More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort
and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a
doula. This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely
updates the authors' earlier book, Mothering the Mother, and adds much
new and important research. In addition to basic advice on finding and
working with a doula, the authors show how a doula reduces the need for
cesarean section, shortens the length of labor, decreases the pain
medication required, and enhances bonding and breast feeding. The
authors, world-renowned authorities on childbirth with combined
experience of over 100 years working with laboring women, have made
their book indispensable to every woman who wants the healthiest,
safest, and most joyful possible birth experience.