Birth Partner 5th Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions

The fifth edition of The Birth Partner is the ultimate guide to helping a woman through labor and birth, providing comprehensive information on preparing for labor, normal labor, epidurals, medications, non-drug techniques, cesarean birth, breastfeeding, and newborn care.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 440 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2018
Publisher: Harvard Common Press,U.S.

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 begun
• Normal labor and how to help the woman every step of the way
• Epidurals and other medications for labor
• Pitocin and other means, including natural ones, to induce or speed up labor
• Non-drug techniques for easing labor pain
• Cesarean birth and complications that may require it
• Breastfeeding and newborn care
• and much more

For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this book is indispensable.

Weight: 790g
Dimension: 150 x 228 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781558329102
Edition number: Fifth Edition, New Edition