The Birth Partner 5th Edition
A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions
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4.4 • 17 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, partners, friends, relatives, and doulas have relied on Penny Simkin's guidance in caring for the new mother, from her last trimester through the early postpartum period.
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 begunNormal labor and how to help the woman every step of the wayEpidurals and other medications for laborPitocin and other means, including natural ones, to induce or speed up laborNon-drug techniques for easing labor painCesarean birth and complications that may require itBreastfeeding and newborn careand much more
For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this book is indispensable.
Customer Reviews
Looking forward to the newest edition, but severely disappointed…
Informative, but will not be rating higher due to constantly throughout the book not referring to pregnant women as women, but instead referring to them as a “birthing person”. The author does not refer to a child’s mother, but instead refers to the “birthing parent”. This book is supposed to be there to support women throughout birth and pregnancy. However, it is blatantly disrespectful to what women and mothers go through. Women are not “Birthing persons” we are pregnant women and mothers.