Childbirth without Fear
- Author Grantly Grantly Dick- Read
- Narrator Claudia Claudia Dunn
- Publisher Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
- Publish Date 21 January 2026
- Run Time 17 hours and 53 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Gynaecology and obstetrics, Parenting: advice and issues, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues.
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In an age when normal birth can still be overtaken by obstetrics, Grantly Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks the root causes of women's fears and anxiety about pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding with overwhelming heart and empathy. As one of the most influential birthing books of all time, Childbirth Without Fear is essential reading for all parents-to-be, childbirth educators, midwives and obstetricians!
This definitive reissue includes the full text of the fourth edition, the last completed by Grantly Dick-Read before his death in 1959, and The Autobiography of Grantly Dick-Read, compiled from his writings.
With a foreword by Ina May Gaskin.
This audiobook is expertly read by Claudia Dunn, with audio engineering by Mikhail Shirokov. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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