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Item |
Description |
Price |
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NEW! The Birth Partner:
A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor
Companions |
 This
expanded and updated 3rd edition
of The
Birth Partner is intended to help the partner of the woman giving
birth (baby's father, doula, or loved one) prepare to support the
woman. It includes detailed information about labor and delivery,
explanations of what she may be experiencing, as well as suggestions
for support. It also includes discussions of the possible emotional
reactions of the partner during challenging aspects of childbirth
(398 pages). |
$16.95 |
| Childbirth
Class Handouts |
This
CD-ROM includes 23 handouts used by Penny in her
Preparation-for-Childbirth classes. |
$12.00 |
| Comfort
Measures for Childbirth (VHS) |
Comfort
Measures for Childbirth is a 40 minute video in which Penny Simkin
explains and demonstrates numerous physical and psychological
comfort measures for labor in a childbirth class setting. |
$39.95 |
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Doula's Handout Packet |
This
packet contains 10 copies of each of the
following:
- Key
Questions Card: Wallet-sized
reminders of healthcare questions
- Pain
Medications Preference Scale: offers
suggestions for making and
supporting choices in labor and
birth
- Road
Map of Labor: Pictorial journey
through labor; including unmedicated
labor, a "detour" for back pain, and
the epidural toll highway.
Appropriate activities are
illustrated.
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$4.00 |
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Five Births with a Doula (VHS) |
 Doulas
are shown in action throughout this 40 minute video. This video is
for doula trainers only and is not suitable for childbirth
classes. The births shown include an unmedicated, first birth, the
birth of twins (the first of whom is breech), a water birth, an
unmedicated birth of a 10lb.3oz. baby, and a cesarean birth. |
$35.00 |
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Flashcards of Medications Used in Labor
& Birth |
 Each
card in this ring bound flip
book explains the purpose and
effects of a specific drug, as
well as its benefits, risks, and
side effects. Additional
restrictions, procedures,
medications, or interventions
associated with each medication
are provided, as well as
alternatives to the medication.
The book is composed of 24 cards
on heavy-weight 7"x10' stock,
and held together with rings so
that each card can be used
individually.
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$39.95 |
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the
Newborn:The Complete Guide
Penny
Simkin, Janet Whalley, & Ann Keppler
|
 Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the
Newborn covers prenatal care,
decisions revolving around where
to give birth, labor support
techniques, birth plans, medical
interventions, relaxation,
newborn care and feeding,
postpartum adjustment, and much
more, with a strong emphasis on
parental choice (512 pages).
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$15.00 |
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Relaxation, Rhythm, & Ritual: The 3 Rs
of Childbirth (VHS or DVD) |
 In this
15 minute video, Penny shares 23 "scenes" from the labors and births
of 10 women, illustrating with moving examples what she often refers
to as "The 3 Rs of Childbirth: Relaxation, Rhythm, and Ritual."
Watching these different women and their unique resonses to
contractions as they progress from early labor to birth will serve
as inspriation for pregnant women in classes or in individual
sessions. |
$45.00 (VHS)
$50.00 (DVD)
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Simkin's
Ratings of Comfort Measures for
Childbirth
|
 This
booklet uses Penny's rating
system to explain 18 different
ways to relieve pain in labor,
including both pharmacologic and
non-pharmacologic methods. The
booklet includes a mini version
of the Comfort Measures poster.
The poster is a laminated, full
color wall chart (23"x35")
illustrating the 18 different
ways to relieve pain in labor.
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$6.50
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The Labor Progress Handbook (2nd
Edition) |
 This
quick reference book, now in its 2nd edition, offers maternity
professionals strategies to maintain normal labor progress and lower
cesarean rates. The eight chapters explore possible etiologies of
labor dystocia at each phase of labor. Practical techniques are
suggested to prevent dystocia, along with discussions of available
scientific evidence of effectiveness and safety. The completely
updated 2nd edition includes a lengthy new chapter on assessing
labor progress, more on epidurals, many new techniques, and hundreds
of illustrations (302 pages). |
$29.95 |
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When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding
and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on the Childbearing
Woman |
 The only
book of its kind, When Survivors Give
Birth provides survivors and their
maternity caregivers with extensive
information on the prevalence and short-
and long-term effects of childhood
sexual abuse, emphasizing its possible
impact on childbearing women. Challenges
in the client-caregiver relationship are
thoroughly portrayed, with much
practical advice for improving trust and
communication as well as self-help
techniques to handle abuse-related
distress. Chapters on birth counseling,
psychotherapy, and clinical care of
survivors make this book a useful
resource for survivors and all who work
with them (450 pages).
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$32.95 |
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