Penny Simkin

For this fully revised sixth edition of this perennial bestseller, birthing expert and practising midwife Melissa Cheyney, PhD, joins Penny for a better-than-ever, completely up-to-date new book. Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, more than a million people — from spouses, partners, relatives, and friends to doulas, nurses, midwives, and childbirth educators — have relied on Penny Simkin's...

For spouses, partners, relatives, and friends—and also for doulas and other care professionals—this is a convenient and indispensable abridged version of the classic bestseller The Birth Partner, for facts on the fly during the ultra-busy period before, during, and after labour and birth. An added planner keeps your plans and to-dos in one place. Generations of spouses and partners have...