When Will Women Take Back the Power of Childbirth?

Midwife-author shares the importance of celebrating womanhood with this empowering reading companion

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Jan 15, 2014, 08:30 ET

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The truth is not all women in today's society have the choice around childbirth. And now is the perfect time to change that. Women should not be made vulnerable to the system. And that's exactly what midwife-nurse Irene Chain-Kalinowski wants to achieve with the release of her book, My Body My Baby. This book hopes to give childbirth back to women so they can make informed choices and celebrate them.

"You need to be well informed throughout your entire childbirth experience and only then can you make healthy choices," adds Chain-Kalinowski. "After all it is 'Your Body and Your Baby'." And this book does just that. It allows women to take charge of childbirth – and celebrate this experience.

Oftentimes, women are vulnerable and busy taking care of their baby after their birth that they do not have time to complain. But they do need to find time to do that. The media release needs to highlight that women deserve the right to free and informed choices. In this experiential, insightful, and empowering read for expectant mothers, the author has indeed re-echoed the voices of countless women throughout history, calling for every woman to be able to choose where she births, to have control of her experience, and to be given choices.

This book is available online and can be purchased at www.bookwhirl.com, www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

About the Author
Irene Chain-Kalinowski was born on the 21st of July 1956 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Out of Rotherham School of Nursing, she became a Registered Nurse in 1977 and a Registered Midwife in 1979. She also got her Diploma from Auckland College of Classical Homeopathy in 2001 and her Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (Health Professional Education) from AUT University Auckland in 2003. She has been a practicing midwife for 32 years, of which eight years were spent in the Middle East–National Guard Hospital, Jeddah; Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh; Awali Hospital, Bahrain; Royal Hospital, Oman. She worked two years in New Zealand Greenlane Hospital, Auckland; 15 years in Auckland (independent midwifery practice); and seven years in the United Kingdom; Rotherham Hospital, South Yorkshire; Pilgrim Hospital, Boston Lincolnshire; North Tyneside General Hospital, Tyne and Wear.