The Labor Progress Handbook

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 Considerations 15
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 Stage 101
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 Fourth Stage Labor Management 224
Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM, and Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA)
Chapter 8: Low-Technology Clinical Interventions to Promote Labor Progress 242
Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM
Chapter 9: The Labor Progress Toolkit: Part 1. Maternal Positions 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. Comfort Measures 326
Penny Simkin, BA, PT, CCE, CD(DONA), and Ruth Ancheta, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA)
Epidural Index 379
Index 381