Make sure you're prepared for birth problems and complications
The Holistic Clinical Handbooks are filled with articles carefully selected from past issues of Midwifery Today publications, and are an important resource for midwives and other birth professionals.
At 5.5" by 8.5" they're small enough to fit inside your birth bag, so you can bring them with you to prenatals or to births. Plus, if you buy two or more at the same time, you'll receive a discount. Just choose the two, four, five or six book combo!
At 5.5" by 8.5" they're small enough to fit inside your birth bag, so you can bring them with you to prenatals or to births. Plus, if you buy two or more at the same time, you'll receive a discount. Just choose the two, four, five or six book combo!
Learn shoulder dystocia management and techniques
The Shoulder Dystocia Handbook will help prepare you for this infrequent, but potentially deadly, complication.Authors such as Marion Toepke McLean, Gloria Lemay, Gail Hart, Sara Wickham and Jill Cohen share birth stories, tricks of the trade, and heartfelt accounts of shoulder dystocia moments.
Learn about hemorrhage and hemorrhage prevention during the childbearing year
The Hemorrhage Handbook is filled with tricks, remedies and birth stories from expert midwives.Topics include the importance of good nutrition as a preventative, how the bloodstream works, herbs to use, the Rhogam controversy and Chinese remedies.
Second stage marks the passage of the baby into our world
The Second Stage Handbook will help you learn what second stage really is, and will explain how to best serve your women at this crucial stage. Expert practitioners reveal their observations on when to push, what works and choices available for the mother.You will also learn about the medicalization of second stage, how you can help protect women from inappropriate interventions and the appropriate interventions to use if complications should arise.
What do you do if labor goes on too long?
Read the Prolonged Labor Handbook to discover what you can do to support mothers through this difficult time. You'll learn about the benefits of positioning and the difference between hospital, clinic and home environments. You'll also learn ways to prevent prolonged labor, including herbal remedies, psychological assessment and experience told through story. Learn how to work with VBAC moms
and how to prevent cesareans in the first place
A woman pregnant after a previous cesarean section has special needs and concerns, and it is very important to be aware of these and take the proper precautions. The VBAC and Cesarean Prevention Handbook will help you do just that. It has many articles by midwives, doulas and mothers on the powerful experience of VBAC, as well as technical information about cesarean sections and VBACs. Discover how to prevent and heal tears
While tears cannot always be prevented, the Tear Prevention Handbook gives you a variety of suggestions for keeping the perineum intact. And when tears do occur, turn to the book for advice from experienced midwives such as Gloria Lemay, Anne Frye and Marion Toepke McLean. Their suggestions for healing range from Super Glue to seaweed and are essential techniques to have on hand. by Lilacmoon
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