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Author,
Doula, Childbirth Educator, Birth Counselor
 Penny
Simkin, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized in
childbirth education since 1968. She estimates she has prepared over
9,500 women, couples, and siblings for childbirth. She has assisted
hundreds of women or couples through childbirth as a doula. She is
the author of many books on birth for both parents and
professionals. Her latest products for birth educators and doulas
are The Road Map of Labor a birth video, titled The 3Rs: Relaxation,
Rhythm, and Ritual, and a Birth Sling--an aid to the dangle position
for second stage labor.
Currently, she serves on
several boards of consultants and editorial boards, including the
journal, Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care; the International
Childbirth Education Association; and the Seattle Midwifery School.
Through independent
study and her work as a birth counselor, she has developed a
counseling approach for pregnant survivors of sexual abuse. This
work is described in the book, When Survivors Give Birth, which she
co-authored with Phyllis Klaus.
Today her practice
consists of childbirth education, birth counseling, and labor
support, combined with a busy schedule of conferences and workshops.
Penny and her husband,
Peter, have four grown children, eight grandchildren, ranging in age
from a 1 to 20 years, and a pug, Hugo.
Contact Information:
1100 23rd Avenue East
Seattle, WA.
98112
206.325.1419
penny@pennysimkin.com
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The Birth Partner, 3rd Edition
A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and Other Labor
Companions
 The
definitive guide to helping a woman have a healthy and
emotionally fulfilling childbirth experience. The third
edition includes all the information that husbands, partners,
relatives, friends, and doulas have relied on for nearly two
decades and has been updated to include:
-Expanded information on "the 3Rs" (Relaxation, Rhythm, and
Ritual) for coping with the pain and unpredictability of labor;
-Non-drug techniques to relieve pain and
enhance the woman's sense of well-being;
-Up-to-date information on medications, tests,
technologies, and interventions, and how, when, and why they are
used;
-Information about the rapidly
increasing rate of both first and repeat cesarean deliveries;
-More about the growing popularity of
doulas, and the increasing presence of other partners and supporters
in the birth room. |
