The Labor Progress Handbook (eBook)

Penny Simkin is a physical therapist who has specialized inchildbirth education since 1968. She serves on the editorial boardfor Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care and the consultantboards for the International Childbirth Education Association andthe Seattle Midwifery School. Ruth Ancheta is a certifiedDONA doula and approved trainer and has been a certified childbirtheducator through ICEA for more than twenty years. She hasauthored numerous childbirth education materials including theChildbirth Skills Teaching Kit and the VBAC Source Bookand Teaching Kit.

Foreword to the second edition xvii

Foreword to the fi rst edition xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

Chapter 1: Introduction 3
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA,ICCE, CD(DONA)

Chapter 2: Dysfunctional Labor: General Considerations15
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA,ICCE, CD(DONA)

Chapter 3: Assessing Progress in Labor 51
Suzy Myers, LM, CPM, MPH, with contributions by Gail Tully, BS,CPM, CD(DONA), and Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM

Chapter 4: Prolonged Prelabor and Latent First Stage101
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA,ICCE, CD(DONA)

Chapter 5: Prolonged Active Phase of Labor 124
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA,ICCE, CD(DONA)

Chapter 6: Prolonged Second Stage of Labor 173
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA,ICCE, CD(DONA)

Chapter 7: Optimal Newborn Transition and Third and FourthStage Labor Management 224
Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM, and Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE,CD(DONA)

Chapter 8: Low-Technology Clinical Interventions to PromoteLabor Progress 242
Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM

Chapter 9: The Labor Progress Toolkit: Part 1. MaternalPositions and Movements 277
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA,ICCE, CD(DONA)

Chapter 10: The Labor Progress Toolkit: Part 2. ComfortMeasures 326
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA,ICCE, CD(DONA)

Epidural Index 379

Index 381

"Each edition of The Labor Progress Handbook improves on the previous one, and this third edition is an even more indispensable resource for maternity care practitioners, especially within the context of today's overuse of birth technology, cesarean sections, and nonevidence-based management practices. Congratulations, Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta! You've given caregivers a powerful gift to pass on to childbearing women ... again!." (Birth, 1 March 2012)