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Janet Balaskas

Janet Balaskas

AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1946

Janet Balaskas is an author, founder of the Active Birth Movement, and childbirth educator. She is perhaps known best for her advocacy of active birth where the woman is free to move during labour, rather than being placed into stirrups or the lithotomy position. She coined the term active birth which she explained in the first of her books Active Birth published in 1983.

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Janet Balaskas was born in Johannesburg and built a distinguished career as both a writer and a midwife.
She is the author of the influential book Active birth, a global reference for natural childbirth.
Her approach combines clinical expertise with yoga practice to support well-being during pregnancy.
Throughout her career, she has published over thirty works dedicated to maternal and perinatal care.
Her work has been instrumental in promoting the active birth movement internationally.

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