Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions

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Overview

Since the original publication of The Birth Partner in 1989, new mothers’ mates, friends, and relatives and doulas (professional birth assistants) have relied on Penny Simkin’s guidance in caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Fully revised in its third edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide for preparing to help a woman through childbirth and the essential manual to have at hand during the event.

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Overview

Since the original publication of The Birth Partner in 1989, new mothers’ mates, friends, and relatives and doulas (professional birth assistants) have relied on Penny Simkin’s guidance in caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Fully revised in its third edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide for preparing to help a woman through childbirth and the essential manual to have at hand during the event.

This completely updated edition 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;
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.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781558323575
  • Publisher: Harvard Common Press, The
  • Publication date: 2/25/2008
  • Edition number: 3
  • Pages: 416
  • Sales rank: 37,932
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.96 (h) x 1.15 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition     xi
Acknowledgments     xv
How to Use This Book     xvii
Betore the Birth     1
The Last Few Weeks of Pregnancy     3
What Kind of Birth Partner Will You Be?     4
Getting Ready for Labor     6
Preparing for Life with the Baby     31
On to the Next Step ...     37
Labor and Birth     39
Getting into Labor     41
The Labor Process     42
How Long Will Labor Last?     43
Signs of Labor     46
If Her Bag of Waters Breaks Before Labor Begins     49
"False" Labor, or Prelabor     51
Labor Progresses in Six Ways     52
Timing Contractions     55
Moving through the Stages of Labor     59
Compare Labor to Running a Marathon     60
Prelabor     63
The Dilation Stage     67
The Birthing Stage     89
The Placental Stage     103
Normal Labor-in a Nutshell     107
Comfort Measures for Labor     111
Pain vs. Suffering     112
The Three Rs: Relaxation, Rhythm, and Ritual     115
Self-Help ComfortMeasures     121
Comfort Aids and Devices     142
Comforting Techniques for You to Try     151
Taking Care of Yourself     161
Checklist of Comfort Measures for Labor     163
Strategies for Challenging Variations in Normal Labor     165
The Take-Charge Routine     166
On-the-Spot Coaching (When You Have Had No Childbirth Classes)     170
The Very Rapid Labor     171
The Emergency Delivery     173
When Labor Must Start (Labor-Stimulating Measures)     175
The Slow-to-Start Labor     180
Slow Progress in Active Labor and the Birthing Stage, with or without Back Pain     184
When the Mother Must Labor in Bed     188
A Breech Baby     190
A Previous Disappointing or Traumatic Birth Experience     194
Incompatibility with the Nurse or Caregiver     197
The Medical Side of Childbirth     201
Key Questions for Informed Decision Making     202
Tests, Technologies, Interventions, and Procedures     205
Late-Pregnancy Tests     206
Essential Observations During Labor     209
Conditions Influencing the Amount of Intervention     211
Common Obstetric Interventions      212
Complications in Late Pregnancy, Labor, or Afterward     239
Complications for the Mother     240
The Breech Presentation     251
Complications with Labor Progress     252
Complications with the Fetus     256
Complications with the Newborn     261
After It Is All Over     267
Medications for Pain During Labor     269
Management of Normal Labor without Pain Medications     270
What You Need to Know about Pain Medications     272
The Mother's Decisions Regarding Pain Medications During Labor     290
Pain Medications Preference Scale     294
Cesarean Birth, and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean     305
Know the Medical Reasons for Cesarean Birth     310
Know What to Expect During Cesarean Birth     312
Your Role During and After a Cesarean Birth     318
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)     321
After the Birth     327
The First Few Days Postpartum     329
The First Few Hours     329
The First Few Days for the Baby     338
The First Few Days for the Mother     344
Homecoming     348
After a Home Birth     349
Getting Help and Advice     350
The Mother's Postpartum Emotions     351
What about Your Feelings?     353
Practical Matters at Home     354
Getting Started with Breastfeeding     361
Advantages of Breastfeeding     361
Getting Off to a Good Start     364
Early Concerns     365
When to Give the Baby a Bottle     371
Once Breastfeeding Is Established     373
Parting Words     375
Recommended Resources     377
Index     382

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 1, 2009

    Excellent Read

    This is a great book for the first time dad or significant other. Excellent descriptions and informative information written in layman's terms. A bit dry but not disinteresting.

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  • Posted March 22, 2009

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    My doula clients love this book.

    I am a birth doula and recommend various books for them to use for preparation for labor and birth. This is by far the most popular and helpful one according to my clients and their partners. It is clear and concise, intelligent and complete in presenting what partners in labor need to help their laboring partners. Thank you, Penny Simkin for writing this book.

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  • Posted March 25, 2009

    A must-read for anyone involved in the childbirth process!

    I first read this book when my best friend of 18 years and her husband asked me to be their labor coach. It was a great honor and a life-changing experience. To be involved in a miraculous moment where a couple becomes a family was unforgettable, and I will never forget the joy they experienced as they welcomed their daughter into the world. Of course, given I have not yet experience pregnancy (or birth), I had a lot to learn! And this is where I started.

    Penny Simkin's instructive guide, The Birth Partner, is an excellent way for ANYONE to gain insight into the birth process. The book is broken down into 4 parts: Before the Birth, Labor and Birth, The Medical Side of Childbirth, and After the Birth. As a first-timer to the childbirth scene, I found the information in this book easy to understand, yet thorough enough for a detail-oriented person like me.

    The Birth Partner will prepare anyone (spouse, partner, friend or parent) to be the calm, supportive, comforting constant the mother-to-be will need throughout the pregnancy, labor and birth process. You will learn what to expect during this process, including:

    - Explanation of a Birth Plan
    - Supplies you will need for the hospital
    - Signs of labor
    - Timing contractions
    - When you should go to the hospital
    - The stages of labor
    - Different types of labor (slow, fast, emergency)
    - Comfort measures
    - How to relieve backaches
    - Positions and movements for labor
    - Medical procedures, tests, etc.
    - Potential problems
    - Pain medications (labor both with and without)
    - How to handle an emergency delivery if you can't make it to the hospital (a must read!), and much more

    Personally, I was happy to know how to handle things in the emergency "It's too late to make it" situation! I think everyone wants to be prepared for this, and this book clearly outlines what to do, including a bulleted list and high-level first aid advice (my favorite bullet: "Catch the baby.")

    This book provides clear tables and graphics that make it easy to review and prepare. The graphics in this book are primarily illustrations and are not graphic in nature. Simkin also highlights how you, the mother and the caregiver might feel throughout the process, which encourages you to think ahead and begin to imagine the experience.

    I highly recommend this book for anyone who will be involved in the birth of a child. Rest assured, when my husband and I take that next step and start a family of our own, this book will absolutely be required reading!

    (NOTE: My review is based on the second edition of this book.)

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