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A Book for Midwives
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The entire book is now available for download:
- Table of Contents
- Introduction-Chapter 3: Words to midwives, Treating health problems, A woman's body in pregnancy
- Chapters 4-6: Helping women stay healthy, Preventing infection, Common changes in pregnancy
- Chapters 7-8: Learning a pregnant woman's health history, Prenatal checkups
- Chapters 9-11: Getting ready for labor and birth, Giving good care during labor and birth, Opening: stage 1 of labor
- Chapters 12-13: Pushing: stage 2 of labor, The birth of the placenta: stage 3 of labor
- Chapters 14-16: The first few hours after the birth, The first weeks after the birth, Breastfeeding
- Chapters 17-18: Family Planning, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Chapter 19: Advanced skills for pregnancy and birth
- Chapters 20-21: The pelvic exam: How to examine a woman's vagina and womb, How to insert an IUD
- Chapter 22: Helping a woman after a pregnancy ends early
- Chapter 23: Manual vacuum aspiration
- Chapter 24-25; Appendices: Getting medical help, Homemade tools and teaching materials, Medicines (green pages), To learn more, Technical and medical words, Index (yellow pages), Due date calculator
women's reproductive health
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