Revisiting Waterbirth
eBook - PDF

Revisiting Waterbirth

An Attitude to Care

  1. 282 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Revisiting Waterbirth

An Attitude to Care

About this book

The use of warm water immersion throughout the birthing process is renowned for its physical and psychological benefits, yet waterbirth is still vastly underrepresented as a birthing method across the globe. Now going into its second edition, Dianne Garland's popular and authoritative text guides the reader through the clinical, practical and organisational considerations for delivery in water. Drawing on the author's own extensive experience, the book explores:
- The history and evolution of hydrotherapeutic theory.
- The specific skills and specialist care required for attending births in this setting.
- Key research and debates surrounding the many aspects of waterbirth.
- Practical guidance on engaging with parents when promoting waterbirth as an option. From an internationally renowned and respected midwife, this new edition retains the personal and engaging style that made the first edition so popular. The book is enhanced with photos taken from the author's own travels around the world, and features a wealth of interactive material – including an expansion of the Birth Story feature, whereby first-hand accounts of waterbirth from both mothers and practitioners worldwide provide an often moving conclusion to each chapter. With a strong focus on developing practitioners' knowledge and skills in this area, enabling them to confidently offer waterbirth as a safe and viable option, this classic text is an invaluable one-stop resource for anyone with academic, professional or personal interests in waterbirth.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. List of Boxes
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Abbreviations
  9. 1 Professional and Governmental Support
  10. 2 Why Water?
  11. 3 Accentuating Normality
  12. 4 Theories of Hydrotherapy in Labour
  13. 5 Engaging with Parents
  14. 6 Robust Clinical Care
  15. 7 Breathing
  16. 8 Interprofessional Issues in Waterbirth
  17. 9 Research
  18. 10 Teaching and Ongoing Education
  19. 11 Help and Further Resources
  20. Appendix 1: Effects of Adrenaline and Noradrenaline on All Major Systems
  21. Appendix 2: Hyperthermia
  22. Appendix 3: Temperature Control Pathway for the Fetus in Utero
  23. Appendix 4: Eight Steps to Attachment
  24. References
  25. Index