The birth partner a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and other labor companions
Penny Simkin.
- 3rd ed.
- Boston, Mass. Harvard Common Press c2008.
- xviii, 398 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.