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Doula Book

by Marshall H Klaus, John H Kennell, Phyllis H Klaus
Doula Book

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ISBN13: 9780738215068
ISBN10: 0738215066



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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 labor support reduces the rate of cesarean sections, length of labor, 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 labor support, and how hypnosis is used to ease and shorten labor. No expectant parent will want to be without this empowering and irreplaceable book. 

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Sacramento Book Review, June 2012“Has been a mainstay for both couples considering hiring a doula and women in training to become a doula for years…This book is a great place for women to start when looking to learn more about labor companions. It is full of valuable knowledge and useful personal anecdotes that pregnant women and potential doulas alike will find beneficial. Spread the word and hire a doula!”

Portland Book Review, 9/12/12

“Clear, motivational, and inspirational.”

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For all expectant parents who want to reclaim normal birth, the authoritative guide to support in labor 

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More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a "doula." This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors' earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and working with a doula, the authors show how a doula reduces the need for cesarean section, shortens the length of labor, decreases the pain medication required, and enhances bonding and breast feeding. The authors, world-renowned authorities on childbirth with combined experience of over 100 years working with laboring women, have made their book indispensable to every woman who wants the healthiest, safest, and most joyful possible birth experience.

About the Author

Marshall H. Klaus, MD, internationally known neonatologist, is professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Distinguished pediatrician John H. Kennell, MD, is professor emeritus of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve Medical School. Psychotherapist Phyllis H. Klaus, MFT, LMSW, is widely known for her practice and teaching of the psychology of pregnancy. 

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Holly Scudero , July 10, 2012 (view all comments by Holly Scudero)
It is a proven fact that women giving birth can benefit from the assistance of a trained labor companion, more commonly known as a doula. Doulas provide one-on-one comfort and reassurance to laboring women through touch, environmental adjustments, providing knowledge about the process of labor and any medical interventions employed, and more. "The Doula Book" by Klaus, Kennell, and Klaus has been a mainstay for both couples considering hiring a doula and women in training to become a doula for years. The newly released third edition provides updated information for readers, such as research about unintended effects of common medical interventions and information on how a female relative or friend can be trained to support a laboring woman. The idea of using a doula in childbirth is slowly becoming more mainstream, and with good reason: hiring a doula is scientifically proven to shorten labor time and reduce the need for relatively common medical interventions such as epidurals and cesarean sections. This book is a great place for women to start when looking to learn more about labor companions. It is full of valuable knowledge and useful personal anecdotes that pregnant women and potential doulas alike will find beneficial. Spread the word and hire a doula! Originally published for San Francisco and Sacramento Book Reviews.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780738215068
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
04/03/2012
Publisher:
DA CAPO PRESS
Series info:
Merloyd Lawrence Book
Pages:
249
Height:
.90IN
Width:
6.90IN
Thickness:
.75
Illustration:
Yes
Author:
Marshall H Klaus
Author:
John H Kennell
Author:
Phyllis H Klaus
Author:
John H. Kennell
Author:
Marshall H. Klaus
Author:
Phyllis H. Klaus
Author:
John H. Kennell
Author:
Marshall H. Klaus
Author:
Phyllis H. Klaus
Author:
John H. Kennell
Author:
Marshall H. Klaus
Author:
Phyllis H. Klaus
Author:
John H. Kennell
Author:
Marshall H. Klaus
Author:
Marshall H. Klaus
Author:
Phyllis H. Klaus
Author:
John H. Kennell
Author:
Phyllis H. Klaus
Author:
John H. Kennell
Author:
Marshall H. Klaus
Author:
Phyllis H. Klaus
Subject:
Health and Medicine-General

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