books about: midwifery     books:       The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia11 reviews Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta Wiley-Blackwell, 2005 A must for all birth professionals! It's clear that the book is writen for professionals because of the jargon, and in my opinion every professional should read it! I am on my way to become a doula and unfortunately this book is not on the required reading list, I think it should be. It is an important tool for when labor doesn't progress 'as it should', and offers options and ideas to try before the drugs and machines are ...             Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review5 reviews Linda J. Smith Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2008 Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review with CD-ROM This book is an excellent preparation and a "must have" for the IBCLC Exam. If you have not taken a board exam in a long time, this book gets you into "exam mode". Sometimes, taking a test of this nature requires good exam skills. This book gives you plenty of much needed practice. The first part of the book delves into the different sections on the exam blueprint. It lists topics to learn ...             Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice, Vol. 1: Care During Pregnancy7 reviews Anne Frye Labrys Press, 1998 A review for those who aren't midwifes... This is a wonderful text. Unfortunately it is in a soft cover, unlike vol. 2 which is hard cover, but that aside, it is wonderful. I am a first-time mom who is planning an unattended home birth. Because of various problems I've also ended up without prenatal care so this volume has proven invaluable to me!! It is clear and exhaustive. This volume has a lot of information directed exclusively ...             Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care46 reviews Jennifer Block Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2007 Scary But Necessary Reading My first (and only) birth was quite horrifying. After being induced because my contractions slowed the contractions became very painful, after 18 hours I asked for an epidural. The resident put the tube in wrong and the epidural didn't work properly, immobilizing my legs, but leaving the horrific contractions. After 30 hours the midwife broke my bag of waters and after 36 hours I had a fever and ...             Baby Catcher126 reviews Scribner, 2004 Moving and Informative I've read several births on midwifery and Peggy Vincent's is by far one of the most readable in terms of reaching a broad audience. If you reach for a midwifery book, in general you are pregnant and considering it as a birth option or interested in midwifery itself. There aren't a lot of general interest readers but Vincent's book is in a position to change it. It is both a memoir of a powerful ...             Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali56 reviews Kris Holloway; Consulting Editor John Bidwell Waveland Press, 2006 Delightful and fulfilling This is a delightful book, made more special by the fact that it is a true story. Kris is a skilled writer who captures the sense of life in Mali and the personality of her beloved Monique. I am glad she decided to tell her story: I will never forget it, or Monique...             Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationals: Maternal-Newborn Nursing (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Nursing ...8 reviews Mary Ann Hogan, Rita Glazebrook, ... Prentice Hall, 2006 This book is Great! I purchased this book at the beggining of my women's health class. First test out I had a 19 chaper test, with well over 300 pages to read. Probably more.I was totally stressing over all the pages I had to read and how I was gonna retain all this information in such a short period of time. So I started reading this book,which is basically an outline that covers the key information, and gets rid ...             Christ Centered Childbirth11 reviews Kelly, J Townsend Four Winds Publications, 2005 Just what our culture needs - and then some! I am Founder of Blessing God's Way - a ministry that focuses on the blessing of children as well as our other God-given cycles... and I have sold Mrs. Townsend's book for the last 4 years when I do confernces and hold birth related meetings. This book was so helpful to me, personally, with my 5th pregnancy and delivery - I am so grateful for her constant advice to take my thoughts captive and ...             The Doula Advantage: Your Complete Guide to Having an Empowered and Positive Birth with the Help of a ...11 reviews Rachel Gurevich Prima Lifestyles, 2003 So much better than The Doula Book! This is the best book about doulas I've ever read. It is much and much better than The Doula Book and as far as I'm concerned this book should be required reading for doula certification in stead of the Doula Book. Also for people who want to know what a doula is and does, this book is the best by far. I highly recommend it for everybody who works with pregnant women and women in labor, as well ...             Ina May's Guide to Childbirth213 reviews Ina May Gaskin Bantam, 2003 Enlightening and useful--a must-read I rarely review anything, but this book inspired me. Although I had heard about it many times, I initially resisted reading it because I was worried it would be preachy and/or only applicable to people planning a birth with midwives. While I will still have a hospital birth with an OB, I learned numerous highly useful things from this book. Ina May is a very experienced and intuitive midwife, and ...             Straight A's in Maternal-Neonatal Nursing (Straight A's)4 reviews Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007 Great book to have during nursing school. This is a great book......would recommend this to any nursing student. It really helped me get through nursing level 2. It really breaks the important material down and makes it easier to understand. The CD has Nclex type questions that are really helpful as well.             Water Birth: A Midwife's Perspective5 reviews Susanna Napierala Bergin & Garvey, 1994 This book will sell you on the gentlest birth possible. I had heard of and was considering a water birth for my first pregnancy. After reading Napierala's book I wonder why waterbirths are not everyone's choice. Now it seems a "no brainer." She gives wonderful detail on options, methods and benefits of waterbirths. She paints the picture of waterbirth as spiritual and gentle; the way a birth should be. Also included are moving birth stories. Plus ...             Pre-Eclampsia: The Facts : The Hidden Threat to Pregnancy (Oxford Medical Publications)4 reviews Chris Redman, Isabel Walker Oxford Univ Pr, 1992 What a pity it is out of print This is the definitive work on the most dangerous condition in pregnancy. It affects about 5% of pregnancies and, whilst rare in western countries, is still the largest cause of maternal death. It is also known as toxaemia, hypertension in pregnancy or pregnancy induced hypertension (tho hypertension - high blood pressure - is only one symptom) This book explains everything there is to know, ...             A Midwife's Handbook5 reviews Constance Sinclair Saunders, 2003 Invaluable for Midwives! I initially bought this book during my midwifery training. It covers almost everything you would need to know to care for your patients from puberty to menopause. Constance also includes alternative therapies which are very helpful. It's very user friendly and was a great resource and review when studying for my midwifery certification exam. Because I carry it with me most of the time, I ...             Nursetest: Maternal-Newborn Nursing4 reviews Harriett W. Ferguson, Shelton M. Hisley Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 EXCELLENT STUDY MATERIAL This book helped me pass NUR 112! The author really helped me to understand all the concepts of Maternal-Newborn Nursing. 5 star rating from me!             Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart- A Midwife's Saga4 reviews Carol Leonard Bad Beaver Publishing, 2008 FABULOUS!! I just finished reading this book! It's FABULOUS! I couln't put it down. (Would make a great movie!) I've known the author, Carol Leonard, seems like - all my life! She is an exhilarating woman and excitement and fabulousness just follow her around! I can totally see these things happening to her, thru her, because of her. She is a catalyst and well known in our State for all her work - ...             Foundations of Maternal Newborn Nursing/Keys to Clinical Practice: Maternal Newborn Nursing4 reviews Trula Myers Gorrie, Emily Slone McKinney, ... W.B. Saunders Company, 1994 Nursing Student Review This is the best book we've had in my RN, BSN program so far. The content is very easy to read. The sentences are kept short and to the point. The content is repeated over and over in different places in the chapters as well as throughout the book, making it easier to remember the main points. The summaries at the end of each chapter really focus on the main points and great for last ...             Midwifery & Childbirth Pb4 reviews Judith Rooks Temple University Press, 1999 Comprehensive, balanced, readable, an outstanding book!! Every profession should be so lucky to have someone write a book like this! Rooks has comprehensively and sytematically reviewed the scientific literature pertaining to the care of pregnant and birthing women and the issues of from whom, where, and under what conditions they receive care from health professionals. She writes in a readable, straightforward manner that makes her book useful ...             Nurse-Midwifery Handbook: A Practical Guide to Prenatal and Postpartum Care4 reviews Linda Wheeler Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 Excellent for beginning practitioners This book is full of pearls and essential facts to guide the thinking of the beginning clinician. I have found it invaluable. It is clear and easy to understand and remember. I hope the author publishes something similar for intrapartum care.             Holistic Midwifery Vol. II: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice: Care of the Mother ...5 reviews Anne Frye, 2004 Absolute best text on childbirth for the professional!!! I just received this on December 24 and since it is 1400 pages, to say the least I have not made it completely through the book yet! However...I have made a thorough review of the table of contents and also have skimmed through the chapters. The illustrations are of the same caliber of Anne's former works and the tables are exhaustively full of helpful and sometimes hard to find information. Her ...              search for books advantage, assistant, childbirth, clinical, comprehensive, consultant, dystocia, eclampsia, empowered, foundations, homebirth, interventions, lactation, maternal, maternal-neonatal, maternal-newborn, maternity, midwifery, neonatal, nurse-midwifery, nursetest, perspective, postpartum, practical, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy, professional, publications, rationales, rationals books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: The Tales of Hoffmann - Criterion Collection leave a comment home  impressum - about us