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The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin, provides the tools and techniques for a mother-to-be’s birth partner to support her during her labor. The author provides all the necessary details of the process of carrying and birthing a baby, and the role that the birth partner is to play. The Birth Partner examines all the technicalities of delivering a baby-- from the start to the finish. Simkin provides the reader with the essential supplies for mother and baby as well as the ‘to how’ when faced with a potential emergency or departure from the “plan” of delivery. The reader can expect to be well prepared for supporting a birthing woman once they’ve read this book.

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