Michel Odent Books

'Fetus ejection reflex', 'milk ejection reflex', 'sperm ejection reflex', 'orgasmogenic cocktail'...These are examples of terms used by Michel Odent in his study of the ecstatic/orgasmic states associated with different episodes of human sexual life. This book about male and female orgasms is an opportunity to convince anyone that humanity is at a turning point. Due to the improved technique of medically assisted conceptions and cesareans, the advances in anesthesiology and pharmacology, and the development of the food industry, women can now conceive a baby, give birth and feed their infant without relying on the release of 'cocktails of love hormones'. Human intelligence and ingenuity have made love hormones redundant. Let us think long-term and let us raise questions in terms of civilization. The future of humanity is at stake.

Why do all cultures ritually disrupt the first contact between mother and new-born baby? Why has there hitherto been an evolutionary advantage in developing human potential for aggression rather than the capacity to love? Until recently love has been the realm of poets, artists and philosophers. Latterly it has been studied from multiple scientific perspectives. Michel Odent argues that the specialist approach has overlooked the importance of love as a potential new strategy for human survival, and that the old survival strategy, the domination of nature and other human groups, is no longer appropriate. By weaving together data from a multitude of disciplines, Michel Odent, is able to offer a number of insightful, and exciting explanations, and makes the case for the adoption of radical new strategies for human survival.

In Birth Reborn Michel Odent outlines the choices available to the mother who wants to give birth naturally, in her own way and with full control over her own body, drawing on his decades of experience as an obstetrician who dealt with 1,000 births a year. It is central to his philosophy that birth is instinctive, and that an environment that promotes intimacy and creativity is essential in the experience of birth, and that the role of the midwife must be key to the mother's experience.Michel Odent has returned birth to how it should be. Birth Reborn gives expectant mothers the confidence and information they need in order to trust themselves to give birth without the drugs and medical procedures that are being increasingly recognised as harmful to the mother and to the baby's future development.

Michel Odent, the leading pioneer for natural childbirth, indicates that the period between conception and a child's first birthday is critical to life- long health. Here, he argues that different parts of the 'primal adaptive system' develop, regulate and adjust themselves during foetal life and the time around birth and infancy.

This readable, yet thought-provoking book, will give anyone interested in evolution and the future of Homo sapiens much new material to consider.

A multidisciplinary study of water, the oceans and humanity, showing their manifold connections.

Expectant parents, midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, those involved in public health, and all those interested in the future of humanity, will find this a provocative and visionary book.

Since the advent of agriculture and animal husbandry, the human population has multiplied by about one thousand in a 'demographic explosion'. However, in recent years, global fertility rates have begun to decrease significantly, and this is one reason to make a case for humans being becoming an endangered species. Many of the possible interpretations of this dramatic U-turn in the history of mankind may be found in modern ways of being born. For example, where caesarean rates are high, the average number of babies born per woman is very low. During the ultimate phase of the history of socialised birth, the hormonal dance that was previously essential is altered or eliminated. Today childbirth needs to be highly medicalised, after thousands of years of misunderstanding of the physiological processes involved. In a renewed scientific context, it may still be possible to rediscover the basic needs of labouring women and to try to ensure the future of our species. Is it too late to reach such a utopia? Michel Odent re-evaluates the comparative importance of recently acquired insights, to suggest links between data and ways of thinking from a great diversity of highly specialised disciplines.

Former obstetrician and childbirth pioneer Michel Odent argues that the aspect of human lifestyle that has been most profoundly changed in recent decades is the period of time surrounding the birth of a child. Since this formative time is considered critical in defining our species, Homo sapiens, fundamental changes in this area should herald significant evolution in regard to how babies are born. This, surely, should be at the heart of our discussions of the future, even above considerations of how humanity and planet earth interact.

Modephänomen Kaiserschnitt – die unterschätzten Folgen • 25 % aller Geburten erfolgen per Kaiserschnitt • Erhöhtes Risiko von Allergien, Asthma und Autismus Warum werden heutzutage immer mehr Babys vom Chirurgen 'geholt', statt von der Mutter geboren? Einst Notoperation, ist der Kaiserschnitt längst zur gängigen Geburtspraxis in den Industrienationen geworden. Mit kritischem Blick beleuchtet Michel Odent die Folgen eines 'industrialisierten Geburtenmanagements' in unseren Kliniken, das den Eingriff ohne medizinische Notwendigkeit zunehmend standardisiert. Vor dem Hintergrund seiner dreißigjährigen Erfahrung als Geburtshelfer sowie neuester wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen beschreibt er eindrucksvoll die weit reichenden körperlichen und psychischen Konsequenzen – von der Häufigkeit von Allergien, Asthma, Autismus, Stillproblemen bis hin zum Einfluss auf die spätere Mutter-Kind-Bindung. Ein aufrüttelndes, unverzichtbares Buch für Schwangere, Hebammen und Gynäkologen. Der renommierte Arzt und Begründer der sanften Geburt, Michel Odent, zeigt kritisch die Gefahren und Langzeitfolgen von Kaiserschnitt ohne medizinische Indikation auf und plädiert vehement für die natürliche Geburt.