Following in the footsteps of their bestselling guides The Natural Way to Better Babies and The Natural Way to a Better Pregnancy, Francesca Naish and Janette Roberts show you how to experience a healthy, natural birth and relaxed bonding with your new baby.

Giving birth is an empowering and transformative life event, and when the birth and bonding between mother and baby unfolds naturally, the positive effects for both are immeasurable. 'Better' birth and bonding is simply birth and bonding as nature intended them to be.

The Natural Way to Better Birth and Bonding is a treasure trove of practical information to help you make choices about the kind of birth you want - and beyond. It includes such topics as:

 - What is 'natural birth'?
 - The benefits of a natural birth for you and your baby
 - Which birth for you?

 - Nutrition and exercise for a natural birth
 - Choosing your team and making a birth plan
 - Managing stress and pain for an easier birth
 - Making decisions about medical management
 - Care after the birth for you and your baby
 - Bonding with your new baby
 - Natural treatments and remedies and how to use them

Naturopath, herbalist, hypnotherapist and bestselling author of NATURAL FERTILITY, Francesca Naish runs Australia's only clinic dedicated to helping people conceive happy, healthy babies naturally. Janette Roberts is a pharmacist and clinical nutritionist who specialises in preconception health care at one of Australia's first wellness centres. She is the Australian representative of Foresight, the British Association for the Promotion of Preconceptual Care. Together they are the authors of THE NATURAL WAY TO A BETTER PREGNANCY  and THE NATURAL WAY TO BETTER BREASTFEEDING