Cutting Edge Press

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 information in this book will provide both mother and care giver more options from which to choose when approaching labor and birth. In this handbook, experienced doula, perinatal nurse, childbirth educator, and author Paulina Perez has gathered in one place the collective experience of many, many birth attendants.

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 Nurturing Touch at Birth contains a compilation of numerous tips and hints on how to support women through the hard work of giving birth, including relaxation and visualization techniques, touch and massage, position changes, how to talk to women in labor, and a variety of strategies and techniques for pain relief. This concise, understandable and to-the point manual about labor techniques is the kind of book you want to have in your birth bag.

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 Woman's Guide to a Better Birth and Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities.

"Paulina Perez has worked miracles once again. In this second edition, she gives the reader the tools to bring the "soul of birth" back to women. At this time in history with the increase in cesareans on demand and birth by technology, there is an urgent need to listen to this wise woman and follow her lead."

Celeste Phillips, RN, EdD, author of Family-Centered Maternity Care

"Since the first edition was published in 1997, thousands of to-be mothers, nurses, doulas and other health care professionals have turned to this book for information and how-to instructions. It serves as a guide and inspiration to those experiencing childbirth and to those assisting with the experience. Childbirth can be and should be the most powerful and inspiring life event for everyone involved. The first edition was a must-read, but this second edition is must-HAVE book."

Bev Deaton, 2005 President of AWHONN

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