Customer Reviews

Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant

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Before you drop everything to become a doula, make sure you read this extreemly informative book. It dashes any hopes for a lucrative, care free career, but instills a sense of the kind of spirit and commitment necessary to be one of these "special women."

If so, this book should be on your list of "must-reads". It highlights both the ups and downs of being a professional labor support person. Think the medical profession will balk at your presence? Will you be able to provide continuous support for *days* on end? This book will give you the skinny on what to expect and how to handle most situations.

Additionally, the book has a section of real birth stories, told by a variety of people involved in the birth process. These offer insight into how real people react during child birth.

If anything was lacking in this book, it was the typos. I can't help it - I am not a perfectionist, but typos to me are kind of inexcusable. There were weird spacings and indentations. Other than that, the book is a real find.

i thought it would have more teqniqus but it was mostly about the buisness of being a labor assistant however it was very good.

ps sorry about my spelling

This was a very informative text, which I am sure would be of great value to any professional doula or birth attendant.

book had a lot of useful information but needs better editing. at times the poor editing was a distraction from the material the book was trying to present.