The Birth Partner : : a Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions
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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.
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Excellent submitted by mdfalb on July 1, 2014, 6:07pm We love this book so much we bought one for ourselves. It's a great guide to knowing what to expect, especially for (as the title says) the birth partner.
PUBLISHED
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: xviii, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781558323575 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1558323570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SUBJECTS
Pregnancy.
Natural childbirth -- Coaching.
Labor (Obstetrics) -- Complications.
Childbirth.