Birth With Confidence
For anyone interested in understanding and supporting physiological birth, Birth with Confidence offers practical guidance and thoughtful insights. Written by Rhea Dempsey, who draws on nearly four decades of experience, this book explores how a woman’s choice of caregivers, support team, and birthplace—as well as her personal attitudes and preparation—can influence her birth experience.
Featuring real birth stories, evidence-based insights, and opportunities for personal reflection, the book provides tools to navigate modern birth culture and make informed, empowered choices. Topics include understanding the benefits of physiological birth, building supportive circles, managing pain, and creating a positive environment for birth.
Ideal for birthing women, partners, midwives, doulas, and birth workers, Birth with Confidence equips readers with the knowledge and strategies to approach birth with preparation, confidence, and awareness.
Rhea Dempsey is a childbirth educator, speaker, counsellor, and birth attendant with experience at over 1,000 births. With nearly four decades supporting pregnant women, partners, and birth teams in both home and hospital settings, Rhea combines professional expertise with deep personal insight.
She is recognized as a leading thinker on normal physiological birth and working with pain in childbirth, and regularly presents at conferences, workshops, and seminars for parents, birth professionals, and healthcare practitioners. Rhea’s qualifications include a Diploma in Childbirth Education, Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Human Services, Gestalt Therapy certification, and N.A.C.E. training.
Publisher: Boathouse Press
Publication Date: 2013 (paperback)
Pages: 210 pages
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