The Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner: Essential Labor and Child

<b>This is a shorter version of the classic bestseller <i>The Birth Partner, </i> 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.</b> <p/> Generations of spouses and partners, as well as doulas, nurses, midwives, and other professionals, have relied on <b>Penny Simkin's warm and wise guidance</b> in caring for the new mother, from the <b>last trimester through</b> the <b>early postpartum </b>period. Her book <i>The Birth Partner</i> is the definitive guide to helping a woman through labor and birth, and <i>The Birth Partner's Quick Reference Guide and Planner </i>is a more-concise version of that book. For those who have the original book, it adds a planner component, for hospital or at-home<b> birth plans </b>and for other <b>essential to-dos</b>. It is full of reliable and <b>up-to-date information on</b>: <ul><li>Preparing for labor and for the new baby</li><li>Ways to help a woman through each stage of labor and birth</li><li>Pain-relief measures, including epidurals and medications as well as natural techniques</li><li>Ways to induce or speed up labor</li><li>Cesarean birth and complications that may require it</li><li>Breastfeeding and newborn care</li><li>and much more</li></ul><b>For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room,