Now you can learn what doulas do, how to find one that suits you and the trade secrets only doulas know
by Ananda Lowe & Rachel Zimmerman
Doulas, or professional labor assistants, have led thousands of expectant women through the birthing process in a safe and meaningful way that creates the birth and postbirth experience all mothers long for.
Now you can learn what doulas do, how to find one that suits you and the trade secrets only doulas know, but that every woman should be aware of (even if you don’t have a doula).
This comprehensive book draws on the wisdom of the authors, whose experience with doctors, midwives, nurses and hospitals makes them invaluable advocates before, during and after birth.
They give advice on labor techniques anyone can use: whether or not to use pain medication; what dads and loved ones need and can do best; at what point in labor you should go to the hospital; how to prepare for unexpected medical procedures, including cesareans and epidurals; and what postpartum is really like.
Includes a clip-out chart of labor techniques, birth plan worksheets and much more.
Combining science, wit, warmth and support, as well as inspirational stories from dozens of mothers and their partners, you will find the “doula viewpoint” on every major pregnancy and delivery issue, making this one of the most important childbirth books you’ll ever read and recommend.
$17 — Bantam Dell Publishing Group, a Division of Random House, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Reprinted from AzNetNews, Volume 28, Number 4, August/September 2009.
April 15, 2012
Book review