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The Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner offers concise and authoritative guidance for spouses, relatives, and others—including doulas and other professionals—helping a woman thorough labor, birth, and the first weeks with baby.
List of contents
CHAPTER 1 The Last Weeks of Pregnancy
CHAPTER 2 Getting Into Labor
CHAPTER 3 Moving Through the Stages of Labor
CHAPTER 4 Comfort Measures for Labor
CHAPTER 5 Strategies for Challenging Variations in Normal Labor
CHAPTER 6 Tests, Technologies, Interventions, and Procedures
CHAPTER 7 Complications in Late Pregnancy, Labor, or Afterward
CHAPTER 8 Medications for Pain During Labor
CHAPTER 9 The First Days Postpartum
Labor and Birth Planners
Recommended Resources
Index
About the author
Penny Simkin, P.T., is a physical therapist, childbirth educator, doula, and birth counselor. She is nationally recognized as a premier authority on childbirth, having helped 9,000 expecting women and birth partners in childbirth and attended hundreds of couples though the birth process. Simkin is a prolific author and serves on more than ten different consultant and editorial boards, including the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, The International Childbirth Education Association, and The Seattle Midwifery School, where she also provides training for doulas and lectures for the students. She has written myriad books, journal and magazine articles. She is also co-founder of DONA International (formerly Doulas of North America) and The Pacific Association for Labor Support. In addition to providing childbirth education, birth counseling, and labor support, Simkin travels extensively throughout the country, lecturing and presenting at conferences and workshops. For more information, please visit Simkin’s website at pennysimkin.com
Summary
The Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner offers concise and authoritative guidance for spouses, relatives, and others—including doulas and other professionals—helping a woman thorough labor, birth, and the first weeks with baby.
