Here is your guide to the fastest-growing trend inchildbirth—a tradition as old as motherhood itself. Doulas, orprofessional labor assistants, have led thousands of expectantwomen through the birthing process in a way that’s safe andmeaningful, and that creates the birth and postbirth experience allmothers long for.
What exactly do doulas do?
How to find one that suits you.
What are the “trade secrets” only doulas know but every womanshould be aware of (even if you don’t have a doula)?
In The Doula Guide to Birth, senior-level doula Ananda Lowe andaward-winning health reporter Rachel Zimmerman have written a mostcomprehensive book that draws on the wisdom of these skilledexperts, whose experience with doctors, midwives, nurses, andhospitals makes them invaluable advocates before, during, and afterbirth.
* Labor techniques anyone can use
* Pain medication: do you, don’t you—and when?
* What dads and loved ones need and can do best
* When should you really go to the hospital in labor?
* How to prepare for unexpected medical procedures, includingcesareans and epidural
* Postpartum—what it’s really like
* A clip-out chart of labor techniques, birth plan worksheets, andmuch more
Combining science, wit, warmth, and support, as well as theinspirational stories of dozens of mothers and their partners,you’ll find the “doula viewpoint” on every major pregnancy anddelivery issue, making this one of the most important childbirthbooks you’ll ever read and recommend
Ananda Lowe served for seven years as Assistant Director ofthe Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators, whichconducts the oldest doula-training program in the country. She iscurrently a senior-level doula in Boston as well as a maternitymassage specialist.
Rachel Zimmerman is an award-winning reporter who covers healthand medicine for the Wall Street Journal. She lives in Cambridge,Massachusetts.
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