Don't Take My Baby Away! The Unexplored Cause of Child Abuse in America

Immediate separation of mother & infant after birth leads to an aberration of maternal attachment & the bonding process, often unleashing in the mother aggressive behavior towards her child/children later. As a society, we do gross injustice to the significance of the birthing experience & it's potential impact on our society by not daring to admit that we are perhaps governed by laws other than those of our own making. We imagine that we are immune to the laws of nature that govern all other animals, laws that when broken result in death & abandonment...yet, when our human children are abandoned, abused, & killed in record numbers, we just scratch our heads in bewilderment & wonder what happened. The number of abusive deaths of children in America is estimated to be six per day! This book tells the story of one woman's birth experiences & feelings that led her to become a midwife & author & lecturer with the hope of changing present maternity care policies & procedures in the immediate post-partum period...the only period in which the vital imprinting process occurs. This imprint is vital to preventing maternal attachment disorders so rampant in America today! To order call 702-454-2233 or write, Home Birthing Service, c/o Lydi Owen-Martin, P.O. Box 50334, Henderson, NV 89016. Hardcover, $23.95, plus shipping. Softcover, $14.95, plus shipping.Owen-Martin, Lydi is the author of 'Don't Take My Baby Away! The Unexplored Cause of Child Abuse in America' with ISBN 9780964673915 and ISBN 0964673916.