The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia

Simkin, Penny

If you only buy one childbirth book, this is the one... 
 The most complete. It covers all aspects of childbearing from conception through early infancy. It includes information on what to expect during pregnancy and birth and how you can work with your caregivers to make childbirth a happy and healthy experience. 
 The easiest to use. It is well organized for easy reading and quick reference. There are more than 45 charts and 150 photographs and illustrations to clarify the information -- more graphic aids than any other childbirth book. 
 The most up-to-date. It includes the latest information on clinical tests and procedures in pregnancy, childbirth, and early infancy. It also covers concerns regarding the emotional aspects of childbearing, the partner's role, comfort measures, high-risk pregnancies, medications, vaginal birth after cesarean, breastfeeding, and understanding infant behavior.

Pregnancy, Childbirth And The Newborn (1991) (Retired Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Women's Health

Da Capo Press

The Simple Guide to Having a Baby is written by the authors of the best-selling Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn. This book is a simple, just-the-facts guide to pregnancy and childbirth for expectant parents who want only the most important, down-to-earth how-to information on pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn care. The Simple Guide to Having a Baby addresses such concerns as how to stay healthy during pregnancy, how to handle labor pain and birth, and how to care for a new baby.

The Simple Guide to Having a Baby: A Step-by-Step Illustrated Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth

Whalley, Janet

Keppler, Ann

Meadowbrook

For this fully revised sixth edition of this perennial bestseller, birthing expert and practicing midwife Melissa Cheyney, PhD, joins Penny for a better-than-ever, completely up-to-date new book. Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, more than a million people--from spouses, partners, relatives, and friends to doulas, nurses, midwives, and childbirth educators--have relied on Penny Simkin's clear, concise, authoritative, and warm-hearted guidance as they care for the new mother from her last trimester through the early postpartum period.&nbsp; Including extensive updates on medical knowledge and practices, on changes in hospital and home-birth protocols, and on the role of parents' cultural backgrounds in shaping an ideal and satisfying birth plan, 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. Find thorough information on: &nbsp; <ul> <li>Preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun</li> <li>Normal labor and how to help the woman every step of the way</li> <li>Epidurals and other medications for labor</li> <li>Pitocin and other means, including natural ones, to induce or speed up labor</li> <li>Non-drug techniques for easing labor pain</li> <li>Cesarean birth and complications that may require it</li> <li>Breastfeeding and newborn care</li> <li>and much more</li> </ul> For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this book is indispensable.

The Birth Partner, Sixth Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions

Cheyney, Melissa

Harvard Common Press

Pregnancy, childbirth, and the newborn: A complete guide for expectant parents

Medical Books

Medicine

Meadowbrook Books

The stages of pregnancy, and the needs of the new born baby. A comprehensive guide.

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide

Provides comprehensive information on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth, including updated sections on prenatal nutrition, pain medications, and obstetrical interventions.

Pregnancy Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide

Simon&Schuster

This completely updated, expanded and re-designed edition of the authoritative, award-winning and complete pregnancy 'bible' is now more readable, more attractive and more up-to-date than ever. If you buy only one childbirth book, this is the one. It offers a wealth of information about pregnancy, birth, the postnatal period and how to care for your newborn baby. Parents love this book because it puts them in control; experts love it because it is based on the latest medical research.

Meadowbrook Press,U.S.

Birth-Through Children's Eyes

Anderson, Sandra Van Dam

Pennypress

Praise for the previous edition: "This…edition is timely, useful, well organized, and should be in the bags of all doulas, nurses, midwives, physicians, and students involved in childbirth." –Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia is an unparalleled resource on simple, non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult or prolonged labor. Thoroughly updated and highly illustrated, the book shows how to tailor one’s care to the suspected etiology of the problem, using the least complex interventions first, followed by more complex interventions if necessary. This new edition now includes a new chapter on reducing dystocia in labors with epidurals, new material on the microbiome, as well as information on new counselling approaches specially designed for midwives to assist those who have had traumatic childbirths. Fully referenced and full of practical instructions throughout, The Labor Progress Handbook continues to be an indispensable guide for novices and experts alike who will benefit from its concise and accessible content.

Ancheta, Ruth

Hanson, Lisa

Nursing

Wiley/Blackwell

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