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The birth partner a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and other labor companions
"Now fully revised in its fifth edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide to helping a woman through labor and birth, and the essential manual to have at hand during the event. The Birth Partner includes thorough information on: preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun; n...
| Main Authors: | Simkin, Penny (Author), Rohs, Katie (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Beverly, MA :
Harvard Common Press,
[2018]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The last few weeks of pregnancy
- Getting into labor
- Moving through the stages of labor
- Comfort measures for labor
- Strategies for challenging variations in normal labor
- Tests, technologies, interventions, and procedures
- Complications in late pregnancy, labor, or afterward
- Medications for pain during labor
- Cesarean birth, and vaginal birth after cesarean
- The first few days postpartum
- Getting started with breastfeeding.