Foreword to the second edition. Foreword to the first edition. Dedication. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Dysfunctional Labor: General Considerations. Chapter 3: Assessing Progress in Labor. Chapter 4: Prolonged Pre-Labor and Latent First Stage. Chapter 5: Prolonged Active Phase of Labor. Chapter 6: Prolonged Second Stage of Labor. Chapter 7: The Labor Progress Toolkit: Part 1. Maternal Positions and Movements. Chapter 8: The Labor Progress Toolkit: Part 2. Comfort Measures. Epidural Index. Index.
Penny Simkin serves on the Faculty and Board of Consultants of Seattle Midwifery School and is on the Editorial Board of Birth: Issues in Midwifery Care. She trains childbirth educators and doula trainers and is founder of Doulas of North America. Ruth Ancheta has over 15 years experience in perinatal education and is an experienced doula and doula trainer.
"This is a concise and valuable handbook... The Labor Progress Handbook belongs in every lab coat pocket, in every birth room, and at all of our finger-tips as we help women to labor as normally as possible." (Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health) "Any book supporting the normal progress of labour is welcome; this one provides many interesting and practical tips, particularly in relation to psycho-social support measures." Helen Cheyne, University of Stirling
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