New Birth Book: "The Doula Guide to Birth"

A local doula and member of the Arizona Birth Network has recently published a great-looking birth book titled, "The Doula Guide to Birth." Check it out and think about picking up a copy - it looks terrific!

Here are some topics covered in the book:

• Doulas as a form of pain relief
• Doulas and the prevention of prematurity
• Information for mothers and their loved ones in all family structures (married, single, partnered, heterosexual, lesbian, and mothers whose baby will be adopted by another family)
• Labor, the hardest work you'll ever love
• New ways to push out a baby
• Can doulas prevent all interventions?
• Back labor: the good news
• Using belly dance for birth
• How to use a "walking" epidural
• Supporting teens: a talk with Jane Fonda
• Doulas as leaders in health care reform
• A list of doula groups around the world
• When should you really go to the hospital in labor?
• Labor is not about dilation
• 12 alternatives to a vaginal exam
• Are vaginal exams in labor medically necessary?
• What is fetal distress? A guide to the baby's heart rate
• Labor techniques anyone can use
• Laboring with disabilities or chronic illness
• How to use sexuality in labor
• Eating normally in labor
• How to sleep in labor
• How to have a better Pitocin experience
• How to "prepare" for unplanned epidurals and cesareans
• When healing from unplanned interventions is needed
• Birth plans and birth essays
• How to have an empowering birth of twins
• Paying for your doula using a baby gift registry
• How to ask your heath insurance to pay for your doula
• Celebrities who've used doulas
• Get ready now: what really happens postpartum
• Self-evaluation survey about your birth

Looks like a keeper! :)

The book can also be ordered here, and you can follow the authoress, Ananda Lowe, on Twitter by using the username "DoulaGuide."