Your guide to childbirth

“Childbirth is the beginning of a new life, not just contractions and pushing,” says obstetrician-gynecologist Waldemar Nadizhko. In his 25 years of practice, he has had to deliver to the sound of Rammstein, remotely consult a woman who gave birth in a car, and witness a team of neonatologists nursing a 600-gram baby girl.

Waldemar debunks myths about the “epidural” and refutes superstitions about partnered births, telling in detail what really happens while a woman is giving birth and in the postpartum period. He warmly describes his patients, recalls difficult cases, and tells why newborns look like aliens, what the kangaroo method is, and how to choose your doctor.