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The definitive guide to helping a woman have a healthy and emotionally fulfilling childbirth experience. The third edition includes all the information that husbands, partners, relatives, friends, and doulas have relied on for nearly two decades and has been updated to include:

Expanded information on 'the 3Rs' (Relaxation, Rhythm, and Ritual) for coping with the pain and unpredictability of labor;

Non-drug techniques to relieve pain and enhance the woman's sense of well-being;

Up-to-date information on medications, tests, technologies, and interventions, and how, when, and why they are used;

Information about the rapidly increasing rate of both first and repeat cesarean deliveries;

More about the growing popularity of doulas, and the increasing presence of other partners and supporters in the birth room.