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Fathers at Birth
Your Role in Bringing Your Child into the World |
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Contents Click on links for short excerpts of highlighted chapters |
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Acknowledgments — iii |
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Part One
Chapter 1: Your Presence Makes a Difference — 3 Chapter 2: Your Role: The Mountain and the Warrior — 9 Chapter 3: How to Communicate with a Laboring Woman — 15 Chapter 4: Breath: The Key to Reducing Pain — 23 Chapter 5: Relaxation and the Truth Within — 35 Chapter 6: The Transcendent Power of Birth — 41 Part Two
Chapter 7: Birth Options — 49 Chapter 8: Commonly Used Labor Terms — 57 Chapter 9: The Map: Stages of Labor — 65 Chapter 10: Intervention Strategies — 75 Chapter 11: Using Focal Points in Labor — 85 Chapter 12: Warrior Skills to Protect Your Space and Hers — 93 Chapter 13: Pain and Medication: Making Wise Choices — 99 Part Three
Chapter 14: Breath, Alignment, and Preparation Practices — 115 Chapter 15: Simulated Hands-on Preparation — 125 Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Positions — 131 Part Four
Chapter 17: Labor Begins — 147 Chapter 18: What to do if the Baby Arrives Unexpectedly — 157 Chapter 19: Active Labor — 163 Chapter 20: If Labor Stalls — 167 Chapter 21: Bathroom Timetable and Fundamentals — 171 Chapter 22: Labor and Water — 179 Chapter 23: Pushing — 185 Chapter 24: The Birth: Your Baby Is Born (Audio Excerpt) — 199 Epilogue
Chapter 25: The First Forty Days and Nights — 211 Endnotes 231 Appendices
Appendix 1: Options to Discuss before Birth — 233 Appendix 2: Review of Labor Terms — 235 Appendix 3: Review of Stages of Labor — 237 Appendix 4: Checklist for the Birthing Room — 239 Appendix 5: Essential Tips for Labor — 241 Appendix 6: Strategies to Help Manage Pain — 243 Appendix 7: Frequently Used Labor Positions — 245 Appendix 8: How to Assist Your Partner if Labor Stalls — 247 Appendix 9: Pushing Review — 249 |
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