{"product_id":"9781558329775-the-birth-partners-quick-reference-guide-and-planner","title":"The Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssential Labor and Childbirth Information for Partners and Helpers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner\u003c\/i\u003e offers concise and authoritative guidance for spouses, relatives, and others—including doulas and other professionals—helping a woman thorough labor, birth, and the first weeks with baby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a shorter version of the classic bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Birth Partner,\u003c\/i\u003e ideal for time-pressed parents, partners, and birthing professionals. It is a convenient and easy-to-use book that provides facts on the fly during the ultra-busy period before, during, and after labor and birth. An added planner keeps your plans and to-dos in one place.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Generations of spouses and partners, as well as doulas, nurses, midwives, and other professionals, have relied on \u003cb\u003ePenny Simkin's warm and wise guidance\u003c\/b\u003e in caring for the new mother, from the \u003cb\u003elast trimester through\u003c\/b\u003e the \u003cb\u003eearly postpartum \u003c\/b\u003eperiod. Her book \u003ci\u003eThe Birth Partner\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive guide to helping a woman through labor and birth, and \u003ci\u003eThe Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner \u003c\/i\u003eis a more-concise version of that book. For those who have the original book, it adds a planner component, for hospital or at-home\u003cb\u003e birth plans \u003c\/b\u003eand for other \u003cb\u003eessential to-dos\u003c\/b\u003e. It is full of reliable and \u003cb\u003eup-to-date information on\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreparing for labor and for the new baby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWays to help a woman through each stage of labor and birth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePain-relief measures, including epidurals and medications as well as natural techniques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWays to induce or speed up labor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCesarean birth and complications that may require it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreastfeeding and newborn care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand much more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFor the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this is the essential book to have on hand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451527115126,"sku":"9781558329775","price":8.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37800773.jpg?v=1763023016","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781558329775-the-birth-partners-quick-reference-guide-and-planner","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}