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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simkin, Penny, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Harvard Common Press, [2008]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents only
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.