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The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia | 
 enlarge | Authors: Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Category: Book
List Price: $30.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 50419
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 140512217X
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.5
EAN: 9781405122177
ASIN: 140512217X
Publication Date: October 21, 2005
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Product Description
Failure to progress in labor (dystocia) is the main reason for caesarean deliveries. The second edition of this successful text focuses on simple non-invasive interventions to prevent, manage and treat dystocia. The new edition has been revised and updated throughout and includes new chapters on assessing progress in labor and on managing labor pain, and new sections on normal labor and additional positions and manoeuvres.
Book Description
Dystocia or failure to progress in labor is the main reason for cesarean deliveries. The second edition of this successful text focuses on simple non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult labor. It describes positions, movements and techniques based on principles of anatomy, physiology and psychology of childbirth. The Labor Progress Handbook is organized by stage of labor for easy reference, enabling the care giver to quickly identify appropriate low cost, low risk interventions and treat dystocia effectively, at an early stage before it becomes severe. The new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on assessing progress in labor, together with new sections on managing labor pain, normal labor and additional positions and maneuvers. The rationale for all techniques is included based on the authors' clinical experience and wherever possible on the underlying evidence base.
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great info May 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I own the last edition and find it invaluable in my practice. Can't wait to see what's new and exciting here
Excellent Handbook! March 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Labor Progress Handbook, though a bit pricey, is an excellent book. It contains a tons of labor information and is complete with many illustrations. It's a nice compact size, which makes it easy to carry with you (great for doulas, midwives, etc.). I love it!
 Labor Progress Handbook January 11, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is wonderfully full of information, however, as it is called a "handbook", I expected it to be more concise, and so more quickly usable in a labor setting - more of a quick reference book. It is more of a textbook than a handbook. I think I've read everything that Penny Simkin has had published. I am a fan of her writings, just disappointed that this was not more concise.
A must for all birth professionals! August 2, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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 introduced to speed up labor are introduced.
Good for the patient,too July 17, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Having labored with three babies who presented posterior and caused long hard labors, I have looked for information after each one. After the second baby delivered posterior, and I became pregnant with my third, I came across this book. Reading it two or three times before my delivery, I had it almost memorized and used a lot of the suggestions from it. The third delivery (thanks to help from this book and my doctor) we were able to turn the baby. I can't credit the book entirely since my doctor had to manually turn the baby's head, but I do think the positioning and activities the book suggested were half the victory. I wish all birth professionals would read and reread the book.
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