Janet Balaskas

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Janet Balaskas (* 1946 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a British midwife , author and founder of the Active Birth Movement . She is a pioneer for gentle birth . In 1982 she organized a demonstration in London for the right of women to give birth in any position she prefers. She runs a birthing center in London.

Works

Essays
  • Janet Balaskas, Sophie Hoare, Lyn Durward, Jo Garcia, and Caroline Langridge: Birth Rights: Radical Consumerism in Health Care. In: Critical Social Policy , Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 62-65, 1982
Books
  • Active Birth. Unwin Paperbacks, London, 1983, ISBN 0-04-612033-5
  • New Life - the book of exercises for childbirth. Sidgewick & Jackson, 1983
  • The Active Birth Partners Handbook. Sidgewick & Jackson, 1984
  • Janet Balaskas, Yehudi Gordon: The Encyclopaedia of Pregnancy and Birth. Macdonald Orbis, 1987
  • Janet Balaskas, Yehudi Gordon: Water Birth. Unwin Hyman, 1991
  • New Active Birth - A concise guide to natural childbirth. Thorsons, 1991, ISBN 978-0-7225-2566-1
  • Yoga for expectant mothers. 1995
  • Active childbirth: How to optimally prepare with breathing exercises, yoga and massages. 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/health-17589544
  2. ↑ Seven ways to survive pregnancy . In: The Guardian , August 12, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Balaskas, Janet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African author, founder of the Active Birth Movement
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg , South Africa