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The Doula Book

How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth

Regular Price $19.00

Regular Price $24.00 CAD

Regular Price $19.00

Regular Price $24.00 CAD

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On Sale

Apr 3, 2012

Page Count

272 Pages

ISBN-13

9780738215068

Description

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.

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Praise

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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