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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145940471 Title: The birth partner : a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and other labor companions Author: Penny Simkin Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9781558323575 1558323570 OCLC:145940471

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The birth partner : a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and other labor companions

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The birth partner : a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and other labor companions

Author:	Penny Simkin
Publisher:	Boston, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
Summary:	A comprehensive guide for labor companions that discusses how to care for and assist new mothers in the final weeks of pregnancy through postpartum, and also covers epidurals, non-drug techniques to ease labor pain, cesarean births, breastfeeding, and other related topics.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 1 with a review
Subjects	Pregnancy. Natural childbirth -- Coaching. Labor (Obstetrics) -- Complications. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Popular Works
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Penny Simkin Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781558323575 1558323570
OCLC Number:	145940471
Description:	xviii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Responsibility:	Penny Simkin.
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A guide for those who wish to help a woman have a positive childbirth experience. It provides information about: techniques and medications for easing labor pain; tests and treatments of the fetus Read more...

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An excellent foundation resource

by whelman (WorldCat user published 2011-01-08) Excellent

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While the book only covers the pre-labor through breastfeeding aspect of pregnancy (written as a guide for doulas this makes sense), I felt it really addressed well what my role as a first time...
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