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The birth partner's quick reference guide and planner : essential labor and childbirth information for partners and helpers / Penny Simkin with Katie Rohs.

Simkin, Penny, 1938- (author.). Rohs, Katie, (author.).

Summary:

The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin, now in its 5th edition, has helped hundreds of thousands of spouses, partners, sister, mothers, and friends -- in addition to midwives, doulas, and other professionals-- play an essential and well-informed supporting role during labor, childbirth, and the early postpartum period. In this new book, The Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner, Simkin and co-author Katie Rohs distill the essentials for busy parents, partners, and professionals who want a shorter book and easy answers on the fly.

Record details

ISBN: 1558329773
ISBN: 9781558329775
Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Beverly, MA : Fair Winds : [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"The content for this book appeared in the previously published "The birth partner, 7th edition (Harvard Common Press 2018)."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-195) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The last 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 lage pregnancy, labor, or afterward -- Medications for pain during labor -- The first days postpartum.