The birth partner
Subtitle: a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and other labor companions
By: Penny Simkin.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781558323575
Subjects: Pregnancy; Natural childbirth -- Coaching; Labor (Obstetrics) -- Complications; Childbirth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The last few weeks of pregnancy; title: Getting into labor; title: Moving through the stages of labor; title: Comfort measures for labor; title: Strategies for challenging variations in normal labor; title: Tests, technologies, interventions, and procedures; title: Complications in late pregnancy, labor, or afterward; title: Medications for pain during labor; title: Cesarean birth, and vaginal birth after cesarean; title: The first few days postpartum; title: Getting started with breastfeeding.