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

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.

• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Completely Revised and Updated 8th Edition
• Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers
• This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression
• Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
• Natural Hospital Birth 2nd Edition: The Best of Both Worlds
• The Doula Business Guide, 3rd Edition: How to Succeed as a Birth, Postpartum or End-of-Life Doula
• Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide
• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth "Updated With New Material"
• The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
• Birth Ambassadors: Doulas and the Re-Emergence of Woman-Supported Birth in America