The Doula Book How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth |
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Author:
| Klaus, Marshall H. Kennell, John H. Klaus, Phyllis H. |
Series title: | A Merloyd Lawrence Book Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7382-1506-8 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
Publisher: | Hachette Books
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Imprint: | Da Capo Lifelong |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $34.99 |
Book Description:
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For an entire generation of new parents, this warm, expert work has become the standard guide to the shortest, easiest, and healthiest childbirth. Now a thoroughly updated and revised edition offers new research showing how labour support reduces the rate of cesarean sections, length of labour, need for pain medicine, and number of episiotomies. New material also demonstrates the positive effects of having a doula on mother-infant bonding, how relatives or friends can be trained in...
More DescriptionFor an entire generation of new parents, this warm, expert work has become the standard guide to the shortest, easiest, and healthiest childbirth. Now a thoroughly updated and revised edition offers new research showing how labour support reduces the rate of cesarean sections, length of labour, need for pain medicine, and number of episiotomies. New material also demonstrates the positive effects of having a doula on mother-infant bonding, how relatives or friends can be trained in labour support, and how hypnosis is used to ease and shorten labour. No expectant parent will want to be without this empowering and irreplaceable book.