{"product_id":"9781558329393","title":"The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth: A Complete Labor and Childbirth Companion for Parents to Be","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperienced doula, Linsey Bliss, shows you how to prepare physically and mentally for every element of having a child, from pregnancy to fourth trimester in \u003ci\u003eThe Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Lindsey Bliss, who has assisted as a doula at\u003cb\u003e hundreds of births\u003c\/b\u003e and is herself a mother of seven, reveals here all the wisdom and \u003cb\u003eadvice that doulas share with the new mothers\u003c\/b\u003e who hire them.\u003ci\u003eThe Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth\u003c\/i\u003e covers the period \u003cb\u003efrom pregnancy through labor and birth to fourth trimester healing\u003c\/b\u003e. The focus, however, is on preparing for birth—including topics like how to pick the right childbirth class and the right birthing method. You’ll also see how to\u003cb\u003e assemble the team of professionals, family members, and friends who will support you\u003c\/b\u003e through labor and birth, and how to approach last-minute decisions about pain medications and cesarean sections. Bliss's tone throughout is at once \u003cb\u003eauthoritative and confident\u003c\/b\u003e as well as \u003cb\u003ewarm and encouraging\u003c\/b\u003e. Her concern in her practice as well as in these pages is to listen to and help secure each new mom's own personal vision of a birthing experience that is \u003cb\u003esafe, fulfilling, and meaningful\u003c\/b\u003e.        \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard Common Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070576967920,"sku":"9781558329393","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558329393_p0.jpg?v=1763755108","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558329393","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}