Description
While tears cannot always be prevented, this book will provide you with a variety of suggestions for keeping the perineum intact. Experienced midwives offer their suggestions for healing, when tears do occur, ranging from Super Glue to seaweed. You will find this handy book essential to your midwifery practice.
Chapters include:
- A Natural Alternative to Suturing
- The Art of the Sitz Bath
- Tips on Tear Prevention
- Protecting the Upper Tissues
- Easing the Baby Out
- Can We Really Use Super Glue Instead of Suture?
- Champagne and the Fetal Ejection Reflex
Authors include:
- Gloria Lemay
- Robin Lim
- Marina Alzugaray
- Sara Wickham
- Anne Frye
- Marion Toepke McLean
- Michel Odent
Like all books in the Holistic Clinical Series,Tear Prevention & Treatment Handbook is a compilation of articles from past issues of Midwifery Today magazine.
- Author: Multiple authors
- Number of Pages: 68
- Format and Binding: Paper—saddle stitch
- Book Dimensions: 5½ inches x 8 inches
- Publisher: Midwifery Today
- Publication Date: 2005