during:  pregnancy:  coping with physical discomforts:  part 1: positive pregnancy – the end:  of the beginning: part two: positive parturition (childbirth): 6) emotions and feelings:  where to give birth to your baby:  preparation for labour:  packing for labour:  birth planning: 7) sex and relationships:  choosing who to have with you in labour:  professionals involved in maternity care: 8) work, rest and play:  how your birth supporter can help you:  physical well-being: 9) powers, passages and passenger:  working with contractions:  conventional methods of relieving labour:  pain:  the power of water:  how to cope when things are not as you:  expect:  induction of labour:  breech presentation:  Caesarean section:  part 2: happy birthday!: part three positive postnatal: 10) emotions and feelings:  how to approach your new role as a:  mother:  if your baby’s birth did not go according:  to plan: 11) sex and relationships:  family dynamics:  siblings:  pets and the new baby:  family planning:  contraception: 12) work, rest and play:  dealing with visitors:  rest and sleep:  coping with your crying baby:  ‘time out’ for you and your partner:  returning to work: 13) physical well-being:  caring for your perineum after delivery:  dealing with postnatal constipation:  feeding your baby:  postnatal mobility:  postnatal exercises:  postnatal fitness: part four positive complementary therapies: 14) using complementary therapies safely:  in pregnancy and childbirth:  how to take homeopathic remedies:  in pregnancy:  safe use of aromatherapy in pregnancy:  and childbirth:  safe use of herbal remedies in pregnancy:  Bach flower remedies for pregnancy:  and childbirth: glossary of complementary therapies: conclusion: taking it further: index