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The Nurturing Touch at Birth: A Labor Support Handbook

The heart of this book centers around the supportive care given to the laboring mother and details the labor support techniques useful when caring for the laboring woman. The topics include let's talk about pain, trusting relationships, the value of education, communications skills and tools, relaxation, affirmation, visualization, touch and massage, aromatherapy, music therapy, visualization,breathing techniques, focusing, rituals, therapeutic use of water, reflexology, acupressure, reflexology, maternal positioning and other strategies and techniques like the birth ball, lunge, dangle, towel pull, pelvic circles and use of rebozo.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 84
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780964115989
  • Release date
  • 1997