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By Anne Frye
Care of the Mother and Baby from the Onset of Labor through the First Hours after Birth
When you open this long-awaited second volume of Anne Frye's Holistic Midwifery series you'll find over 1300 pages of detailed, otherwise hard-to-find information It begins with information on basic anatomy and physiology, the Cardinal Spiraling Movements of all eight formal positions for each presentation and an excellent chapter on fetal-to-newborn cardiopulmonary transition.
"Being at Births" teaches you about equipment and supplies useful at births and how to support a woman through each phase of labor. You'll also learn about the birth and examination of the placenta, newborn examination and caring for the mother and baby in the hours following birth.
Anne then discusses complex and uncommon labor situations which demand specific skills. Learn how to handle difficulty coping with labor, problems with fetal descent (including shoulder dystocia), fetal or maternal demise, difficulties with the birth of the placenta, postpartum hemorrhage, understanding and treating shock, neonatal respiratory distress, and more.
The text ends with a crash course on high-risk neonatal triage.
Hardback, 1504 pages, including a 75 page index and over 1600 drawings,