The Nurturing Touch at Birth: A Labor Support Handbook

About this book

NEW Second Edition! Revised and Updated! Seize the opportunity to use the information in this book to educate yourself about new ways to care for laboring women. This book is for anyone who needs to help a laboring woman (dad friends nurses midwives doulas and montrices). This valuable book covers the unique art form of emotionally and physically assisting the laboring mother. The heart of this book centers around the supportive care given to the laboring mother and details the labor support techniques useful when caring for the laboring woman. The topics include lets talk about pain trusting relationships the value of education communications skills and tools relaxation affirmation visualization touch and massage aromatherapy music therapy visualization breathing techniques focusing rituals therapeutic use of water reflexology acupressure reflexology maternal positioning and other strategies and techniques like the birth ball lunge dangle towel pull pelvic circles and use of rebozo. Reviews of the NEW second edition of The Nurturing Touch at Birth. "Open the book and a cornucopia of information ideas concepts and strategies spills out. An indispensable resource for experienced labor support professionals and novices alike." Henci Goer author of The Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth and Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities.